Greek Word Study · Strong’s G782
ἀσπάζομαι
aspazomai · “to pay respects to”
Used 59 times across 17 books
Definition
ἀσπάζομαι depon.,
[in LXX: Eze.18:7, Jdg.18:15 (שָׁלוֹם שָׁאַל), Est.5:2, 1Ma.7:29, al. ;]
to welcome, greet, salute: with accusative of person(s), Mat.5:47, Mrk.9:15, Act.21:7, al.; id. before ἐν φιλήματι, Rom.16:16, 1Co.16:20, 2Co.13:12, 1Th.5:26, 1Pe.5:14; τ. ἐκκλησίαν (Deiss., BS, 257), Act.18:22; as term. tech. for conveying greetings at the end of a letter (MM, see word), used by an amanuensis (Milligan, NTD, 23), Rom.16:22 (on the aoristic Pres., here and elsewhere, see M, Pr., 119; Bl., § 56, 4); κατήντησαν . . . ἀσπασάμενοι (on this constr., see El., § 58, 4; M, Pr., 132, 238), Act.25:13 (cf. ἀπ-ἀπ-ασπάζομαι).†
[in LXX: Eze.18:7, Jdg.18:15 (שָׁלוֹם שָׁאַל), Est.5:2, 1Ma.7:29, al. ;]
to welcome, greet, salute: with accusative of person(s), Mat.5:47, Mrk.9:15, Act.21:7, al.; id. before ἐν φιλήματι, Rom.16:16, 1Co.16:20, 2Co.13:12, 1Th.5:26, 1Pe.5:14; τ. ἐκκλησίαν (Deiss., BS, 257), Act.18:22; as term. tech. for conveying greetings at the end of a letter (MM, see word), used by an amanuensis (Milligan, NTD, 23), Rom.16:22 (on the aoristic Pres., here and elsewhere, see M, Pr., 119; Bl., § 56, 4); κατήντησαν . . . ἀσπασάμενοι (on this constr., see El., § 58, 4; M, Pr., 132, 238), Act.25:13 (cf. ἀπ-ἀπ-ασπάζομαι).†
Where it appears
Matthew2
Mark2
Luke2
Acts5
Romans21
1 Corinthians4
2 Corinthians2
Philippians3
Colossians4
1 Thessalonians1
2 Timothy2
Titus2
Philemon1
Hebrews3
1 Peter2
2 John1
3 John2
In the text
Matthew 5:47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?Matthew 10:12And when ye come into an house, salute it.Mark 9:15And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.Mark 15:18And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!Luke 1:40And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.Luke 10:4Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.Acts 18:22And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.Acts 20:1And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.Acts 21:7And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.Acts 21:19And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
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