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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #680 - ἅπτομαι

Transliteration

háptomai

Phonetics

hap'-tom-ahee

Origin

reflexive of (G681)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to fasten one's self to, adhere to, cling to
1. to touch
2. of carnal intercourse with a women or cohabitation
3. of levitical practice of having no fellowship with heathen practices. Things not to be touched appear to be both women and certain kinds of food, so celibacy and abstinence of certain kinds of food and drink are recommended.
4. to touch, assail anyone

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 270 ‑ אָחַז (aw‑khaz'); 1692 ‑ דָּבַק (daw‑bak'); 5060 ‑ נָגַע (naw‑gah'); 7126 ‑ קָרַב (kaw‑rab'); 7971 ‑ שָׁלַח (shaw‑lakh'); 7981 ‑ שְׁלֵט (shel‑ate');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (37)

Matthew 11

Mark 11

Luke 10

John 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

1 John 1

BSB (35)

Matthew 9

Mark 11

Luke 10

John 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

1 John 1

CSB (34)

Matthew 8

Mark 11

Luke 10

John 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

1 John 1

ESV (0)

The English Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

KJV (38)

Matthew 11

Mark 11

Luke 11

John 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

1 John 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (33)

Matthew 14

Mark 17

Luke 15

John 2

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 2

1 John 1

WEB (38)

Matthew 11

Mark 11

Luke 11

John 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

1 John 1

YLT (33)

Matthew 8

Mark 11

Luke 9

John 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

1 John 1

ASV (37)

and touched 4

did touch 1

he should touch 2

he touched 2

him, and touched 2

i do 1

i touch 1

is it that touched 1

nigh and touched 1

she touched 1

they might 1

they might touch 1

to touch 2

touch 7

touched 7

touched he 1

toucheth 2

BSB (35)

and touched 7

and touched the man 1

cannot touch 1

cling to 1

he touched 3

him to place his hands 2

i touch 2

is touching 1

let them touch 1

not handle 1

she had touched 1

to abstain from sexual relations 1

to let them just touch 1

to touch 1

touch 3

touched 7

touched him 1

CSB (34)

to 1

touch 13

touched 17

touching 2

with 1

ESV (0)

The English Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

KJV (38)

he 1

may 1

might 1

touch 12

touched 20

toucheth 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (33)

handle 2

relations 1

to 2

touch 10

touched 17

touching 1

WEB (38)

and touched 4

did touch 1

he 1

he might touch 1

he should touch 1

he touched 2

hold 1

just 1

she had touched 1

they might 1

they might touch 1

to touch 2

touch 7

touched 10

touches 1

YLT (33)

