STRONGS NUMBER G3343


Word Summary
metapempō: to send after or for
Original Word: μεταπέμπω
Transliteration: metapempō
Phonetic Spelling: (met-ap-emp'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to send after or for
Meaning: to send after or for
Strong's Concordance
to send after, summon

From meta and pempo; to send from elsewhere, i.e. (middle voice) to summon or invite -- call (send) foreign

see GREEK meta

see GREEK pempo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3343: μεταπέμπω

μεταπέμπω: 1 aorist passive participle μεταπεμφθείς; middle, present participle μεταπεμπόμενος; 1 aorist μετεπεμψαμην;

1. to send one after another (see μετά, III. 3; cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 639).

2. like our to send after equivalent to to send for: μεταπεμφθείς, sent for, Acts 10:29a. Middle to send after for oneself, cause to be sent for: Acts 10:5, 29b; Acts 11:13; (Acts 20:1 T Tr WH); Acts 24:24, 26; followed by εἰς, with an accusative of place, Acts 10:22; Acts 25:3. (Genesis 27:45; Numbers 23:7; 2 Macc. 15:31; 4 Macc. 12:3, 6; in secular authors from Herodotus down.)