2 Samuel 8:9-10

Spoken greetings

Formal greetings

See also

Genesis 14:17-20; 47:7 fn

pp 1Ch 18:9-10

1 Samuel 25:14
Matthew 10:11-15; 23:7
Luke 11:43

pp Mk 12:38

pp Lk 20:46

Exodus 18:7

See also

Less formal greetings

Genesis 33:4; 46:29
Judges 18:15
1 Samuel 10:3-4; 13:10; 17:22; 30:21
2 Kings 10:12-15
Isaiah 14:9
Matthew 5:47; 26:49
Matthew 28:9
Mark 9:15

Judas betrays Jesus Christ

Luke 1:39-41
Acts 18:22; 21:7,19

Mary visits Elizabeth

Ruth 2:4

See also

Examples of spoken greetings

1 Samuel 25:4-6
1 Thessalonians 1:1

Written greetings

See also

Greetings at the beginning of letters

Ezra 4:17; 5:7; 7:12
Acts 15:23; 23:26
Romans 1:1-7
1 Corinthians 1:1-3
2 Corinthians 1:1-2
Galatians 1:1-5
Ephesians 1:1-2
Philippians 1:1-2
Colossians 1:1-2
2 Thessalonians 1:1-2
1 Timothy 1:1-2
2 Timothy 1:1-2
Titus 1:1-4
Philemon 1:1-3
James 1:1
1 Peter 1:1-2
2 Peter 1:1-2
2 John 1:1-3
3 John 1:1
Jude 1:1-2
Ephesians 6:23-24

See also

Greetings at the close of letters

Romans 16:3-27
1 Corinthians 16:19-24
2 Corinthians 13:12-14
Philippians 4:21-23
Colossians 4:10-18
1 Thessalonians 5:25-28
2 Thessalonians 3:16-18
2 Timothy 4:19-22
Titus 3:15
Philippians 1:23-25
Hebrews 13:24-25
1 Peter 5:13-14
2 John 1:12-13
3 John 1:13-14
2 Kings 4:29

Messengers forbidden to greet fellow travellers

See also

Luke 10:1-4

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