(shalach; apostello): "Sent" in the Old Testament is the translation of shalach, "to send" (of presents, messengers, etc.,Ge 32:18;44:3;Jud 6:14;1Ki 14:6;Es 3:13;Pr 17:11;Jer 49:14;Eze 3:5;23:40;Da 10:11;Ob 1:1); of shelach, Aramaic (Ezr 7:14;Da 5:24); of shilluchim, "sending" (Ex 18:2); in the New Testament of apostello, "to send off" or "away," "to send forth" (Joh 9:7, "the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent)"); compareLu 13:4;Ne 3:15, the pool of Siloah, the Revised Version (British and American) "Shelah";Isa 8:6, "the waters of Shiloah that go softly," where Septuagint has Siloam for Hebrew shiloach, "a sending," which, rather than "Sent," is the original meaning--a sending forth of waters. SeeSILOAM. "Sent" is also the translation of apostolos, "one sent forth" (the original of the familiar word "apostle"); inJoh 13:16, "one that is sent" (margin, "Greek `an apostle'"); compareHeb 1:14.
W. L. Walker