ἀσπάζομαι depon, [in LXX: Eze.18:7, Jdg.18:15 (שָׁלוֹם שָׁאַל), Est.5:2, 1Ma.7:29, al;]
to welcome, greet, salute: with accusative of person(s), Mat.5:47, Mrk.9:15, Act.21:7, al; id. before ἐν φιλήματι, Rom.16:16, 1Co.16:20, 2Co.13:12, 1Th.5:26, 1Pe.5:14; τ. ἐκκλησίαν (Deiss, BS, 257), Act.18:22; as term. tech. for conveying greetings at the end of a letter (MM, see word), used by an amanuensis (Milligan,
NTD, 23), Rom.16:22 (on the aoristic Pres, here and elsewhere, see M,
Pr., 119; Bl, § 56, 4); κατήντησαν. ἀσπασάμενοι (on this constr, see El, § 58, 4; M,
Pr., 132, 238), Act.25:13 (cf. ἀπ-ἀπ-ασπάζομαι). (
AS)