Greek · G680 · unreviewed

ἅπτομαι

Properly, to attach oneself to, i.e. to touch (in many implied relations)

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ἅπτομαι G680

Pronunciation háptomai

What does ἅπτομαι (háptomai) mean in the Bible?

ἅπτομαι (háptomai) is a Greek word meaning "properly, to attach oneself to, i.e. to touch (in many implied relations)". :--touch. Displays incarnational compassion overcoming impurity.

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Meaning

properly, to attach oneself to, i.e. to touch (in many implied relations)

Extended definition

:--touch.

Why This Word Matters

Displays incarnational compassion overcoming impurity. Luke 5:12–16

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 33 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 17 ongoing 2 imperative 2 subjunctive 8 infinitive 2 participle 2

Tense

aorist 26 present 7

Voice

middle 33

Mood

indicative 19 subjunctive 8 infinitive 2 imperative 2 participle 2

NT Occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses

Luke 5:12–16 ἥψατο háptomai

touched

Additional Occurrences

Luke 5:12–16 ἥψατο háptomai

He touched

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 7 — Marriage, Singleness, Calling, and Undistracted Devotion to the Lord John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel Mark 5 — The Authority of Jesus over Demons, Disease, and Death Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 14 — The Death of John, the Compassion of Jesus, and the Son of God over Bread, Sea, and Fear Matthew 17 — The Glory of the Son, the Coming of Elijah, the Failure of Little Faith, and the Son’s Humble Freedom Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind Matthew 8 — The Authority of Jesus over Uncleanness, Sickness, Discipleship, Storms, and Demons

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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