ΔΕΞΙΩΣΑΣΘΑΙ, δεξιωσασθαι
DEXIŌSASTHAI, dexiōsasthai
Sounds Like: dek-see-OH-sas-thai
Translations: to greet, to welcome, to give the right hand to, to receive kindly
From the root: ΔΕΞΙΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to greet someone, especially by offering the right hand as a sign of welcome or friendship. It implies a warm and friendly reception. It is often used in contexts of hospitality or formal greetings.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1188 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 9:35
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΞΙΟΩ.
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.
- ΔΕΞΙΑΣΤΕ — greet, welcome, give the right hand, receive
- ΔΕΞΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ — receiving, greeting, welcoming, shaking hands, of receiving, of greeting, of welcoming, of shaking hands
- ΔΕΞΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — receiving, welcoming, greeting, shaking hands with
- ΔΕΞΙΟΥΣΘΑΙ — to greet, to welcome, to give the right hand to, to shake hands with
- ΔΕΞΙΟΥΤΑΙ — receives, welcomes, greets
- ΔΕΞΙΟΥΤΟ — he greeted, he welcomed, he gave the right hand, he shook hands, he saluted
- ΔΕΞΙΟΩ — to give the right hand, to welcome, to greet, to receive, to shake hands
- ΔΕΞΙΩΣΑΙΝΤΟ — they might welcome, they might greet, they might receive, they might give the right hand to
- ΔΕΞΙΩΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having welcomed, having greeted, having received, having given the right hand
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