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Strong's #649 - ἀποστέλλω
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ἀποστέλλω, fut. -στελῶ: aor. ἀπέστειλα (v. infr.): —
I send off or away from, μή μ'.. τῆσδ' ἀποστείλητε γῆς S. El. 71, cf. E. Med. 281; τῆσδ' ἀ. χθονός Id. Cyc. 468; ἔξω χθονός Id. Ph. 485; ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Pl. R. 607b; send away, banish, τὰ δίκαια S. Ph. 450; τινά E. Hec. 731: — Pass., go away, depart, S. OT 115; ἀποστέλλου χθονός E. Supp. 582; δόμων.. τῶν ἐμῶν ἀπεστάλης Id. Hel. 660; φυγὰς ἀποσταλείς Id. Ph. 319 (lyr.); πρὸς σὲ δεῦρ' ἀπεστάλην Id. IT 1409.
II dispatch, on some mission or service, S. Ph. 125, 1297, etc.; freq. of messengers or forces, Hdt. 1.46, 123; νέας ἐπὶ χώρην Id. 7.235, cf. 8.64; στρατὸν παρά τινα Id. 5.32; ναῦς αὐτοῖς ἀ. βοηθούς Th. 1.45: also ἀ. ἀποικίην Hdt. 4.150; οἰκιστάς (as a form of banishment), Arist. Pol. 1306b31; πρεσβείαν Th. 3.28; ἀγγέλους X. An. 2.1.5, etc.; ἀπαρχὴν εἰς Δελφούς Arist. Fr. 485: — Pass., c. inf., οἱ ἀποσταλέντες στρατεύεσθαι Id. 3.26, cf. 5.33; ἀποσταλθέντες GDI 5186.4 (Cret.).
III put off, doff, θαἰμάτια Ar. Lys. 1084. intr., retire, withdraw, of the sea, Th. 3.89; of persons, οἴκαδε D. 32.5.
ἀπο -στέλλω ,
[in LXX very freq., almost always for H7971;]
prop., to send away, to dispatch on service;
1. to send with a commission, or on service;
(a) of persons: Christ, Matthew 10:40; the apostles, Matthew 10:16; servants, Mark 12:2; angels, Mark 13:27;
(b) of things: ἄνος , Matthew 21:3; τὸ δρέπανον , Mark 4:29; τ . λόγον , Acts 10:36; τ . ἐπαγγελίαν (i.e. the promised Holy Spirit), Luke 24:49, Rec.; seq. εἰς , Matthew 20:2, Luke 11:49, John 3:17; ὀπίσω , Luke 19:14; ἔμπροσθεν , John 3:28; πρό προσώιου , Matthew 11:10; πρός , Matthew 21:34; with ref. to sender or place of departure: ἀπό , Luke 1:26 (Rec. ὑπό ); παρά , John 1:6; ἐκ , ib. John 1:19; ὑπό , Acts 10:17 (Rec. ἀπό ); seq. inf., Mark 3:14, al.; ἵνα , Mark 12:2, al.; εἰς (of purpose), Hebrews 1:14; without direct obj.: seq. πρός , John 5:33; λέγων , John 11:3; ἀποστείλας , c. indic., Matthew 2:16, Acts 7:14, Revelation 1:1.
2. to send away, dismiss: Luke 4:18, Mark 5:10; Mark 8:26; Mark 12:3 (cf. ἐξ -, συν -αποστέλλω ).
SYN.: πέμπω G3992, the general term. ἀ . "suggests official or authoritative sending" (v. Thayer, s.v. πέμπω ; Westc., Jo., 298; Epp.,To., 125; Cremer, 529; MM, s.v.).
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The verb is common in the sense of mitto. Thus P Par 32.20 (B.C. 162) (= Witkowski.2, p. 68) Καβάτοκον δ᾽ ἐπιτηρῶ, ἂν κατα ̣[π ]λῇ, ἀποστεῖλαί σοι, P Oxy IV. 744.8 (B.C. 1) (= Selections, p. 33) ἐὰν εὐθὺς ὀψώνιον λάβωμεν ἀποστελῶ σε ἄνω, ";as soon as we receive wages I will send them up to you,"; and P Oxy I. 87.18 (A.D. 342) ἀπαντῆσαι ἅμα τοῖς εἰς τοῦτον ἀποσταλῖ [σ ]ι [ὀ ]φ (φικιαλίοις), ";to proceed with the officers sent for this purpose,"; which may illustrate the frequent NT sense of ";commissioning,"; e.g. Matthew 11:10; Matthew 13:41, John 20:21, Revelation 1:1. So BGU IV. 1141.12 (c. B.C. 13) ἐρώτα οὓς ἀπέσταλκας καθ᾽ ἕκαστον εἶδος, and in passive CPHerm 101.5 (ii/A.D. or later, apparently) ἐνγράφω [ς ἀ ]π ̣εσταλμένος ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν. ";To send for"; something is ἀ. ἐπί c. acc. in P Flor II. 126.8 (A.D. 254) ἐπεὶ αὔριον αὐτοὺς βούλομαι ἀποστεῖλαι εἰς Βερνεικίδα ἐπὶ τὸν σῖτον. Cf. Preisigke 174 (iii/B.C.) ἀποσταλεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν θήραν τῶν ἐλεφάντων τόδε δεύτερον.
For ἀποστέλλω = rescribo, see P Par 60.4 ff. (B.C. 154) (= Witkowski.2, p. 78) ἀπόστιλόν μοι, πόσον ἔχει Πετευσοράπιος καὶ ἀπὸ ποίου χρόνου, P Oxy IV. 742.3 f (B.C. 2) ἀπόστειλόν μ [ο ]ι πόσας δέσμας παρείληφας, ";send me word how many bundles you have received"; (Edd.).
For the possibility that in Acts 7:34 ἀποστείλω אABCDE is not a hortatory conjunctive (cf. Kühner-Gerth p. 219), but a present indicative, see Thumb Hellen. p. 18, where reference is made to a present form στείλω in the Pontic dialect. The form ἀφέσταλκα (et sim.) may be seen in the Κοινή : Meyer Gr. 326 ves five inscriptions containing it—add OGIS 5.66 (B.C. 311—letter of Antigonus to Scepsians), ib. 6.4 (their reply), and Magn 46.5, 87.6 (after B.C. 159). It does not seem impossible, despite the late date of its appearance, that this form should be the survival of the original ἕστ. (for σεστ.).
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