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sal-uÌ„Ì-tā´shun (ἀσπασμοÌÏ‚, aspasmoÌs): A greeting which might be given in person, orally (, , ), or in writing, usually at the close of a letter (; ; ; compare use of χαιÌÏειν, chaıÌrein, “greeting,†“joy†in ). The Pharisaic Jews loved salutations in public places (; , the King James Version “greeting,†the Revised Version (British and American) “salutationâ€; ; ). Often these salutations were very elaborate, involving much time in prostrations, embracings, etc. When Jesus therefore sent out the Seventy, He forbade salutation by the way (), though He ordinarily encouraged proper civilities of this sort (; ).