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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 - Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:15 - But when Jesus touched her hand, the fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a meal for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:20 - Just then a woman who had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding came up behind him. She touched the fringe of his robe,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:21 - for she thought, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:29 - Then he touched their eyes and said, “Because of your faith, it will happen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:36 - They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:7 - Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:34 - Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Instantly they could see! Then they followed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:41 - Moved with compassion,[fn] Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:10 - He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed forward to touch him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:27 - She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:28 - For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:30 - Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my robe?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:31 - His disciples said to him, “Look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask, ‘Who touched me?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - Wherever he went—in villages, cities, or the countryside—they brought the sick out to the marketplaces. They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:33 - Jesus led him away from the crowd so they could be alone. He put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then, spitting on his own fingers, he touched the man’s tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:22 - When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and they begged him to touch the man and heal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:13 - One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:13 - Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:19 - Everyone tried to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:14 - Then he walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. “Young man,” he said, “I tell you, get up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:39 - When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She’s 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 bowl or hides it under a bed. A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:44 - Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:45 - “Who touched me?” Jesus asked.
Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, this whole crowd is pressing up against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:46 - But Jesus said, “Someone deliberately touched me, for I felt healing power go out from me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:47 - When the woman realized that she could not stay hidden, she began to tremble and fell to her knees in front of him. The whole crowd heard her explain why she had touched him and that she had been immediately healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:33 - “No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a basket.[fn] Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:8 - “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[fn] and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and sweep the entire house and search carefully until she finds it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:15 - One day some parents brought their little children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But when the disciples saw this, they scolded the parents for bothering him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:51 - But Jesus said, “No more 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 - The guards lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter joined them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:17 - “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find 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 people of the island were very kind to us. It was cold and rainy, so they built a fire on the shore to welcome us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:1 - Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:17 - Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,
and separate yourselves from them, says the LORD.
Don’t touch their filthy things,
and I will welcome you.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:21 - “Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:18 - We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.
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