Strong G782ἀσπάζομαι
to pay respects to
- Transliteration
- aspazomai
- Pronunciation
- as-pad'-zom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed 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).†
(AS)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G782 appears in 49 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- salute35
- greet13
- saluteth4
- embrace2
- greeteth1
- leave1
- they1
First verses
- 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 21:6And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
- 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.
- Acts 25:13And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to salute Festus.
- Romans 16:3Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
- Romans 16:5Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
- Romans 16:6Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.
- Romans 16:7Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
- Romans 16:8Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
- Romans 16:9Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
- Romans 16:10Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus’ household.
- Romans 16:11Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀσπάζομαι,
Epic dialect aorist ἀσπάσσατο[Refs (“epigram Gr.” 990.9)]:—welcome kindly, greet, τινά[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.: frequently with _dative_ modi, δεξιῇ ἠσπάζοντο ἔπεσσί τε μειλιχίοισι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.542; χερσίν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.35, +others; ἁδυπνόῳ φωνᾷ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.25)]; μεγάλως ἠσπάζοντο αὐτόν received him with great joy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122, compare 3.1; παρὰ τὴν πόσιν φιλοφρόνως ἀ. [prev. author] 2.121. δ; εὖ νιν ἀσπάσασθε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 524)]: frequently with no modal word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 596, etc.)]; especially as the common form on meeting, Στρεψιάδην ἀσπάζομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1145, compare “Pl.” 1042 (see. Scholia), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273c; αὐτὸν ἠσπάζοντο καὶ ἐδεξιοῦνθ᾽ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 752)]; πόρρωθεν ἀ. salute from a distance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 153b)]; πρόσωθεν αὐτὴν ἁγνὸς ὢν ἀ. I salute her at a respectful distance, i. e. keep away from her, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 102, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499a)]; ἀ. ταῖς κώπαις, of the saluting of ships, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 76)]; ἀ. τινὰ βασιλέα to hail or salute as king, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.39: _metaphorically_, ἀ. συμφοράν)] to bid the event welcome, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 587.)]
b take leave of, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1276)]; τὰ ὕστατα ἀ. take a last farewell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.39.)]
c as a formula in closing letters, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Rom.16.22, 23, “BGU” 1079.33 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
2 from the modes of salutation in use, kiss, embrace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 607; ἀ. τοῖς στόμασι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 1)]; of dogs, fawn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 376a)]; cling fondly to, ἴσον σ᾽ ὡς τεκοῦσ᾽ ἀσπάζομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1363, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.2; ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἀ. καὶ φιλῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29d: _metaphorically_, φιλεῖν καὶ ἀ. τὸ ἄδικον [prev. author] “Lg.” 689a.)]
3 of things, follow eagerly, cleave to, ἀ. τὸ ὅμοιον, οἶνον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Smp.” 192a, “R.” 475a, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 11.44)]; of dogs, ἀ. τὰ ἴχνη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 3.7.)]
4 ἀ. ὅτι.. to be glad that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 324.)]
5 with infinitive, to be ready to.., εὐωχεῖσθαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.7, compare 31, “VS” 2.25.4.)](active ἀσπάζω in letters (cf. I. C), [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1158.18 (3rd c.AD), +others, compare ἀσπάζομαι· ἀσπάζω, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
Epic dialect aorist ἀσπάσσατο[Refs (“epigram Gr.” 990.9)]:—welcome kindly, greet, τινά[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.: frequently with _dative_ modi, δεξιῇ ἠσπάζοντο ἔπεσσί τε μειλιχίοισι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.542; χερσίν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.35, +others; ἁδυπνόῳ φωνᾷ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.25)]; μεγάλως ἠσπάζοντο αὐτόν received him with great joy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122, compare 3.1; παρὰ τὴν πόσιν φιλοφρόνως ἀ. [prev. author] 2.121. δ; εὖ νιν ἀσπάσασθε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 524)]: frequently with no modal word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 596, etc.)]; especially as the common form on meeting, Στρεψιάδην ἀσπάζομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1145, compare “Pl.” 1042 (see. Scholia), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273c; αὐτὸν ἠσπάζοντο καὶ ἐδεξιοῦνθ᾽ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 752)]; πόρρωθεν ἀ. salute from a distance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 153b)]; πρόσωθεν αὐτὴν ἁγνὸς ὢν ἀ. I salute her at a respectful distance, i. e. keep away from her, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 102, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499a)]; ἀ. ταῖς κώπαις, of the saluting of ships, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 76)]; ἀ. τινὰ βασιλέα to hail or salute as king, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.39: _metaphorically_, ἀ. συμφοράν)] to bid the event welcome, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 587.)]
b take leave of, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1276)]; τὰ ὕστατα ἀ. take a last farewell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.39.)]
c as a formula in closing letters, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Rom.16.22, 23, “BGU” 1079.33 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
2 from the modes of salutation in use, kiss, embrace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 607; ἀ. τοῖς στόμασι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 1)]; of dogs, fawn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 376a)]; cling fondly to, ἴσον σ᾽ ὡς τεκοῦσ᾽ ἀσπάζομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1363, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.2; ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἀ. καὶ φιλῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29d: _metaphorically_, φιλεῖν καὶ ἀ. τὸ ἄδικον [prev. author] “Lg.” 689a.)]
3 of things, follow eagerly, cleave to, ἀ. τὸ ὅμοιον, οἶνον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Smp.” 192a, “R.” 475a, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 11.44)]; of dogs, ἀ. τὰ ἴχνη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 3.7.)]
4 ἀ. ὅτι.. to be glad that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 324.)]
5 with infinitive, to be ready to.., εὐωχεῖσθαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.7, compare 31, “VS” 2.25.4.)](active ἀσπάζω in letters (cf. I. C), [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1158.18 (3rd c.AD), +others, compare ἀσπάζομαι· ἀσπάζω, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]