μετα-πέμπω G3343
To send for someone, summon; to dispatch a messenger requesting another's presence.
A compound verb (meta + pempo) meaning to send after someone, that is, to summon them through an intermediary. In the NT it appears exclusively in Acts, where it describes the Roman and early Christian practice of formally requesting someone's presence. Cornelius sends for Peter (Acts 10:5, 22), and Peter later recounts being summoned (Acts 11:13). The word captures the social dynamic of indirect communication through messengers -- Spanish 'hacer venir' (to cause to come) nicely reflects this causative force.
Senses
1. send for, summon — To dispatch a messenger to fetch or summon a person, requesting their presence through an intermediary. Confined entirely to Acts in the NT, this verb describes the formal process of sending for someone rather than going oneself. Cornelius the centurion sends for Peter three times in the narrative (Acts 10:5, 22, 29), and the word recurs in Peter's retelling (Acts 11:13) and in similar summons scenes (Acts 24:24, 26; 25:3). The Spanish 'hacer venir' and German 'holen lassen' both capture the causative, delegated nature of the action -- one does not go but sends another to bring the desired person. 9×
AR["أَرْسَلَ-فِي-طَلَبِ", "أَرْسَلَ-يَسْتَدْعِي", "أَنْ-يَسْتَدْعِيَ", "مُسْتَدْعًى", "يَسْتَدْعِيهِ", "يُرْسِلَهُ", "ٱسْتَدْعَيْتُمُونِي", "ٱسْتَدْعِ"]·ben["ডাকা-হলে", "ডাকিয়া-পাঠাইতেছিল", "ডাকিয়া-পাঠাইল", "ডাকিয়া-পাঠান", "ডেকে-আন", "ডেকে-আনতে", "ডেকে-নিয়ে", "ডেকে-পাঠালে"]·DE["lässt-holen"]·EN["having-been-summoned", "having-summoned", "he-might-summon", "he-sent-for", "sending-for", "summon", "to-summon", "you-summoned"]·FR["envoyer-chercher"]·heb["הֲבֵא", "הֲזְמַנְתֶּם", "הוּזְמַנְתִּי", "יִשְׁלַח", "לְהַזְמִין", "קָרָא", "שָׁלַח", "שׁוֹלֵחַ"]·HI["बुलवा", "बुलवाए", "बुलवातेहुए", "बुलवाने-को", "बुलवाया", "बुलाए-जाने-पर", "बुलाकर"]·ID["dipanggil", "memanggil", "memanggil,", "memanggilku", "panggillah", "untuk-memanggil"]·IT["mandare-a-chiamare"]·jav["kaundang.", "ngundang", "ngutus-nimbali", "nimbali", "nimbali,", "panjenengan-ngundang", "sampun-nimbali", "undanga"]·KO["데려오라", "보내도록", "부르기-를", "부름받은-뒤에", "불러", "불러라", "불러보냈다", "불러서", "불렀느냐"]·PT["mandasse-buscar", "tendo-mandado-chamar"]·RU["пригласи", "пригласили", "пригласить", "приглашённый", "призвав", "призвал", "призывая"]·ES["hacer-venir", "haz-venir", "llamando", "mandando-llamar", "mandara-llamar", "mandó-llamar", "me-hicisteis-venir", "siendo-llamado"]·SW["akimwita", "akiwaita", "akuite", "alimwita", "amwite", "mliniita", "nikiitwa.", "umwite"]·TR["çağrılınca", "çağır", "çağırarak", "çağırdınız", "çağırması-için", "çağırtarak", "çağırtsın", "çağırttı"]·urd["بلایا", "بلایا-ہوا", "بلوا", "بلوا-کر", "بلواتا-ہوا", "بلوانے-کا", "بلوایا", "وہ-بلوائے"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μετα-πέμπω, send after or for, Ἀγαμέμνονος πέμψαντος.. μέτα having sent for thee, Refs 5th c.BC+. __II mostly in middle, μεταπέμπεσθαί τινα summon, Refs 5th c.BC+; of things, send for, σῖτον Refs 5th c.BC+ uses active and middle indifferently, compare Refs:—passive, μεταπεμφθῆναι to be sent for, Refs 5th c.BC+