Bid Farewell - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Bid Farewell

[ 1,,G657, apotasso ]
is used in the Middle Voice to signify to bid adieu to a person." It primarily means "to set apart, separate" (apo, "from," tasso, "to set, arrange"); then, "to take leave of, to bid farewell to," Mark 6:46 (RV); Luke 9:61; "to give parting instructions to," Acts 18:18, Acts 18:21; 2 Corinthians 2:13; "to forsake, renounce," Luke 14:33. See FORSAKE, RENOUNCE, SEND, Note
(2) at end.

[ 2,,G575 G782, apaspazomai ]
"to bid farewell" (apo, "from," aspazomai, "to greet"), is used in Acts 21:6, AV, "had taken our leave of;" RV, "bade ... farewell."

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