did touch 5

doth touch 1

having touched 1

he may touch 2

he might touch 1

he touched 3

i may touch 2

jesus touched 1

she touched 2

they may touch 1

to touch 2

touch 5

touched 5

touching 1

were touching 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AMI-3P 1

V-AMI-3S 16

V-AMPNSM 3

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 3

V-AMS-3S 2

V-INI-3P 1

V-PMD-2P 1

V-PMD-2S 1

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMN 2

V-PMS-3S 1

ANT

V-ADI-3P 1

V-ADI-3S 16

V-AMP-NSM 3

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 3

V-AMS-3S 2

V-INI-3P 1

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMM-2P 1

V-PMM-2S 1

V-PMN 2

V-PMS-3S 1

BEZ

V-AMI-3P 2

V-AMI-3S 15

V-AMP-NSM 4

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 3

V-AMS-3S 2

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMM-2P 1

V-PMM-2S 1

V-PMN- 2

V-PMS-3S 1

BGB

V-ADI-3P 1

V-ADI-3S 16

V-AMP-NSM 3

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 2

V-AMS-3S 2

V-INI-3P 1

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMM-2P 1

V-PMM-2S 1

V-PMN 1

V-PMS-3S 1

BMT

V-ADI-3P 1

V-ADI-3S 16

V-AMP-NSM 3

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 2

V-AMS-3S 2

V-INI-3P 1

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMM-2P 1

V-PMM-2S 1

V-PMN 1

V-PMS-3S 1

BYZ

V-ADI-3P 1

V-ADI-3S 16

V-AMP-NSM 3

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 3

V-AMS-3S 2

V-INI-3P 1

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMM-2P 1

V-PMM-2S 1

V-PMN 2

V-PMS-3S 1

ELZ

V-AMI-3P 1

V-AMI-3S 14

V-AMPNSM 2

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 3

V-AMS-3S 2

V-PMD-2P 1

V-PMD-2S 1

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMN 2

NA26

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SBL

V-ADI-3P 1

V-ADI-3S 16

V-AMP-NSM 3

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 3

V-AMS-3S 2

V-INI-3P 1

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMM-2P 1

V-PMM-2S 1

V-PMN 2

V-PMS-3S 1

SCV

V-ADI-3P 1

V-ADI-3S 16

V-AMP-NSM 3

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 3

V-AMS-3S 2

V-INI-3P 1

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMM-2P 1

V-PMM-2S 1

V-PMN 2

V-PMS-3S 1

STV

V-ADI-3P 2

V-ADI-3S 15

V-AMP-NSM 3

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 3

V-AMS-3S 2

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMM-2P 1

V-PMM-2S 1

V-PMN 2

V-PMS-3S 1

TIS

V-ADI-3P 1

V-ADI-3S 16

V-AMP-NSM 3

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 3

V-AMS-3S 2

V-INI-3P 1

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMM-2P 1

V-PMM-2S 1

V-PMN 2

V-PMS-3S 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

TRG

V-AMI-3P 1

V-AMI-3S 15

V-AMPNSM 2

V-AMS-1S 2

V-AMS-2S 1

V-AMS-3P 3

V-AMS-3S 2

V-PMD-2P 1

V-PMD-2S 1

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMN 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἁìπτομαι

Reflexive of G681

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἅπτω; 1 aorist participle ἅψας; (cf. Latinapto, German heften); (from Homer down);

1. properly, to fasten to, make adhere to; hence, specifically to fasten fire to a thing, to kindle, set on fire, (often so in Attic): λύχνον, Luke 8:16; Luke 11:33; Luke 15:8 (Aristophanes nub. 57; Theophrastus, char. 20 (18); Josephus, Antiquities 4, 3, 4); πῦρ, Luke 22:55 (T Tr text WH περιαψάντων); πυράν, Acts 28:2 L T Tr WH.

2. Middle (present ά῾πτομαι); imperfect ἡπτομην (Mark 6:56 R G Tr marginal reading); 1 aorist ἡψάμην; in the Sept. generally for נָגַע , הִגִּיעַ ; properly, to fasten oneself to, adhere to, cling to (Homer, Iliad 8. 67);

a. to touch, followed by the object in genitive (Winers Grammar, § 30, 8 c.; Buttmann, 167 (146); cf. Donaldson, p. 483): Matthew 8:3; Mark 3:10; Mark 7:33; Mark 8:22, etc.; Luke 18:15; Luke 22:51 — very often in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In John 20:17, μή μου ἅπτου is to be explained thus: Do not handle me to see whether I am still clothed with a body; there is no need of such an examination, for not yet etc.; cf. Baumg.-Crusius and Meyer at the passage (as given by Hackett in Bib. Sacr. for 1868, p. 779f, or B. D. American edition, p. 1813f).

b. γυναικός, of carnal intercourse with a woman, or cohabitation, 1 Corinthians 7:1, like the Latintangere, Horace sat. 1, 2, 54: Terence, Heaut. 4, 4, 15, and the Hebrew נָגַע , Genesis 20:6; Proverbs 6:29 (Plato, de legg. viii. 840 a.; Plutarch, Alex. Magn c. 21).

c. with allusion to the levitical precept ἀκαθάρτου μή ἅπτεσθε, have no contact with the Gentiles, no fellowship in their heathenish practices, 2 Corinthians 6:17 (from Isaiah 52:11); and in the Jewish sense, μή ἅψῃ, Colossians 2:21 (the things not to be touched appear to be both women and certain kinds of food, so that, celibacy and abstinence from various kinds of food and drink are recommended; cf. DeWette at the passage (but also Meyer and Lightfoot; on the distinction between the stronger term ἅπτεσθαι (to handle?) and the more delicate θιγεῖν (to touch?) cf. the two commentators just named and Trench, § xvii. In classic Greek also ἅπτεσθαι is the stronger term, denoting often to lay hold of, hold fast, appropriate; in its carnal reference differing from θιγγάνειν by suggesting unlawfulness. θιγγάνειν, is used of touching by the hand as a means of knowledge, handling for a purpose; ψηλαφαν signifies to feel around with the fingers or hands, especially in searching for something, often to grope, fumble, cf. ψηλαφινδα blindman's buff. Schmidt, chapter 10.)).

d. to touch i. e. assail: τίνος, anyone, 1 John 5:18 (1 Chronicles 16:22, etc.). (Compare: ἀνάπτω, καθάπτω, περιάπτω.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἅπτω ,

[in LXX chiefly for H5060;]

prop.,

to fasten to; hence, of fire, to kindle, light: Luke 8:16; Luke 11:33; Luke 15:8, Acts 28:2. Mid., c. gen., to fasten oneself to, cling to, lay hold of (so in Papyri; MM, s.v.): Matthew 8:3; Matthew 8:15, John 20:17, al.; of carnal intercourse, 1 Corinthians 7:1; with reference to levitical and ceremonial prohibitions, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Colossians 2:21; of hostile action, 1 John 5:18 (cf. ἀν -, καθ -, περι - άπτω ).

