ἀσπάζομαι aspazomai · G0782

to pay respects to

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).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἀσπάζομαι, ; Epic dialect aorist ἀσπάσσατο[]:—welcome kindly, greet, τινά[]; μεγάλως ἠσπάζοντο αὐτόν received him with great joy, []: frequently with no modal word, []; especially as the common form on meeting, Στρεψιάδην ἀσπάζομαι[]; πόρρωθεν ἀ. salute from a distance, []; πρόσωθεν αὐτὴν ἁγνὸς ὢν ἀ. I salute her at a respectful distance, i. e. keep away from her, []; ἀ. ταῖς κώπαις, of the saluting of ships, []; ἀ. τινὰ βασιλέα to hail or salute as king, [] to bid the event welcome, []; b take …

Where it's used 57 times

Matthew 5:47 · Matthew 10:12 · Mark 9:15 · Mark 15:18 · Luke 1:40 · Luke 10:4 · Acts 18:22 · Acts 20:1 · Acts 21:6 · Acts 21:7 · Acts 21:19 · Acts 25:13 · Romans 16:3 · Romans 16:5 · Romans 16:6 · Romans 16:7 · Romans 16:8 · Romans 16:9 · Romans 16:10 · Romans 16:11 · Romans 16:12 · Romans 16:13 · Romans 16:14 · Romans 16:15 · Romans 16:16 · Romans 16:21 · Romans 16:22 · Romans 16:23 · 1 Corinthians 16:19 · 1 Corinthians 16:20 · 2 Corinthians 13:12 · Philippians 4:21 · Philippians 4:22 · Colossians 4:10 · Colossians 4:12 · Colossians 4:14 · Colossians 4:15 · 1 Thessalonians 5:26 · 2 Timothy 4:19 · 2 Timothy 4:21 · Titus 3:15 · Philemon 1:23 · Hebrews 11:13 · Hebrews 13:24 · 1 Peter 5:13 · 1 Peter 5:14 · 2 John 1:13 … and 10 more

Source: TBESG G0782; TFLSJ G0782

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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