Word

ἀσπάζομαι

aspázomai · G782 · Greek · 59 occurrences

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Meanings

to greet or send greetings

To employ certain set phrases as a part of the process of greeting, whether communicated directly or indirectly

Examples
Matthew 10:12 “As you enter the house, give it your greeting.
Mark 9:15 Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and began running up to greet Him.
Mark 15:18 and they began saluting Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”
to be happy about or anticipate with pleasure

To be happy about something on the basis that it would prove particularly welcome, thus implying a type of future orientation

Examples
Hebrews 11:13 All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen and welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
to welcome or accept gladly

To welcome something or someone, with focus upon the initial greeting

Examples
Matthew 5:47 “And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Even the Gentiles, do they not do the same?
Hebrews 11:13 All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen and welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
to bid goodbye to, to take leave of

To say goodbye

Examples
Acts 20:1 After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and when he had encouraged them and taken his leave of them, he left to go to Macedonia.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

59 occurrences in 35 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 26
Not stated (participle) 5
ἐγώI, we 3
ΜάρκοςMarcus 3
ἀδελφόςbrother 3
Not stated: you (one person) 3
Other words · 29 groups that occur once or twice (32) 32

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

58 occurrences in 40 groups

σύyou 21
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 7
ἀδελφόςbrother 5
ἀλλήλωνeach other, one another 4
ἐκκλησίαcongregation, church 3
οἶκοςhouse, household 3
Other words · 33 groups that occur once or twice (35) 35

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

10 occurrences in 8 groups

ἐνin+ φίλημαkiss 5
ἐνin+ κύριοςLord 1
ἐνin+ ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
κατάaccording to, against, down+ ὁδόςway, road 1
κατάaccording to, against, down+ ὄνομαname 1
μετάwith, after+ παύωto cease, to stop 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

πόῤῥωθενfar ahead of time 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἄρχωto be first 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 4 entries

To be happy about, to anticipate with pleasure25.130: Used of a longed-for greeting rather than a formal one, drawn from the same verb's broader sense of warm welcome.
To greet, to send greetings33.20: Used of an ordinary social greeting, as when Jesus warns against greeting only one's own brothers in Matthew 5:47 and Mark's crowd runs up to greet Him in Mark 9:15.
To bid goodbye to, to take leave of33.21: Used of a parting greeting or farewell rather than an initial welcome, drawn from the same verb's range of social address.
To welcome, to accept gladly34.55: Used of receiving someone with open acceptance, as of Elizabeth's greeting of Mary in Luke 1:40.

Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σπάω spáō · G4685 · to pull, to drag, to draw · 2×ἀσπάζομαιaspázomai · G782ἀσπασμός aspasmós · G783 · greetings · 10×ἀποσπάω apospáō · G645 · to pull out, to draw out, to drag · 5×ἀνασπάω anaspáō · G385 · to pull up, to draw up · 2×διασπάω diaspáō · G1288 · to pull apart, to tear apart · 2×ἀπερισπάστως aperispástōs · G563 · without distraction, not distracting · 1×ἐπισπάομαι epispáomai · G1986 · to conceal circumcision, to extend the foreskin · 1×περισπάω perispáō · G4049 · to be overburdened and worried, to be distracted and anxious · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (imperfect ἠσπαζομην); 1 aorist ἠσπασαμην; (from σπάω with ἆ intensive (which see, but…

(imperfect ἠσπαζομην); 1 aorist ἠσπασαμην; (from σπάω with ἆ intensive (which see, but cf. Vanicek, p. 1163; Curtius, Das Verbum, i. 324f); hence, properly, to draw to oneself (Winers Grammar, § 38, 7 at the end); cf. ἀσκαίρω for σκαίρω, ἀσπαίρω for σπαίρω, ἀσπαρίζω for σπαρίζω); (from Homer down);
a. with an accusative of the person, to salute one, greet, bid welcome, wish well to (the Israelites, on meeting and at parting, generally used the formula לְך שָׁלום); used of those accosting anyone: Mt 10:12; Mk 9:15; Mk 15:18; Lk 1:40; Acts 21:19. of those who visit one to see him a little while, departing almost immediately afterward: Acts 18:22; Acts 21:7; like the Latinsalutare, our 'pay one's respects to,' of those who show regard for a distinguished person by visiting him: Acts 25:13 (Josephus, Antiquities 1, 19, 5; 6, 11, 1). of those who greet one whom they meet in the way: Mt 5:47 (in the East even now Christians and Mohammedans do not salute each other); Lk 10:4 (as a salutation was made not merely by a slight gesture and a few words, but generally by embracing and kissing, a journey was retarded by saluting frequently). of those departing and bidding farewell: Acts 20:1; Acts 21:6 (R G). of the absent, saluting by letter: Rom 16:3, Rom 16:5-23; 1 Cor 16:19; 2 Cor 13:12 (13); Phm 4:21; Col 4:10-12, Col 4:14; 1 Thess 5:26, etc. ἐν φιλήματι: Rom 16:16; 1 Cor 16:20; 2 Cor 13:12; 1 Pet 5:14.
b. with an accusative of the thing, to receive joyfully, welcome: τάς ἐπαγγελίας, Heb 11:13 (τήν συμφοράν, Euripides, Ion 587; τήν εὔνοιαν, Josephus, Antiquities 6, 5, 3; τούς λόγους, ibid. 7, 8, 4; sosaluto, Vergil Aen. 3, 524). (Compare: ἀπασπάζομαι.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Happy, Glad, Joyful1 occurrence Discourse Types59 occurrences Welcome, Receive2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0