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Greek · G3992, G649

πέμπω / ἀποστέλλω

To send · to send

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πέμπω G3992 to send
Pronunciation pémpō
To send with personal relationship or purpose; conveys divine commissioning when referring to God sending prophets or Christ.
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ἀποστέλλω G649 to send
Pronunciation apostéllō
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What does πέμπω / ἀποστέλλω (pempō / apostellō) mean in the Bible?

πέμπω · ἀποστέλλω is a Greek phrase meaning "send, commission".

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What does πέμπω · ἀποστέλλω mean in the Bible?

πέμπω · ἀποστέλλω is a Greek phrase meaning "send, commission".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3992, G649?

G3992, G649 is connected to 79 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. send, commission

Strong's G3992, G649
Lexical occurrences 79 verses Word forms 5 forms 79 references

Source Gloss

send, commission
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 5 Aligned forms 79 Tenses Aorist, Future, Present Voices Active, Passive
Tenses
Aorist Future Present
Voices
Active Passive
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 37×
Aorist Active Matt 2:8 · Matt 11:2 · Matt 14:10 · Matt 22:7 · John 1:33 · John 5:37 · John 6:44 · John 7:28 · John 8:16 · John 8:18 · John 8:26 · John 8:29 · John 12:49 · Acts 20:17 · Rom 8:3 · John 4:34 34×
Aorist Passive Luke 7:10 1×
Present Active Acts 25:27 1×
Present Passive 1 Pet 2:14 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 23×
Aorist Active Acts 10:33 · Acts 23:30 · 1 Cor 4:17 · 2 Cor 9:3 · Eph 6:22 · Phil 2:28 · Col 4:8 · 1 Thess 3:5 · Rev 22:16 · Luke 7:6 · Luke 7:19 · Luke 15:15 · Phil 4:16 · 1 Thess 3:2 14×
Future Active Luke 20:13 · John 15:26 · John 16:7 · 1 Cor 16:3 · John 14:26 · Rev 11:10 6×
Present Active John 20:21 · 2 Thess 2:11 2×
Aorist Passive Luke 4:26 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 9×
Aorist Active Luke 20:11 · Luke 20:12 · Acts 11:29 · Acts 15:22 · Acts 15:25 · Phil 2:19 · Phil 2:23 · Phil 2:25 8×
Present Active Acts 25:25 1×
Imperative command or strong request 7×
Aorist Active Mark 5:12 · Luke 16:24 · Acts 10:5 · Acts 10:32 · Rev 1:11 · Rev 14:15 · Rev 14:18 7×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 3×
Aorist Active John 13:20 · Titus 3:12 · Luke 16:27 3×
79 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 131 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 68 ongoing 13 prospective 5 resultant 12 imperative 2 subjunctive 5 infinitive 2 participle 24
Tense
aorist 89 perfect 21 present 16 future 5
Voice
active 114 passive 17
Mood
indicative 98 participle 24 subjunctive 5 imperative 2 infinitive 2
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:16 ἀποστείλας aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:31 ἀπόστειλον aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 10:16 ἀποστέλλω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 10:40 ἀποστείλαντά aorist active participle participle Matthew 10:5 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:10 ἀποστέλλω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 13:41 ἀποστελεῖ future active indicative prospective Matthew 14:35 ἀπέστειλαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 15:24 ἀπεστάλην aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 20:2 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:1 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:3 ἀποστελεῖ future active indicative prospective Matthew 21:34 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:36 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:37 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 22:16 ἀποστέλλουσιν present active indicative ongoing Matthew 22:3 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 22:4 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 23:34 ἀποστέλλω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 23:37 ἀπεσταλμένους perfect passive participle participle Matthew 24:31 ἀποστελεῖ future active indicative prospective Matthew 27:19 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 1:2 ἀποστέλλω present active indicative ongoing Mark 3:14 ἀποστέλλῃ present active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 3:31 ἀπέστειλαν aorist active indicative completed Mark 4:29 ἀποστέλλει present active indicative ongoing Mark 5:10 ἀποστείλῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 6:17 ἀποστείλας aorist active participle participle Mark 6:27 ἀποστείλας aorist active participle participle Mark 6:7 ἀποστέλλειν present active infinitive infinitive Mark 8:26 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 9:37 ἀποστείλαντά aorist active participle participle Mark 11:1 ἀποστέλλει present active indicative ongoing Mark 11:3 ἀποστέλλει present active indicative ongoing Mark 12:13 ἀποστέλλουσιν present active indicative ongoing Mark 12:2 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 12:3 ἀπέστειλαν aorist active indicative completed Mark 12:4 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 12:5 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 12:6 ἀπέστειλεν aorist active indicative completed +91 more 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)

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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