What does ἀναπέμπω (anapémpō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναπέμπω (anapémpō) is a Greek word meaning "to send up or back".
Greek · G375
ἀναπέμπω
To send up or back
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ἀναπέμπω G375
Pronunciation anapémpō
What does ἀναπέμπω (anapémpō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναπέμπω (anapémpō) is a Greek word meaning "to send up or back".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G375?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include he sent Him (1), he sent Him back (1), I am sending back (1), I could send (1), they sent Him back (1).
Where does ἀναπέμπω (anapémpō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 23:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Acts (1), Philemon (1).
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 he sent Him 1× Luke 23:7
he sent Him back 1× Luke 23:15
I am sending back 1× Philemon 1:12
I could send 1× Acts 25:21
they sent Him back 1× Luke 23:11
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 23:7 ἀνέπεμψεν to he sent Him Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Luke 23:11 ἀνέπεμψεν to they sent Him back Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Luke 23:15 ἀνέπεμψεν to he sent Him back Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Acts 25:21 ἀναπέμψω to I could send Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular Philemon 1:12 ἀνέπεμψά to I am sending back Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 23:7
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Luke 3 Acts 1 Philemon 1
Source forms
ἀνέπεμψεν 3x anepempsen Luke 23:7, Luke 23:11, Luke 23:15
ἀναπέμψω 1x anapempsō Acts 25:21
ἀνέπεμψά 1x anepempsa Philemon 1:12
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 3x Luke 23:7, Luke 23:11, Luke 23:15
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 1x Philemon 1:12
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular 1x Acts 25:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to send up or back
Source Gloss
to send up or back
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 23:7 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἀνέπεμψεν anepemyen
I send up to a higher tribunal, I send back
Read verse Luke 23:11 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἀνέπεμψεν anepemyen
I send up to a higher tribunal, I send back
Read verse Luke 23:15 Verb First Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἀνέπεμψα anepemya
I send up to a higher tribunal, I send back
Read verse Philemon 1:12 Verb First Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἀνέπεμψα· anepemya
I send up to a higher tribunal, I send back
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 5
Voice
active 5
Mood
indicative 4 subjunctive 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
ἀναπέμπω 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