Greek verb · G782
ἀσπάζομαι
aspazomaias-pad'-zom-ahee
to pay respects to
57 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: aspázomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G782is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 16 of 27New Testament books
- 14spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G782
to enfold in the arms, i.e. (by implication) to salute, (figuratively) to welcome
The King James renders it: embrace, greet, salute, take leave.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aspazomai is rendered "to pay respects to". It stands 57 times in the Greek text, across sixteen books.
- Twenty-one of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
Matthew 5:47ἀσπάσησθε
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-one of the word's fifty-seven uses are in Romans.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- do greet26
- Greet9
- Greets8
- having greeted3
- he greets2
- greeted1
- greeting1
- having embraced1
- having said farewell1
- may greet1
- they were greeting1
- to salute1
and 2 more, 57 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀσπασμός | aspasmos | salutation | Uses10 |
The words it stands beside
All 57, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀσπάσασθε24
- Ἀσπάζεται8
- ἀσπάζονται6
- Ἀσπάζεταί3
- ἀσπασάμενοι3
- ἀσπασάμενος3
- Ἄσπασαι2
- ἀσπάσησθε2
- ἀπησπασάμεθα1
- ἀσπάζεσθαι1
- Ἀσπάζομαι1
- Ἀσπάζονταί1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person plural24V-ADM-2P
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular11V-PNI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural7V-PNI-3P
- verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3V-ADP-NPM
- verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-ADP-NSM
- verb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person singular2V-ADM-2S
- verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 2nd person plural2V-ADS-2P
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-ADI-3S
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person plural1V-AMI-1P
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-INI-3P
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PNI-1S
- verb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PNN
Matthew
two uses
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
- ἀσπάσησθεaspasestheverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall greet
As you enter the home, greet its occupants.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Mark
two uses
As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him.
- ἠσπάζοντοespazontoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were greeting
And they began to salute Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”
- ἀσπάζεσθαιaspazesthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to salute
Luke
two uses
where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
- ἠσπάσατοespasatoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: greeted
Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
- ἀσπάσησθεaspasestheverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: may greet
Acts
six uses
When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.
- ἀσπασάμενοςaspasamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having greeted
When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
- ἀσπασάμενοςaspasamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having said farewell
And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
- ἀπησπασάμεθαapespasamethaverb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we greeted
When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
- ἀσπασάμενοιaspasamenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having greeted
Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- ἀσπασάμενοςaspasamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having greeted
After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
- ἀσπασάμενοιaspasamenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: greeting
Romans
twenty-one uses
Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
- Ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
- ἀσπάζονταιaspazontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Greet
Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.
- Ἀσπάζεταιaspazetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Greets
I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
- Ἀσπάζομαιaspazomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: Greet
Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
- Ἀσπάζεταιaspazetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Greets
- Ἀσπάζεταιaspazetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Greets
1 Corinthians
four uses
The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
- Ἀσπάζονταιaspazontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Greet
- Ἀσπάζεταιaspazetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he greets
All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
- ἀσπάζονταιaspazontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Greet
- Ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
2 Corinthians
one use
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
- Ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
Philippians
three uses
Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you greetings.
- Ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
- ἀσπάζονταιaspazontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Greet
All the saints send you greetings, especially those from the household of Caesar.
- ἀσπάζονταιaspazontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Greet
Colossians
four uses
My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
- Ἀσπάζεταιaspazetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Greets
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.
- Ἀσπάζεταιaspazetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Greets
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
- Ἀσπάζεταιaspazetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Greets
Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house.
- Ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
1 Thessalonians
one use
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
- Ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
2 Timothy
two uses
Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus.
- Ἄσπασαιaspasaiverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do greet
Make every effort to come to me before winter. Eubulus sends you greetings, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.
- Ἀσπάζεταίaspazetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Greets
Titus
two uses
All who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.
- Ἀσπάζονταίaspazontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Greet
- ἄσπασαιaspasaiverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do greet
Philemon
one use
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,
- Ἀσπάζεταίaspazetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He greets
Hebrews
three uses
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- ἀσπασάμενοιaspasamenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having embraced
Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
- Ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
- Ἀσπάζονταιaspazontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Greet
1 Peter
two uses
The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, as does my son Mark.
- Ἀσπάζεταιaspazetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Greets
Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
- ἀσπάσασθεaspasastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do greet
2 John
one use
The children of your elect sister send you greetings.
- ἀσπάζεταίaspazetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Greet
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.