Quick Definition
a greeting, salutation
Strong's Definition
a greeting (in person or by letter)
Derivation: from G782 (ἀσπάζομαι);
KJV Usage: greeting, salutation
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσπασμός, ἀσπασμοῦ, ὁ (ἀσπάζομαι), a salutation either oral: Mat_23:7; Mar_12:38; Luk_1:29; Luk_1:41; Luk_1:44; Luk_11:43; Luk_20:46; or written: 1Co_16:21; Col_4:18; 2Th_3:17. (From Theognis down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀσπασμός aspasmos 10x
salutation, greeting, Mat_23:7 ; Mar_12:38 greeting.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀσπασμός , -οῦ , ὁ
( < ἀσπάζομαι ),
a salutation (so always in RV ), greeting: oral, Mat_23:7 , Mar_12:38 , Luk_1:29 ; Luk_1:41 ; Luk_1:44 ; Luk_11:43 ; Luk_20:46 ; written, 1Co_16:21 , Col_4:18 , 2Th_3:17 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀσπασμός [page 86]
P Oxy III. 471 .67 (ii/A.D.) μαρτύρονται κύριε τὴν σὴν τύχην [εἶ ] μὴν ἀναμενόντων αὐτῶν (corr. from ἡμῶν ) τὸν ἀσπασμόν [. . . The noun is curiously rare : the above is apparently its only occurrence in P Oxy I.-X., nor have we noticed any other instance of it in the ordinary papyrus collections except P Flor III. 296 .57 (vi/A.D.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀσπασμός [Etym: ἀσπάζομαι] "a greeting, embrace, salutation", Theogn. , NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀσπασμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(ἀσπάζομαι),
a salutation (so always in RV), greeting: oral, Mat.23:7, Mrk.12:38, Luk.1:29, 41 1:44 11:43 20:46; written, 1Co.16:21, Col.4:18, 2Th.3:17.†
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