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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 BoxMat 8:3 - And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:15 - And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:20 - And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, 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 within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:29 - Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:36 - And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:7 - And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:34

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:41 - And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:10 - For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:27 - When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:28 - For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:30 - And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:31 - And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

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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 into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:22 - And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:13 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:13 - And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from 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 there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:14 - And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:39 - Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:16 - No man, when he hath lighted G681 a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:44 - Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:45 - And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:46 - And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:47 - And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause 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 man, when he hath lighted G681 a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:8 - Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light G681 a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:15 - And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:51 - And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:55 - And when they had kindled G681 a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:17 - Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto 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 barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:1 - Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto 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 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:21 - (Touch not; taste not; handle not;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:18 - We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
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