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Strong G680ἅπτω

to touch

Transliteration
haptomai
Pronunciation
hap'-tom-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Reflexive of G681; properly to attach oneself to that is to touch (in many implied relations): - touch.

Detailed definition

to touch, hold, handle; (act.) to start a fire; "to touch a woman" means "to get married"
primarily to bring in contact, fit, fasten; to light, kindle, Mk. 4:21; Lk. 8:16; to touch, Mt. 8:3; to meddle, venture to partake, Col. 2:21; to have intercourse with, to know carnally, 1Cor. 7:1; by implication to harm, 1Jn. 5:18

In the Bible

Strong G680 appears in 33 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • touch31
  • may2
  • toucheth2

First verses

  1. Matthew 8:3
    And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
  2. Matthew 8:15
    And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
  3. Matthew 9:20
    And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
  4. Matthew 9:21
    For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
  5. Matthew 9:29
    Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
  6. Matthew 14:36
    And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
  7. Matthew 17:7
    And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
  8. Matthew 20:34
    So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
  9. Mark 1:41
    And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
  10. Mark 3:10
    For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
  11. Mark 5:27
    When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
  12. Mark 5:28
    For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
  13. Mark 5:30
    And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
  14. Mark 5:31
    And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
  15. Mark 6:56
    And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
  16. Mark 7:33
    And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
  17. Mark 8:22
    And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
  18. Mark 10:13
    And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
  19. Luke 5:13
    And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
  20. Luke 6:19
    And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
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Included with: ἅπτω,
future ἅψω: aorist ἧψα:—passive, perfect ἧμμαι, Ionic dialect ἅμμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86)]: future ἅψομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.379, ἁφθήσομαι)] (συν-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 3.311:)] —middle, see.below (compare ἑάφθη):—fasten or bind to, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, once in)]active, ἅψας ἀμφοτέρωθεν.. ἔντερον οἰός (of a lyre-string) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.408)]; once in middle, ἁψαμένη βρόχον.. ἀφ᾽ ὑψηλοῖο μελάθρου having fastened the noose to the beam (to hang herself), [Refs (11.278)]; so later ἅψεται ἀμφὶ βρόχον.. δείρᾳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 770; ἁψαμένη βρόχον αὐχένι 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1065)]:—active, βρόχους ἅ. κρεμαστούς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1036; but βρόχῳ ἅ. δέρην [prev. author] “Hel.” 136, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 7.493 (Antip. Thess.).)]
2 join, ἅ. χορόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 307)]; πάλην τινὶ ἅ. fasten a contest in wrestling on one, engage with one, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ch.” 868)]: —passive, ἅπτεσθαι τὴν Μεγαρέων πόλιν καὶ Κορινθίων τοῖς τείχεσιν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280b14.)]
II more frequently in middle, ἅπτομαι, future ἅψομαι, aorist ἡψάμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 317)], with perfect passive ἧμμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1010(Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260e)]:—fasten oneself to, grasp, c.genitive, ἅψασθαι γούνων[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.512; χειρῶν 10.377; ἁψαμένη δὲ γενείου Ὀδυσσῆα προσέειπεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.473; ἅπτεσθαι νηῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.152; βρώμης δ᾽ οὐχ ἅπτεαι οὐδὲ ποτῆτο; 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.379, compare 4.60; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τίς τε κύων συὸς.. ἅπτηται κατόπισθε.. ἰσχία τε γλουτούς τε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.339; ἅπτεσθαι τοῦ ἐπεόντος ἐπὶ τῶν δενδρέων καρποῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32; τῶν τύμβων ἁπτόμενοι [prev. author] 4.172)]; ἅπτεσθαί τινος, Latin manus inicere alicui, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.137; οὔτ᾽ ἔθιγεν οὔθ᾽ ἥψαθ᾽ ἡμῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 617)]; τῶν σφυγμῶν feel the pulse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.22.73)]: metaphorically, take hold of, cleave to, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 967c.)]
II.b absolutely, τῶν μὲν γὰρ πάντων βέλε᾽ ἅπτεται for the spears of all the Trojans reach their mark, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.631; ἀμφοτέρων βέλε᾽ ἥπτετο 8.67.)]
II.c ἅ. τῆς γῆς land, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.48.)]
