Strong G5584ψηλαφάω
to touch
- Transliteration
- psēlaphaō
- Pronunciation
- psay-laf-ah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ψηλαφάω, -ῶ
(ψάω, to touch), [in LXX for מוּשׁ, מָשַׁשׁ pi., etc.;]
1. to feel or grope about; with accusative, to feel about for, search after: metaphorically, of seeking God, Act.17:27.
2. to feel, touch, handle: with accusative of person(s), Luk.24:39, 1Jn.1:1; προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ (ὄρει ?), Heb.12:18 (R, txt., a mount that might be touched; mg., a palpable and kindled fire; see Westc., in l).†
(AS)
(ψάω, to touch), [in LXX for מוּשׁ, מָשַׁשׁ pi., etc.;]
1. to feel or grope about; with accusative, to feel about for, search after: metaphorically, of seeking God, Act.17:27.
2. to feel, touch, handle: with accusative of person(s), Luk.24:39, 1Jn.1:1; προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ (ὄρει ?), Heb.12:18 (R, txt., a mount that might be touched; mg., a palpable and kindled fire; see Westc., in l).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5584 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- handle2
- feel1
- touched1
First verses
- Luke 24:39Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
- Acts 17:27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
- Hebrews 12:18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
- 1 John 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ψηλᾰφ-άω,
mostly used in present: future -ήσω[LXX (LXX.Zech.9.13:)]aorist ἐψηλάφησα[LXX (LXX.Gen.27.22:—)]passive, future ψηλαφηθήσομαι[LXX (LXX.Nah.3.1)]: aorist ἐψηλαφήθην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.108, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.599c)]:—feel or grope about to find a thing, like a blind man or hoodman-blind, χερσὶ ψηλαφόων (Epic dialect for -άων), of the Cyclops when blinded, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.416)]; ψηλαφῶν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην εὑρεῖν [τὸ ἱμάτιον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 315; ψηλαφῶντες.. ὥσπερ ἐν σκότει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 99b: _metaphorically_, ψ. περί τινων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.14.)]
2 with accusative of things, feel about for, grope or search after, ἐψηλαφῶμεν ἐν σκότῳ τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 691)]; εἰ.. ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν (i.e. τὸν θεὸν) καὶ εὕροιεν [NT (NT.Act.17.27.)]
II feel, touch, handle, stroke, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.183)]; μή ποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ, of Isaac and Jacob, [LXX+NT+4th c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.27.12, cf. NT.Luke.24.39; ψ. καὶ τρίβειν τοῖς δακτύλοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 571a33)]; especially in in Medicine texts, of uterine examination, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.40, +others)]:—passive, ὧν ψηλαφωμένων ὁ ἵππος.. ἥδεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 2.4; [ὄρνιθες] τῇ χειρὶ ψηλαφώμεναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560a9.)]
III metaphorically, test, examine, τὸν ν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.29.8; τὸν οἶνον “Geoponica” 7.5.1; πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.16.4; τὰς ἀλλήλων νοήσεις οἷον ὑπὸ σκότῳ διὰ φωνῆς ψ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.589b; εἴδωλον [τοῦ καλοῦ] διώκοντες καὶ ψ. [prev. work]766a:)] —passive, S.E.[same place], τὰ ψηλαφηθέντα ὑπ᾽ Ἀντιόχου the attempts made by.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 13.9.2.)]
mostly used in present: future -ήσω[LXX (LXX.Zech.9.13:)]aorist ἐψηλάφησα[LXX (LXX.Gen.27.22:—)]passive, future ψηλαφηθήσομαι[LXX (LXX.Nah.3.1)]: aorist ἐψηλαφήθην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.108, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.599c)]:—feel or grope about to find a thing, like a blind man or hoodman-blind, χερσὶ ψηλαφόων (Epic dialect for -άων), of the Cyclops when blinded, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.416)]; ψηλαφῶν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην εὑρεῖν [τὸ ἱμάτιον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 315; ψηλαφῶντες.. ὥσπερ ἐν σκότει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 99b: _metaphorically_, ψ. περί τινων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.14.)]
2 with accusative of things, feel about for, grope or search after, ἐψηλαφῶμεν ἐν σκότῳ τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 691)]; εἰ.. ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν (i.e. τὸν θεὸν) καὶ εὕροιεν [NT (NT.Act.17.27.)]
II feel, touch, handle, stroke, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.183)]; μή ποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ, of Isaac and Jacob, [LXX+NT+4th c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.27.12, cf. NT.Luke.24.39; ψ. καὶ τρίβειν τοῖς δακτύλοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 571a33)]; especially in in Medicine texts, of uterine examination, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.40, +others)]:—passive, ὧν ψηλαφωμένων ὁ ἵππος.. ἥδεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 2.4; [ὄρνιθες] τῇ χειρὶ ψηλαφώμεναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560a9.)]
III metaphorically, test, examine, τὸν ν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.29.8; τὸν οἶνον “Geoponica” 7.5.1; πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.16.4; τὰς ἀλλήλων νοήσεις οἷον ὑπὸ σκότῳ διὰ φωνῆς ψ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.589b; εἴδωλον [τοῦ καλοῦ] διώκοντες καὶ ψ. [prev. work]766a:)] —passive, S.E.[same place], τὰ ψηλαφηθέντα ὑπ᾽ Ἀντιόχου the attempts made by.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 13.9.2.)]