What does ἐκπέμπω (ekpémpō) mean in the Bible?
ἐκπέμπω (ekpémpō): Send out or dispatch with purposeful direction, emphasizing the outward movement from a source.
Greek · G1599
ἐκπέμπω
To despatch
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ἐκπέμπω G1599
Pronunciation ekpémpō
What does ἐκπέμπω (ekpémpō) mean in the Bible?
ἐκπέμπω (ekpémpō): Send out or dispatch with purposeful direction, emphasizing the outward movement from a source.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1599?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sent (1), sent forth (1).
Where does ἐκπέμπω (ekpémpō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 13:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It sent 1× Acts 17:10
sent forth 1× Acts 13:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 13:4
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Acts 2
Source forms
ἐκπεμφθέντες 1x ekpemphthentes Acts 13:4
ἐξέπεμψαν 1x exepempsan Acts 17:10
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 17:10
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 13:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Send out or dispatch with purposeful direction, emphasizing the outward movement from a source.
Strong's G1599
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to despatch
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 13:4 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐκπεμφθέντες ekpemfqentev
I send out
Read verse Acts 17:10 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἐξέπεμψαν exepemyan
I send out
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Aorist Voices Passive, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Passive Acts 13:4 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Active Acts 17:10 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2
Voice
passive 1 active 1
Mood
participle 1 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐκπέμπω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain