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SALUTATIONS

expression of salutations:

with the body

♦ by kissing

• 2 Samuel 20:9; Matthew 26:49

♦ by bowing

• Genesis 18:2; 1 Kings 1:16

♦ by prostrating oneself

• 2 Samuel 18:28; Mark 5:22

with words

♦ "my lords"

• Genesis 19:2

♦ "May God be gracious to you"

• Genesis 43:29

♦ "May the Lord be with you"

• Ruth 2:4

♦ "May the Lord bless you"

• Ruth 2:4

♦ "Blessed are you of the Lord!"

• 1 Samuel 15:13

♦ "Have a long life, peace be to you"

• 1 Samuel 25:6

♦ "Is it well with you, my brother?"

• 2 Samuel 20:9

♦ "Hail!"

• Matthew 26:49

♦ "Peace be to this house"

• Luke 10:5

♦ "Peace be with you"

• John 20:21, 26

♦ in letters

• 1 Corinthians 16:21; Philippians 4:21; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 John 13

various other uses:

♦ prohibition concerning salutations:

• 2 Kings 4:29

♦ instructions concerning salutations:

• Matthew 10:12-13

♦ reflective response to a salutation:

• Luke 1:26-29

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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