Strong's Concordance psélaphaó: to feel or grope about Original Word: ψηλαφάωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: psélaphaó Phonetic Spelling: (psay-laf-ah'-o) Short Definition: I feel, touch, handle, grope for Definition: I feel, touch, handle; I feel after, grope for. HELPS Word-studies 5584 psēlapháō – properly, touch lightly, "feel after" to discover (personally investigate). [5584 (psēlapháō) comes from a root meaning, "to rub, wipe"; hence, to feel on the surface (see Gen 27:12,21,22 in the LXX).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5584: ψηλαφάωψηλαφάω, ψηλάφω: 1 aorist ἐψηλάφησα, optative 3 person plural ψηλαφήσειαν (Acts 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, Luke 24:39; Hebrews 12:18 (see R. V. text and marginal reading, cf. Buttmann, § 134, 8; Winer's Grammar, 343 (322)); 1 John 1:1; metaphorically, mentally to seek after tokens of a person or thing: θεόν, Acts 17:27 (A. V. feel after). (Homer, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Philo, Plutarch; often for מוּשׁ, הֵמִישׁ, מִשֵּׁשׁ.) [SYNONYMS: see ἅπτω, 2 c.] Strong's Exhaustive Concordance grope around, handle, touch. From the base of psallo (compare psephos); to manipulate, i.e. Verify by contact; figuratively, to search for -- feel after, handle, touch. see GREEK psallo see GREEK psephos Forms and Transliterations εψηλαφησαν εψηλάφησαν ἐψηλάφησαν εψηλάφησεν ψηλαφηθήσεται ψηλαφήσαι ψηλαφήσαισαν ψηλαφησατε ψηλαφήσατέ ψηλαφησειαν ψηλαφήσειαν ψηλαφήση ψηλαφήσουσι ψηλαφήσουσιν ψηλαφήσω ψηλαφητόν ψηλαφωμενω ψηλαφωμένω ψηλαφωμένῳ ψηλαφών epselaphesan epseláphesan epsēlaphēsan epsēláphēsan pselaphesate pselaphḗsaté psēlaphēsate psēlaphḗsaté pselapheseian pselaphḗseian psēlaphēseian psēlaphḗseian pselaphomeno psēlaphōmenō pselaphoménoi psēlaphōménōiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 55844 Occurrences ἐψηλάφησαν — 1 Occ. ψηλαφήσατέ — 1 Occ. ψηλαφήσειαν — 1 Occ. ψηλαφωμένῳ — 1 Occ. Luke 24:39 V-AMA-2P GRK: εἰμι αὐτός ψηλαφήσατέ με καὶ NAS: that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, KJV: I myself: handle me, and INT: am he Touch me and Acts 17:27 V-AOA-3P Hebrews 12:18 V-PPM/P-DNS 1 John 1:1 V-AIA-3P |
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