ἨΣΠΑΣΑΜΕΘΑ, ἠσπασαμεθα
ĒSPASAMETHA, ēspasametha
Sounds Like: hay-spah-SAH-meh-thah
Translations: we greeted, we embraced, we welcomed, we saluted
From the root: ΑΣΠΑΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning "to greet," "to embrace," "to welcome," or "to salute." It is often used to describe the act of showing respect or affection to someone upon meeting them or departing from them. It is a compound word, formed from the prefix 'ἀσ-' (as-) meaning 'together' or 'with' and the verb 'σπάω' (spaō) meaning 'to draw' or 'to pull'.
Inflection: First Person Plural, Aorist, Indicative, Middle Voice
Strong’s number: G0782 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:173
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΣΠΑΖΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἈΣΠΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ — having greeted, having embraced, having welcomed, having saluted
- ἈΣΠΑΣΟΜΑΙ — I will greet, I will salute, I will embrace, I will welcome
- ἈΣΠΑΣΟΜΕΝΟΝ — greeting, saluting, embracing, welcoming, a greeting, a saluting
- ΑΠΑΣΠΑΖΟΜΑΙ — to greet, to salute, to welcome, to take leave of, to bid farewell
- ΑΣΠΑΖ — to greet, to salute, to embrace, to welcome, to bid farewell
- ΑΣΠΑΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to greet, to salute, to welcome, to embrace, to bid farewell
- ΑΣΠΑΖΕΤΑΙ — he greets, she greets, it greets, he salutes, she salutes, it salutes, he embraces, she embraces, it embraces, he welcomes, she welcomes, it welcomes
- ΑΣΠΑΖΕΤΕ — greet, salute, embrace, welcome
- ΑΣΠΑΖΟΜΑΙ — I greet, I salute, I welcome, I embrace, I bid farewell
- ΑΣΠΑΖΟΜΕΝΗΝ — greeting, saluting, embracing, welcoming, bidding farewell
- ΑΣΠΑΖΟΝΤΑΙ — they greet, they salute, they embrace, they welcome
- ΑΣΠΑΣΑΙ — greet, salute, welcome, embrace, take leave of, bid farewell, receive kindly
- ΑΣΠΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having greeted, having embraced, having saluted, having welcomed
- ΑΣΠΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having greeted, having embraced, having welcomed, having saluted, having taken leave of
- ΑΣΠΑΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to greet, to salute, to welcome, to embrace, to bid farewell, to take leave of
- ΑΣΠΑΣΑΣΘΕ — greet, salute, welcome, embrace, bid farewell
- ΑΣΠΑΣΗΣΘΕ — greet, salute, welcome, embrace, bid farewell
- ἨΣΠΑΖΕΤΟ — greeted, saluted, embraced, welcomed
- ἨΣΠΑΖΟΜΗΝ — I was greeting, I was embracing, I was saluting, I was bidding farewell
- ἨΣΠΑΖΟΝΤΟ — they were greeting, they were embracing, they were saluting, they were welcoming
- ἨΣΠΑΣΑΝΤΟ — they greeted, they embraced, they saluted
- ΗΣΠΑΣΑΝΤΟ — they greeted, they embraced, they welcomed, they saluted
- ΗΣΠΑΣΑΤΟ — he greeted, she greeted, it greeted, he embraced, she embraced, it embraced, he welcomed, she welcomed, it welcomed
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