UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ἀπασπάζομαι · ἀσπασμός

Sense 1: to greet, to send greetings

Semantic entry: 33.20

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Discourse Types

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

Notes: It is possible that in some contexts ἀσπάζομαι[a] could be interpreted as ‘to visit,’ so that in RV ACT 18:22 · LV ACT 18:22 · Read together ACT 18:22 one may render ἀσπασάμενος τὴν ἐκκλησίαν as ‘visiting the church’ rather than as ‘greeting the church.’

MAT 10:12: RV MAT 10:12 · LV MAT 10:12 · Read together MAT 10:12

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OET-RV MAT 10:12

12 When you enter a home, bless it,

OET-LV MAT 10:12

12 And coming _in into the house, greet it.

MRK 9:15: RV MRK 9:15 · LV MRK 9:15 · Read together MRK 9:15

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OET-RV MRK 9:15

15 The crowd were very surprised when they noticed Yeshua and came running to greet him.

OET-LV MRK 9:15

15 And immediately all the crowd having _seen him were _greatly _amazed, and running _up they _were _greeting him.

All 45 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 10:12 · LV MAT 10:12 · Read together MAT 10:12

MRK: RV MRK 9:15 · RV MRK 15:18 · LV MRK 9:15 · LV MRK 15:18 · Read together MRK 9:15 · Read together MRK 15:18

LUK: RV LUK 1:40 · RV LUK 10:4 · LV LUK 1:40 · LV LUK 10:4 · Read together LUK 1:40 · Read together LUK 10:4

ACT: RV ACT 18:22 · RV ACT 21:7 · RV ACT 21:19 · RV ACT 25:13 · LV ACT 18:22 · LV ACT 21:7 · LV ACT 21:19 · LV ACT 25:13 · Read together ACT 18:22 · Read together ACT 21:7 · Read together ACT 21:19 · Read together ACT 25:13

ROM: RV ROM 16:3 · RV ROM 16:5–16 · RV ROM 16:21–23 · LV ROM 16:3 · LV ROM 16:5–16 · LV ROM 16:21–23 · Read together ROM 16:3 · Read together ROM 16:5–16 · Read together ROM 16:21–23

CO1: RV CO1 16:19–20 · LV CO1 16:19–20 · Read together CO1 16:19–20

CO2: RV CO2 13:12 · LV CO2 13:12 · Read together CO2 13:12

PHP: RV PHP 4:21–22 · LV PHP 4:21–22 · Read together PHP 4:21–22

COL: RV COL 4:10 · RV COL 4:12 · RV COL 4:14–15 · LV COL 4:10 · LV COL 4:12 · LV COL 4:14–15 · Read together COL 4:10 · Read together COL 4:12 · Read together COL 4:14–15

TH1: RV TH1 5:26 · LV TH1 5:26 · Read together TH1 5:26

TI2: RV TI2 4:19 · RV TI2 4:21 · LV TI2 4:19 · LV TI2 4:21 · Read together TI2 4:19 · Read together TI2 4:21

TIT: RV TIT 3:15 · LV TIT 3:15 · Read together TIT 3:15

PHM: RV PHM 1:23 · LV PHM 1:23 · Read together PHM 1:23

HEB: RV HEB 11:13 · RV HEB 13:24 · LV HEB 11:13 · LV HEB 13:24 · Read together HEB 11:13 · Read together HEB 13:24

PE1: RV PE1 5:13–14 · LV PE1 5:13–14 · Read together PE1 5:13–14

JN2: RV JN2 1:13 · LV JN2 1:13 · Read together JN2 1:13

JN3: RV JN3 1:15 · LV JN3 1:15 · Read together JN3 1:15

Sense 2: to be happy about, to anticipate with pleasure

Semantic entry: 25.130

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Happy, Glad, Joyful

Definition: to be happy about something, on the basis that it would prove particularly welcome (thus implying a type of future orientation)

Notes: In order to render the future implications of ἀσπάζομαι in RV HEB 11:13 · LV HEB 11:13 · Read together HEB 11:13, one may be able to translate ‘and looked forward with happiness to what was going to happen.’ For another interpretation of ἀσπάζομαι in RV HEB 11:13 · LV HEB 11:13 · Read together HEB 11:13, see ἀσπάζομαι[c] 34.55: ἀσπάζομαι.

HEB 11:13: RV HEB 11:13 · LV HEB 11:13 · Read together HEB 11:13

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OET-RV HEB 11:13

13 All of those people went on to die, not having received everything that was promised but only seeing and welcoming it all from a distance, having admitted that they were strangers and foreigners here on the earth.

OET-LV HEB 11:13

13 In faith died _off these all, not having _accepted the promises, but from _afar them having _seen, and having _greeted, and having _confessed, that strangers and aliens they _are on the earth.

Sense 3: to welcome, to accept gladly

Semantic entry: 34.55

Semantic domains: Association

Subdomains: Welcome, Receive

Definition: to welcome something or someone, with focus upon the initial greeting

Notes: In some languages, however, it may be difficult to speak of ‘welcoming promises,’ but one can often render this relationship as ‘they were happy to know about what had been promised.’ For another interpretation of ἀσπάζομαι in RV HEB 11:13 · LV HEB 11:13 · Read together HEB 11:13, see ἀσπάζομαι[b] 25.130: ἀσπάζομαι.

MAT 5:47: RV MAT 5:47 · LV MAT 5:47 · Read together MAT 5:47

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OET-RV MAT 5:47

47 And if you’re only polite to your own circle, how is that achieving anything? Aren’t non-Jews just the same?

OET-LV MAT 5:47