III metaphorically, engage in, undertake, βουλευμάτων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 179; ἀγῶνος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 317)]; πολέμου prosecute it vigorously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.61; ἧπται τοῦ πράγματος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.155; ψυχὴ ἡμμένη φόνων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 108b, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 381; τῶν μεγίστων ἀσεβημάτων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.13.6; so ἅ. τῆς μουσικῆς καὶ φιλοσοφίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 411c)]; ἐπιτηδεύματος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 497e; γεωμετρίας [prev. author] “Plt.” 266a; τῆς θαλάττης 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.24.7; ἅπτεσθαι λόγου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 662, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 283a (but ἅπτεσθαι τοῦ λόγου)] attack, impugn the argument of another, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 86d))]; τούτων ἥψατο touched on these points, handled them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.97; ἅ. τῆς ζητήσεως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 320b34)]; but also, touch on, treat superficially, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 694c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1227a1.)]
III.b absolutely, begin, set to work, ταῖς διανοίαις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 581.)]
III.2 fasten upon, attack, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.22, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1608, etc.; μόνον τῷ δακτύλῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 365; τῆς οὐραγίας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.34.12; especially with words, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.γ)]; of diseases, ἧπταί μου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1010, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.702; ἥψατο τῶν ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.48)]; ὅσα ἅπτεται ἀνθρώπων all that feed on human flesh, [Refs ([prev. work] 50.)]
III.2.b lay hands on, χρημάτων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 913a; τῶν ἀλλοτρίων [prev. author] “R.” 360b, etc.)]
III.3 touch, affect, ἄλγος οὐδὲν ἅπτεται νεκροῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 255, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 955; ἅπτει μου τοῖς λόγοις τῆς ψυχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 535a; τῆς ἐμῆς ἥψω φρενός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 916; ὥς μου χρησμὸς ἅ. φρενῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1237)]; make an impression upon, ἡμῶν[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 315.56 (Pessinus, 2nd c.BC).)]
III.4 grasp with the senses, perceive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1550, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 99e)]; apprehend, τῆς αἰτίας[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Respiratione” 472a3.)]
III.5 have intercourse with a woman, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 84ca, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1335b40, NT.1Cor.7.1; εὐνῆς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 946.)]
III.6 come up to, reach, overtake, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.43)]; attain, τῆς ἀληθείας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 65b; τοῦ τέλους [prev. author] “Smp.” 211b: in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, with _dative_, ἀγλαΐαις “P.” 10.28; στάλαισιν Ἡρακλείαις [prev. author] “I.” 4(3).12)]; but also with genitive, Ἡρακλέος σταλᾶν[Refs ([prev. author] “O.” 3.44.)]
III.7 make use of, avail oneself of, τῆς τύχης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 56.)]
III.8 Geometry texts, of bodies and surfaces, to be in contact, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 231a22, compare “Metaphorical” 1002a34, +others, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 3.35)]; of lines or curves, meet, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 3 “Def.” 2)]; touch, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4 “Def.” 5, 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.28)]; pass through a point, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 4 “Defs.” 2,6)]; of points, lie on a line or curve,[Refs ([prev. work] “Defs.” 1,3)]; ἅπτεται τὸ σημεῖον θέσει δεδομένης εὐθείας the locus of the point is a given straight line, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. author] cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 656.6, +others)]
B active, kindle, set on fire (i.e. by contact of fire), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.52, etc.)] (so in middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 116); ἐρείκης θωμὸν ἅψαντες πυρί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 295: _metaphorically_, πυρσὸν ὕμνων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).43)]:—passive, to be set on fire, ὁ μοχλὸς ἐλάϊνος ἐν πυρὶ μέλλεν ἅψεσθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.379)]; ὡς ἅφθη τάχιστα τὸ λήιον.. ἅψατο νηοῦ as soon as the corn caught fire, it set fire to the temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.19)]; πυρῆς ἤδη ἁμμένης[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 86; ἧπται πυρί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 107.)]
B.II ἅ. πῦρ kindle a fire, [Refs ([prev. work] 503)]:—passive, ἄνθρακες ἡμμένοι red-hot embers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.100; δᾷδ᾽ ἐνεγκάτω τις ἡμμένην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1490, compare “Pl.” 301.)]
B.III cook, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 124.1.)]