ΚΑΤΗΣΠΑΖΕΤΟ, κατησπαζετο
KATĒSPAZETO, katēspazeto
Sounds Like: kah-tays-PAH-zeh-toh
Translations: greet, salute, embrace, kiss
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the prefix 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'completely', and 'ἀσπάζομαι' (aspazomai), meaning 'to greet' or 'embrace'. It describes the action of greeting someone, often with an embrace or a kiss, indicating a warm and complete salutation. It is used to show respect, affection, or welcome.
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative, Middle Voice, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2620 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 2:61
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΖΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΖΟΜΑΙ — to greet, to salute, to embrace, to kiss, to bid farewell
- ΚΑΤΑΣΠΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — embracing, kissing, greeting warmly, saluting
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