Strong G4311προπέμπω
to help on the way
- Transliteration
- propempō
- Pronunciation
- prop-em'-po
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προ-πέμπω
[in LXX: I Est.4:47, Jdth.10:15, Wis.19:2, 1Ma.12:4, 2Ma.6:23 *;]
1. to send before, send forth.
2. to set forward on a journey, escort: with accusative of person(s), 1Co.16:11, Tit.3:13, 3Jn.6; before εἰς, Act.20:38; οὗ, 1Co.16:6; ἕως, Act.21:5; pass., Act.15:3, Rom.15:24, 2Co.1:16.†
(AS)
[in LXX: I Est.4:47, Jdth.10:15, Wis.19:2, 1Ma.12:4, 2Ma.6:23 *;]
1. to send before, send forth.
2. to set forward on a journey, escort: with accusative of person(s), 1Co.16:11, Tit.3:13, 3Jn.6; before εἰς, Act.20:38; οὗ, 1Co.16:6; ἕως, Act.21:5; pass., Act.15:3, Rom.15:24, 2Co.1:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4311 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bring4
- way4
- journey2
- accompany1
- conduct1
- forth1
First verses
- Acts 15:3And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
- Acts 20:38Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
- Acts 21:5And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
- Romans 15:24Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
- 1 Corinthians 16:6And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
- 1 Corinthians 16:11Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.
- 2 Corinthians 1:16And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judea.
- Titus 3:13Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
- 3 John 1:6Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
προπέμπω,
aorist προέπεμψα, contraction προὔπεμψα, send before, send forward or forth, πρό μ᾽ ἔπεμψεν ἄναξ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.442; εὖτέ μιν εἰς Ἀΐδαο.. προὔπεμψεν 8.367, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.54, 117, 24.360; π. κήρυκας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, compare 4.33 (_passive_), 121, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.29, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1158, etc.; π. πρὸ τοῦ στρατεύματος ἄνδρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.23)]:—middle,[Refs ([prev. work] 5.3.53, “An.” 7.2.14)]:—passive, impersonal, προπέπεμπται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.77.)]
b with a thing for the object, τινὶ φήμας π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1155)]; ξίφος afford, furnish, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 1205)] (Lyric poetry); π. ἄχη cause, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 1287 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 of things, send forth, σποδὸς π. πίονας πλούτου πνοάς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 820; ἰοὺς ἀφύκτους καὶ προπέμποντας φόνον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 105.)]
II conduct, escort, especially a departing traveller, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111, 3.50, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1667, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.16, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 5.2, etc.; τινὰ ἐς δόμους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 530; νύμφην π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.9, etc.)]; π. τινὰ χθονός from the land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1099; π. τινὰ μέλεσιν καὶ μολπαῖσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1525 (_anapaest meter_); π. τινὰ τοῖς ἵπποις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.2.8; τοῖς προπέμπουσι καμήλοις Πολύκαρπον “PFlor.” 206.2 (3rd c.AD))]; especially follow a corpse to the grave, τινὰ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1064 (_anapaest meter_); Καρικῇ μούσῃ τοὺς τελευτήσαντας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 800e)]; τιμὰς π. θεοῖς carry offerings in procession, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 622: jocosely, τὸν ἕνα ψωμὸν ἑνὶ ὄψῳ π.)] let one piece of bread be attended by one condiment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.14.6)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.148)]; of a funeral procession, -πεμφθέντες κοινῇ ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 236d)]; πανδημεὶ προπεμπομένους ἐπὶ θάνατον, of the Minotaur's victims, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.27; ὑπὸ ποιητικῆς ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.37b.)]
II.2 pursue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.13.)]
aorist προέπεμψα, contraction προὔπεμψα, send before, send forward or forth, πρό μ᾽ ἔπεμψεν ἄναξ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.442; εὖτέ μιν εἰς Ἀΐδαο.. προὔπεμψεν 8.367, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.54, 117, 24.360; π. κήρυκας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, compare 4.33 (_passive_), 121, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.29, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1158, etc.; π. πρὸ τοῦ στρατεύματος ἄνδρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.23)]:—middle,[Refs ([prev. work] 5.3.53, “An.” 7.2.14)]:—passive, impersonal, προπέπεμπται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.77.)]
b with a thing for the object, τινὶ φήμας π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1155)]; ξίφος afford, furnish, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 1205)] (Lyric poetry); π. ἄχη cause, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 1287 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 of things, send forth, σποδὸς π. πίονας πλούτου πνοάς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 820; ἰοὺς ἀφύκτους καὶ προπέμποντας φόνον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 105.)]
II conduct, escort, especially a departing traveller, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111, 3.50, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1667, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.16, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 5.2, etc.; τινὰ ἐς δόμους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 530; νύμφην π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.9, etc.)]; π. τινὰ χθονός from the land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1099; π. τινὰ μέλεσιν καὶ μολπαῖσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1525 (_anapaest meter_); π. τινὰ τοῖς ἵπποις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.2.8; τοῖς προπέμπουσι καμήλοις Πολύκαρπον “PFlor.” 206.2 (3rd c.AD))]; especially follow a corpse to the grave, τινὰ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1064 (_anapaest meter_); Καρικῇ μούσῃ τοὺς τελευτήσαντας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 800e)]; τιμὰς π. θεοῖς carry offerings in procession, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 622: jocosely, τὸν ἕνα ψωμὸν ἑνὶ ὄψῳ π.)] let one piece of bread be attended by one condiment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.14.6)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.148)]; of a funeral procession, -πεμφθέντες κοινῇ ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 236d)]; πανδημεὶ προπεμπομένους ἐπὶ θάνατον, of the Minotaur's victims, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.27; ὑπὸ ποιητικῆς ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.37b.)]
II.2 pursue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.13.)]