"to send out or forth; to send away, dismiss, Lk. 1:53; to dispatch on a service or agency, Acts 7:12; to send forth as a pervading influence, Gal. 4:6"
Definition and meaning
to send out or forth; to send away, dismiss, Lk. 1:53; to dispatch on a service or agency, Acts 7:12; to send forth as a pervading influence, Gal. 4:6
In the original Greek the word is written: ἐξαποστέλλω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of exapostello (G1821) across the King James Bible.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
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Common questions
Strong's G1821 (exapostello) is a Greek word that means: to send out or forth; to send away, dismiss, Lk. 1:53; to dispatch on a service or agency, Acts 7:12; to send forth as a pervading influence, Gal. 4:6 It appears 11 times in the King James Bible.
The word exapostello (G1821) appears 11 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1821 is exapostello, a Greek word defined as: to send out or forth; to send away, dismiss, Lk. 1:53; to dispatch on a service or agency, Acts 7:12; to send forth as a pervading influence, Gal. 4:6. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
exapostello is a Greek word found in the New Testament.