Dictionary entry

πέμπω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πέμπω,

[in LXX chiefly for שׁלח;]

to send;

(a) of persons: c. acc., absol., Mt 22:7, Lk 7:19, Jo 1:22, II Co 9:3, al.; ptcp. seq. verb., Mt 14:10, Ac 19:31, al.; ptcp. seq. διά (= Heb. בְּיוֹד, I Ki 16:20, al.), Mt 11:2 (cf. Re 1:1); of teachers sent by God, Jo 1:334:34, Ro 8:3, al.; c. acc. et dat., I Co 4:17, Phl 2:19; seq. πρός, c. acc., Lk 4:26, Jo 16:7, al.; seq. λέγων (cf. Heb. שָׁלַחלֵאמֹרGe 38:25, al.), Lk 7:6, 19; seq. εἰς, c. acc. loc., Mt 2:8, Lk 15:15, al.; seq. εἰς (of purpose), Eph 6:22, Col 4:8, I Pe 2:14; c. inf., Jo 1:33, I Co 16:3, Re 22:16;

(b) of things: Re 11:10; seq. εἰς, Re 1:11; id., of purpose, Ac 11:29, Phl 4:16; c. dat. pers., II Th 2:11; π. τ. δρέπανον σου (cf. εξαποστείλατε δρέπανα = שָׁלַחמַגָּל, Jl 3 (4):13), Re 14:15, 18 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐκ-, μετα-, προ-, συν-πέμπω).

SYN.: ἀποστέλλω, q.v.