Strong's Lexicon
G5584 — ψηλαφάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5584 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ψηλαφάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from the base of G5567 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | pselaphao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | psay-laf-ah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to manipulate, i.e. verify by contact 2. (figuratively) to search for |
| KJV Renderings: | feel after, handle, touch |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ψηλαφάω, ψηλάφω: 1 aorist ἐψηλάφησα, optative 3 person plural ψηλαφήσειαν (Act 17:27, the Aeolic form; see ποιέω, at the beginning); present passive participle ψηλαφωμενος; (from ψάω, to touch); to handle, touch, feel: τί or τινα, Luk 24:39; Heb 12:18 (see R. V. text and marginal reading, cf. Buttmann, § 134, 8; Winer’s Grammar, 343 (322)); 1Jn 1:1; metaphorically, mentally to seek after tokens of a person or thing: θεόν, Act 17:27 (A. V. feel after). (Homer, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Philo, Plutarch; often for îåÌùÑ, äÅîÄéùÑ, îÄùÅÌÑùÑ.) [SYNONYMS: see ἅπτω, 2 c.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ψηλαφάω (feel after)
Luke 24:39
- KJV: Behold 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
- GK: ίδετε τας χείράς μου και τους πόδας μου ότι αυτός εγώ ειμι ψηλαφήσατέ με και ίδετε ότι πνεύμα σάρκα και οστέα ουκ έχει καθώς εμέ θεωρείτε έχοντα
Acts 17:27
- KJV: That 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
- GK: ζητείν τον κύριον ει άρα γε ψηλαφήσειαν αυτόν και εύροιεν καίτοιγε ου μακράν από ενός εκάστου ημών υπάρχοντα
Hebrews 12:18
- KJV: For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched and that burned with fire nor unto blackness and darkness and tempest
- GK: ου γαρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένω όρει και κεκαυμένω πυρί και γνόφω και σκότω και θυέλλη
1 John 1:1
- KJV: That 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
- GK: ο ην απ΄ αρχής ο ακηκόαμεν ο εωράκαμεν τοις οφθαλμοίς ημών ο εθεασάμεθα και αι χείρες ημών εψηλάφησαν περί του λόγου της ζωής