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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 - He stretched out his hand and touched him saying, "I am willing. Be clean!" Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:15 - He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:20 - But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:21 - For she kept saying to herself, "If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:29 - Then he touched their eyes saying, "Let it be done for you according to your faith."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:36 - They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:7 - But Jesus came and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Do not be afraid."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:34 - Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:41 - Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing. Be clean!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:10 - For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:27 - When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:28 - for she kept saying, "If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:30 - Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:31 - His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, 'Who touched me?'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wherever he would go - into villages, towns, or countryside - they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:33 - After Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man's ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:22 - Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:13 - Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:13 - So he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing. Be clean!" And immediately the leprosy left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:19 - The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:14 - Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"

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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 said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:16 - "No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:44 - She came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and at once the bleeding stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:45 - Then Jesus asked, "Who was it who touched me?" When they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:46 - But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, for I know that power has gone out from me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:47 - When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:33 - "No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:8 - "Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:15 - Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:51 - But Jesus said, "Enough of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:55 - When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:17 - Jesus replied, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:2 - The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:1 - Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:17 - Therefore "come out from their midst, and be separate," says the Lord, "and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:21 - "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:18 - We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.
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