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Lexicon :: Strong's G681 - haptō

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ἅπτω
Transliteration
haptō (Key)
Pronunciation
hap'-to
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary word
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Strong’s Definitions

†ἅπτω háptō, hap'-to; a primary verb; properly, to fasten to, i.e. (specially) to set on fire:—kindle, light.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G681 in the following manner: light (3x), kindle (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G681 in the following manner: light (3x), kindle (1x).

  1. to fasten to, adhere to

    1. to fasten fire to a thing, kindle, set of fire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἅπτω háptō, hap'-to; a primary verb; properly, to fasten to, i.e. (specially) to set on fire:—kindle, light.
STRONGS G681:
ἅπτω; 1 aorist participle ἅψας; (cf. Latin apto, 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 ἅπτομαι]; imperfect ἡπτόμην [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 Latin tangere, 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 μὴ ἅπτεσθε, have no intercourse with the Gentiles, no fellowship in their heathenish practices, 2 Corinthians 6:17 (from Isaiah 52:11); and in the Jewish sense, μὴ 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 Bp. 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; ψηλαφᾶν signifies to feel around with the fingers or hands, especially in searching for something, often to grope, fumble, cf. ψηλαφίνδα blindman's buff. Schmidt, chapter 10.]).
d. to touch i. e. assail: τινός, anyone, 1 John 5:18 (1 Chronicles 16:22, etc.). [Compare: ἀν-, καθ-, περιάπτω.]

Related entry:
περιάπτω: 1 aorist participle περιάψας; [from Pindar down];
1. to bind or to tie around, to put around, [περί III. 1]; to hang upon, attach to.
2. to kindle a fire around [or thoroughly; see περικρύπτω, περικαλύπτω, περικρατής, περίλυπος, etc.] (Phalaris ep. 5, p. 28): Luke 22:55 T WH Tr text.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
20:6
1 Chronicles
16:22
Proverbs
6:29
Isaiah
52:11
Matthew
8:3
Mark
3:10; 6:56; 7:33; 8:22
Luke
8:16; 11:33; 15:8; 18:15; 22:51; 22:55; 22:55
John
20:17
Acts
28:2
1 Corinthians
7:1
2 Corinthians
6:17
Colossians
2:21
1 John
5:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G681 matches the Greek ἅπτω (haptō),
which occurs 40 times in 38 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:3 - Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:15 - So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:20 - And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:21 - For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:29 - Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:36 - and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:7 - But Jesus came and touched them and said, “Arise, and do not be afraid.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:34 - So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:41 - Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:10 - For He healed many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:27 - When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:28 - For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:30 - And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:31 - But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - Wherever He entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that they might just touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:33 - And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:22 - Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:13 - Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:13 - Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately the leprosy left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:19 - And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:14 - Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:39 - Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:16 - “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:44 - came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:45 - And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him[fn] said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:46 - But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:47 - Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:33 - “No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:8 - “Or what woman, having ten silver coins,[fn] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:15 - Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:51 - But Jesus answered and said, “Permit even this.” And He touched his ear and healed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:55 - Now when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:17 - Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:2 - And the natives showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:1 - Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:17 - Therefore

“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:21 - “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:18 - We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself,[fn] and the wicked one does not touch him.
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