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ἀσπασμός

aspasmós · G783 · Greek · 10 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. greetings

    Certain set phrases that are part of the process of greeting, whether communicated directly or indirectly

    Examples

    Matthew 23:7 and personal greetings in the marketplaces, and being called Rabbi by the people.

    Mark 12:38 And in His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like personal greetings in the marketplaces,

    Luke 1:29 But she was very perplexed at this statement, and was pondering what kind of greeting this was.

How it’s used In 6 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 3 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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.

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.

Semantic domains 1 entry
To greet, to send greetings33.20
Used of a formal or public greeting, as of the greetings scribes love to receive in the marketplaces in Matthew 23:7 and Mark 12:38, and of Mary's greeting that causes the baby to leap in Luke 1:41.
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×ἀσπάζομαι aspázomai · G782 · to greet, to send greetings · 59×ἀσπασμόςaspasmós · G783ἀποσπάω 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 ἀσπασμοῦ, ὁ (ἀσπάζομαι), a salutation — either oral: Mt 23:7; Mk 12:38; Lk 1:29, Lk 1:41,…
ἀσπασμοῦ, ὁ (ἀσπάζομαι), a salutation — either oral: Mt 23:7; Mk 12:38; Lk 1:29, Lk 1:41, Lk 1:44; Lk 11:43; Lk 20:46; or written: 1 Cor 16:21; Col 4:18; 2 Thess 3:17. (From Theognis down.)

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Discourse Types10 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

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