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a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders
derivation: from (649)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=652&version=kjv

(649)
1] order (one) to go to a place appointed, to send away, dismiss
   1.a] to allow one to depart, that he may be in a state of liberty
   1.b] to order one to depart, send off
   1.c] to drive away
derivation: from (575) and (4724)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=649&version=kjv

(575)
1] of separation
   1.a] of local separation, after verbs of motion from a place i.e. of departing, of fleeing, ...
of separation of a part from the whole
       1.a.1] where of a whole some part is taken
   1.b] of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed
   1.c] of a state of separation, that is of distance
       1.c.1] physical, of distance of place
       1.c.2] temporal, of distance of time
2] of origin
   2.a] of the place whence anything is, comes, befalls, is taken
   2.b] of origin of a cause
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=575&version=kjv

(4724)
1] to set, place, set in order, arrange
   1.a] to fit out, to prepare, equip
   1.b] to prepare one's self, to fit out for one's self
   1.c] to fit out for one's own use
   1.d] to prepare one's self, to fit out for one's self
   1.e] to fit out for one's own use
       1.e.1] arranging, providing for this, etc.
2] to bring together, contract, shorten
   2.a] to diminish, check, cause to cease
   2.b] to cease to exist
   2.c] to remove one's self, withdraw one's self, to depart
   2.d] to abstain from familiar intercourse with one
derivation: probably strengthened from the base of (2476)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=4724&version=kjv

(2476)
1] to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set
   1.a] to bid to stand by, [set up]
       1.a.1] in the presence of others, in the midst, before judges, before members of the Sanhedrin;
       1.a.2]to place
   1.b] to make firm, fix establish
       1.b.1] to cause a person or a thing to keep his or its place
       1.b.2] to stand, be kept intact (of family, a kingdom), to escape in safety
       1.b.3] to establish a thing, cause it to stand 1b
2] to uphold or sustain the authority or force of anything
   2.a] to set or place in a balance
       2.a.1] to weigh: money to one (because in very early times before the introduction of coinage, the metals used to be weighed)
3] to stand
   3.a] to stand by or near
       3.a.1] to stop, stand still, to stand immovable, stand firm 2a
   3.b] of the foundation of a building
   3.c] to stand
       3.c.1] continue safe and sound, stand unharmed, to stand ready or prepared
       3.c.2] to be of a steadfast mind
       3.c.3] of quality, one who does not hesitate, does not waiver
derivation: a prolonged form of a primary stao {stah'-o} (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=2476&version=kjv

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