haptō · touch, hold

What it means

haptō (ἅπτω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “touch, hold”.

Touch, take hold of, cling to; in the active, light (a fire).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To lay a hand on someone or something, sometimes to heal or in faith.
2. To set a fire going, or a lamp.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• touched ×18
• touch ×12
• after lighting ×2
• touching ×2
• handle ×1
• hold on ×1
• kindling ×1
• light ×1
• touches ×1
• when they had kindled ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×9
• Mark×11
• Luke×14
• John×1
• Acts×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Colossians×1
• 1 John×1

• Matthew 8:3

  And stretching out his hand, he touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” And at once his leprosy was cleansed.

• Matthew 8:15

  And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and began to serve him.

• Matthew 9:20

  And look, a woman who had been suffering from bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak;

• Matthew 9:21

  for she was saying to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will get well.”

• Matthew 9:29

  Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be done for you.”

• Matthew 14:36

  and they were begging him that they might only touch the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were made well.

• Matthew 17:7

  And Jesus came and, touching them, said, “Get up, and do not be afraid.”

• Matthew 20:34

  And Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes, and at once they regained their sight and followed him.

• Mark 1:41

  And becoming angry, he stretched out his hand and touched him and says to him, “I am willing; be made clean.”

• Mark 3:10

  for he had healed many, so that all who had afflictions were pressing upon him to touch him.

• Mark 5:27

  having heard about Jesus, came in the crowd from behind and touched his cloak;

• Mark 5:28

  for she was saying, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.”

• Mark 5:30

  And at once Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and was saying, “Who touched my garments?”

• Mark 5:31

  And his disciples were saying to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”

• Mark 6:56

  And wherever he went, into villages or into towns or into the countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces, and begging him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched him were made well.

• Mark 7:33

  And taking him aside from the crowd he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue;

• Mark 8:22

  And they come to Bethsaida. And they bring him a blind man and beg him to touch him.

• Mark 10:13

  And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

• Luke 5:13

  And stretching out his hand, he touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” And at once the leprosy left him.

• Luke 6:19

  And all the crowd were trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing all.

• Luke 7:14

  And coming up, he touched the bier, and those who were carrying it stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, get up.”

• Luke 7:39

  But when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

• Luke 8:16

  And no one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

• Luke 8:44

  came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately her flow of blood stopped.

• Luke 8:45

  And Jesus said, “Who is the one who touched me?” And when all were denying it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you.”

• Luke 8:46

  But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceived that power had gone out from me.”

• Luke 8:47

  And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared in the presence of all the people for what reason she had touched him, and how she had been healed immediately.

• Luke 11:33

  No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under the basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

• Luke 15:8

  Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

• Luke 18:15

  And they were bringing to him even the babies, so that he might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

• Luke 22:51

  But Jesus answered and said, “Leave off; enough of this!” And touching the ear, he healed him.

• Luke 22:55

  And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter was sitting among them.

• John 20:17

  Jesus says to her, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet gone up to the Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going up to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.’”

• Acts 28:2

  And the natives showed us no ordinary kindness, for kindling a fire they welcomed all of us because of the rain that had set in and because of the cold.

• 1 Corinthians 7:1

  Now concerning the things about which you wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

• 2 Corinthians 6:17

  Therefore, “Come out from their midst and be separate, says the Lord, and do not touch what is unclean; and I will welcome you,

• Colossians 2:21

  “Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch”

• 1 John 5:18

  We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but the one who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

And 2 more times.