What Does Matthew 10:12 Mean in the King James?
And when ye come into an house, salute it.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The house itself is greeted, so the people and life within it are treated as something to meet, not mere space to enter.
THE MEANING
Your arrival at a home carries an act of welcome toward the household. The house is met as a living community, not just an interior to cross.
THE ROOT
ἀσπάσασθε
aspasasthe
GROWS FROM
ἀσπάζομαι
aspazomai
to greet or welcome
“salute” in this verse is aspasasthe. This word family can describe a greeting, a welcome, and even an embrace. Since the house is the object, the greeting recognizes the household as the living reality of that place.
ALSO GROWS
aspasmos: greeting, salutation
ἀσπασμός
The related noun names the act of reception carried by this instruction.
aspasamenoi: welcomed, embraced
ἀσπασάμενοι
Hebrews 11:13 uses this form for how people receive the promises, revealing the warmth held in this word family.
οἰκίαν
oikian
GROWS FROM
οἰκ-
oik-
house, home, household
“house” in this verse is oikian. The word belongs to a family that names both a dwelling and the household within it. The greeting reaches beyond the building to the people whose life makes it a home.
ALSO GROWS
oikos: house, household
οἶκος
This related word makes clear that a house can mean the people and shared life gathered there.
oiketēs: household member or servant
οἰκέτης
The household’s members are part of what the word for house gathers into view.
THE PATTERN
Entering a dwelling becomes an encounter when those who arrive meet the household with welcome and peace.
And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.THE THREAD
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.The Greek word family translated “salute” here is rendered “embraced” in Hebrews 11:13. That connection gives the doorway greeting the warmth of receiving: the house is welcomed as something held close, not merely acknowledged.
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