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Lexicon :: Strong's G5584 - psēlaphaō

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ψηλαφάω
Transliteration
psēlaphaō (Key)
Pronunciation
psay-laf-ah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Trench's Synonyms: xvii. θιγγάνω, ἅπτομαι, ψηλαφάω.

Strong’s Definitions

ψηλαφάω psēlapháō, psay-laf-ah'-o; from the base of G5567 (compare G5586); to manipulate, i.e. verify by contact; figuratively, to search for:—feel after, handle, touch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G5584 in the following manner: handle (2x), feel after (1x), touch (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G5584 in the following manner: handle (2x), feel after (1x), touch (1x).

  1. to handle, touch and feel

  2. metaph. mentally to seek after tokens of a person or a thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ψηλαφάω psēlapháō, psay-laf-ah'-o; from the base of G5567 (compare G5586); to manipulate, i.e. verify by contact; figuratively, to search for:—feel after, handle, touch.
STRONGS G5584:
ψηλαφάω, 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.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
24:39
Acts
17:27; 17:27
Hebrews
12:18
1 John
1:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5584 matches the Greek ψηλαφάω (psēlaphaō),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:39 - Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it’s really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:27 - “His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:18 - You have not come to a physical mountain,[fn] to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.

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