To pay respects to
ἀσπάζομαιStrong’s G0782aspazomai
Appears in 47 verses of the New Testament
In short
Aspazomai is the Greek word usually translated “do greet”, “greet” and “greets”. It appears in 47 verses of the New Testament.
“All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.”
Meaning
Usually translated “do greet”, “greet” and “greets”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- do greet 26
- greet 9
- greets 8
- having greeted 3
- he greets 2
- you shall greet 1
- they were greeting 1
- to salute 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 16
- Acts 6
- Colossians 4
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Philemon 1:23In contextThere salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
- 2 John 1:13In contextThe children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
- 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!
All 47 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἀσπάζομαι aspazomai · 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. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “greet” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GREET, verb transitive
[Latin rudo, to bray, to roar.]
- To address with expressions of kind wishes; to salute in kindness and respect.
- To address at meeting; to address in any manner.
- To congratulate.
- To pay compliments at a distance; to send kind wishes to. Colossians 4:142 Timothy 4:21
All definitions and other forms of “greet”
- To meet and address with kindness; or to express kind wishes accompanied with an embrace. 1 Thessalonians 5:26
- To meet.
GREET, verb intransitive
To meet and salute.
- To weep; written by Spenser greit.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.