ἈΣΠΑΣΜΟΝ, ἀσπασμον
ASPASMON, aspasmon
Sounds Like: as-PAS-mon
Translations: greeting, a greeting, salutation, a salutation
From the root: ἈΣΠΑΣΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a greeting or salutation, an act of expressing good wishes or welcome to someone. It is often used in the context of verbal or written greetings, such as a formal address or a friendly welcome. It can also refer to the act of embracing or kissing as a form of greeting.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0783 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:304
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 15:15
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 1:41
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΠΑΣΜΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΣΠΑΣΜΟΙΣ — greetings, salutations, embraces, kisses
- ἈΣΠΑΣΜΟΣ — greeting, salutation, a greeting, a salutation
- ἈΣΠΑΣΜΟΥ — of greeting, of salutation, of a kiss, of an embrace
- ἈΣΠΑΣΜΟΥΣ — salutations, greetings, embraces
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