pempō · send

What it means

pempō (πέμπω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “send”.

Someone.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To make someone go to another place with a task.
2. To send something, like help or a letter.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

To send someone or something. It is almost a synonym of ἀποστέλλω (G649), which is also translated “send”.

• “The one who sent me”: the Father sends the Son John 4:34John 20:21
• The Spirit, whom the Father will send John 14:26
• “I will send my beloved son” Luke 20:13
• Sending messengers or persons Matthew 2:8Philippians 2:19Luke 16:24
• “Send in your sickle” Revelation 14:15

How we translate it

“Sent” 47 times, “send” 27, “sending” 4. In Revelation, with the sickle, “Send in your sickle” (Revelation 14:15). John often uses “the one who sent me” with this verb and with ἀποστέλλω; pointing at the word shows which one the Greek says.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sent ×47
• send ×27
• sending ×4
• sends ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×1
• Luke×10
• John×32
• Acts×11
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Ephesians×1
• Philippians×5
• Colossians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×2
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• Titus×1
• 1 Peter×1
• Revelation×5

• Matthew 2:8

  And sending them to Bethlehem, he said, “Go and inquire precisely about the child; and when you find him, report to me, so that I too may come and bow down before him.”

• Matthew 11:2

  Now John, hearing in prison of the works of the Messiah, sent word through his disciples

• Matthew 14:10

  And he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

• Matthew 22:7

  The king was angered, and sending his troops, he destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

• Mark 5:12

  and they begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, so that we may enter into them.”

• Luke 4:26

  and to none of them was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath of Sidon, to a widow.

• Luke 7:6

  And Jesus was going with them. And when he was already not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

• Luke 7:10

  And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

• Luke 7:19

  sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we wait for another?”

• Luke 15:15

  And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

• Luke 16:24

  And he called out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.’

• Luke 16:27

  And he said, ‘Then I ask you, father, to send him to my father’s house —

• Luke 20:11

  And he went on to send another slave; but they beat that one too and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.

• Luke 20:12

  And he went on to send a third; but they wounded this one also and threw him out.

• Luke 20:13

  And the master of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’

• John 1:22

  So they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

• John 1:33

  And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to immerse in water, he said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who immerses in the Holy Spirit.’

• John 4:34

  Jesus says to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

• John 5:23

  so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

• John 5:24

  Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

• John 5:30

  I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

• John 5:37

  And the Father who sent me, he has testified about me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,

• John 6:38

  because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

• John 6:39

  And this is the will of the one who sent me: that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.

• John 6:44

  No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

• John 7:16

  So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

• John 7:18

  Whoever speaks on his own seeks his own glory; but whoever seeks the glory of the one who sent him, he is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

• John 7:28

  So Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, “You know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come on my own, but the one who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

• John 7:33

  So Jesus said, “I am with you a little while longer, and then I go to the one who sent me.

• John 8:16

  And even if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but it is I and the Father who sent me.

• John 8:18

  I am the one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

• John 8:26

  I have many things to say about you and to judge; but the one who sent me is true, and I speak to the world what I have heard from him.”

• John 8:29

  And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.”

• John 9:4

  We must carry out the works of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

• John 12:44

  But Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me but in the one who sent me.

• John 12:45

  And whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.

• John 12:49

  For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment what to say and what to speak.

• John 13:16

  Truly, truly, I tell you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

• John 13:20

  Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives anyone I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”

• John 14:24

  Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

And 39 more times.