ἀσπάζομαι

ἀσπάζομαι depon.,

[in LXX: Ezk 18,7, Dom 18,15 (שָׁלוֹם שָׁאַל), Est 5,2, 1Ma 7,29, al. ;]

to welcome, greet, salute: with accusative of person(s), Matt 5,47, Mark 9,15, ApG 21,7, al.; id. before ἐν φιλήματι, Rom 16,16, 1 Kor 16,20, 2 Kor 13,12, 1 Thess 5,26, 1 Pet 5,14; τ. ἐκκλησίαν (Deiss., BS, 257), ApG 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), ApG 25,13 (cf. ἀπ-ἀπ-ασπάζομαι).†