ἈΠΟΠΕΜΠΕΙΝ, ἀποπεμπειν
APOPEMPEIN, apopempein
Sounds Like: ah-po-PEM-pine
Translations: to send away, to dismiss, to divorce, to send back, to let go
From the root: ἈΠΟΠΕΜΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb ἀποπέμπω. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἀπό (apo), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and the verb πέμπω (pempō), meaning 'to send'. Therefore, it literally means 'to send away'. It is used to describe the action of dismissing someone or something, sending them back, or even divorcing a spouse. It can also imply letting someone go or releasing them.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0649 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΠΕΜΠΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΕΠΕΜΠΕ — sent away, was sending away, dismissed, was dismissing, divorced, was divorcing
- ἈΠΕΠΕΜΨΕΝ — sent away, dismissed, divorced, sent back
- ἈΠΟΠΕΜΠΕΙ — sends away, dismisses, divorces, sends back, sends forth
- ἈΠΟΠΕΜΠΟΥΣΙΝ — they send away, they dismiss, they divorce, they send back
- ἈΠΟΠΕΜΨΑΜΕΝΟΝ — having sent away, having dismissed, having divorced, having sent back
- ἈΠΟΠΕΜΨΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having sent away, having dismissed, having divorced, having sent back, having released
- ἈΠΟΠΕΜΨΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having sent away, having dismissed, having divorced
- ἈΠΟΠΕΜΨΑΣ — having sent away, having dismissed, having divorced, having sent back
- ἈΠΟΠΕΜΨΑΣΘΑΙ — to send away, to divorce, to dismiss, to send off
- ἈΠΟΠΕΜΨΗΤΕ — send away, dismiss, divorce, send off, let go
- ἈΠΟΠΕΜΨΟΝ — send away, dismiss, divorce, send back, let go
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