Romans 16:21:1Rom.16.21.W1TAB
Ἀσπάζεται
aspazetai
“greets”
- Transliteration
- a-spa-ZE-tai
- Extended
- ah-spah-ZEH-tai
- IPA
- /a.spaˈdze.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- greets
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-spa-ZE-tai
- sentence
a-spa-ZE-tai hy-MAS ti-MO-the-os ho sy-ner-GOS mou KAI LOU-ki-os KAI i-A-son KAI sô-SI-pa-tros hoi syg-ge-NEIS mou
Exegesis
The verb aspazetai {ἀσπάζεται | aspáz-etai} ‘greets’ initiates the clause with a middle voice greeting directed at hymas {ὑμᾶς | hymâs} ‘you,’ foregrounding the salutation.
Root and etymology
aspazomaialpha–sigma–pi–alpha–zeta–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to greet, welcome, embrace”
In context — Romans 16:21
Timothy, my fellow worker , greets you, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen , greet you.
About this coordinate
Romans 16:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Romans 16:21, so the Greek word Ἀσπάζεται (aspazetai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.16.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.21.W1.S1) and character.