ψηλαφάω
psēlaphaō · touch, handle
Greek word · Strong’s number G5584 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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psēlaphaō (ψηλαφάω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “touch, handle”.
To touch, to handle.
How to say it
psē·la·pha·ō
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
- Run hands over something; feel for without seeing.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- touched ×2
- they might grope for ×1
- touch ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 24:39
See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; touch me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
- Acts 17:27
to seek God, if perhaps they might grope for him and find him; and yet he is not far from each one of us.
- Hebrews 12:18
For you have not drawn near to what can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and a storm,
- 1 John 1:1
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked at and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life