Dispatch - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DISPATCH

dis-pach':

Occurs Tobit 7:8 in the sense of dispatch of business, "Let this business be dispatched" (the Revised Version (British and American) "finished"); 2 Macc 12:18, "before he had dispatched anything" (the Revised Version (British and American) "without accomplishing"); The Wisdom of Solomon 11:19 (20) in the sense of finishing, destroying, "dispatch them at once" (the Revised Version (British and American) "consume"); 2 Macc 9:4 "dispatch the journey" (katanuein), which may mean "finish it quickly" Revised Version (British and American) spells "despatch."

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DISPATCH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.