SYN.: θιγγάνω G2345, ψηλαφάω G5584. ἅ . is the stronger, θ ., to touch, the lighter term. ψ . is to feel, as in search of something (Tr., Syn., § xvii; Lft., Col., 201 f.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The sense of eagerness comes out well in the royal letter to Attis, priest of Pessinus, OGIS 315.56 (B.C. 164–3) μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἐν ἄλλαις καὶ ἄλλαις ἡμέραις ἀεὶ διασκοποῦσιν (for -ούντων) ἥπτετο μᾶλλον ἡμῶν, ";urged his view upon us."; In Syll 849.6 (Delphi, B.C. 177–6, in dialect) εἰ δέ τίς κα ἅπτηται Σωσίχας ἐπὶ καταδουλισμῶι, it means ";lay hold of, appropriate."; The active sense of ";kindle,"; ";set fire to,"; is illustrated by the magical papyrus P Lond 121.543 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 101) ἅπτε δὲ λιβάνῳ, and appears thrice in a very illiterate iv/A.D. letter, P Oxy X. 1297.12 ἀπέστιλά σοι. . . διὰ Ἴλιτος σφυρίδιον ἕν, ἅψαι αὐτὸν κεῖται (so l..4, .7) ";I sent you . . by Ilis one basket for you to burn"; (Edd.). The middle occurs in the recently recovered Greek Acts of the martyr Christina—PSI 27.18 ff. (v/A.D.) εὐχαριστῶ σο [ι ὁ ] πατὴρ τοῦ κυ ̄ Ι ̄υ ̄ Χ ̄υ ̄, μὴ ἐνκατα [λίπῃς με εἰς ] τὸν αἰῶν [α ], ἀλλὰ ἔκ [τεινον ] τὴν χεῖράν σου καὶ ἅψαι τοῦ πυρὸ [ς τούτου καὶ σ ]βέσον τὸ ἐπ ̣[αναστὰν ] ἐπάνω μου, [μ ]ήποται ἐπιχαρῇ Οὐρβανὸς ὁ τύρα [ννος ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ ]. The familiar ἅπτεσθαι of healing wrought by touch may be illustrated by Syll 803.62 (iii/B.C.—the Asclepieum at Epidaurus) ἐδόκει αὐτᾶι. . . τὸν θεὸν ἅψασ [θ ]αί οὑ τᾶ [ς κοιλίας · ἐκ τού ]του τᾶι Ἀνδρομάχαι (the suppliant) υ [ἱ ]ὸς ἐξ Ἀρύββα ἐγένε [τ ]ο. The opposite sense occurs in ib. 804.23 (ibidem, perh. ii/A.D.) ἥψατο δέ μου (sc. ἡ νόσος) καὶ τῆς δεξιᾶς χιρὸς καὶ τοῦ μαστοῦ. MGr has ἀνάφτω ";kindle,"; and the simplex in a special phrase, ἅψε σβύσε.

List of Word Forms

άπτει απτεσθαι άπτεσθαι ἅπτεσθαι απτεσθε άπτεσθε ἅπτεσθε απτέσθω απτεται άπτεται ἅπτεται απτηται άπτηται ἅπτηται απτομένη απτόμενος απτομένων απτου ἅπτου άπτωνται άψαι αψαμένη αψαμενος αψάμενος αψάμενός ἁψάμενος ἁψάμενός αψάντων άψας άψασθαι άψασθαί άψασθε άψεσθε άψεται αψη άψη ἅψῃ άψησθε αψηται άψηται άψηταί ἅψηται άψονται αψωμαι άψωμαι ἅψωμαι αψωνται άψωνται ἅψωνται ημμένον ήπται ήπτετο ήπτοντο ηψάμην ηψαντο ήψαντο ἥψαντο ηψατο ήψατο ήψατό ἥψατο Ἥψατό apsamenos apse apsē apsetai apsētai apsomai apsōmai apsontai apsōntai aptesthai aptesthe aptetai aptētai aptou epsanto ēpsanto epsato ēpsato hapsamenos hapsámenos hapsámenós hapse hapsē hápsei hápsēi hapsetai hapsētai hápsetai hápsētai hapsomai hapsōmai hápsomai hápsōmai hapsontai hapsōntai hápsontai hápsōntai haptesthai háptesthai haptesthe háptesthe haptetai haptētai háptetai háptētai haptou háptou hepsanto hēpsanto hḗpsanto hepsato hēpsato hḗpsato Hḗpsató