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Strong's G782 · Greek

ἀσπάζομαι

aspazomai · as-pad'-zom-ahee

from 1 (as a particle of union) and a presumed form of 4685; to enfold in the arms, i.e. (by implication) to salute, (figuratively) to welcome


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀσπάζομαι (G782)

59 ἀσπάζομαι depon., [in LXX: Ez 18:7 , Jg 18:15 ( לְשָׁלוֹם שָׁאַל ), Es 5:2 , I Mac 7:29 , al.;] to welcome , greet, salute : c. acc. pers., Mt 5:47 , Mk 9:15 , Ac 21:7 , al.; id. seq. ἐν φιλήματι , Ro 16:16 , I Co 16:20 , II Co 13:12 , I Th 5:26 , I Pe 5:14 ; τ. ἐκκλησίαν (Deiss., BS , 257), Ac 18:22 ; as term. tech. for conveying greetings at the end of a letter (MM, s.v.), used by an amanuensis (Milligan, NTD , 23), Ro 16:22 (on the aoristic pres., here and elsewhere, v. M, Pr. , 119; Bl., § 56, 4); κατήντησαν . . . ἀσπασάμενοι (on this constr., v. Bl., § 58, 4; M, Pr. , 132, 238), Ac 25:13 (cf. ἀπ-ασπάζομαι ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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