Greek verb · G5584
ψηλαφάω
pselaphaopsay-laf-ah'-o
to feel or grope about; to feel, touch, handle
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: psēlapháō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5584is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5584
to manipulate, i.e. verify by contact; figuratively, to search for
The King James renders it: feel after, handle, touch.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pselaphao is rendered "to feel or grope about; to feel, touch, handle". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to feel or grope about".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 24:39Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
Luke 24:39ψηλαφήσατέ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to feel or grope about, and to feel, touch, handle.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to feel or grope aboutwith accusative, to feel about for, search after | Tagged as
| WhereActs 17:27God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him… |
| to feel, touch, handle | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 24:39Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐψηλάφησαν1
- ψηλαφήσατέ1
- ψηλαφήσειαν1
- ψηλαφωμένῳ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, optative · 3rd person plural1V-AAO-3P
- verb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1V-PPP-DSN
Luke
one use
Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
- ψηλαφήσατέpselaphesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do touch
Acts
one use
God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
- ψηλαφήσειανpselapheseianverb · aorist active, optative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they would touch
Hebrews
one use
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
- ψηλαφωμένῳpselaphomenoverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: being touched
1 John
one use
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
- ἐψηλάφησανepselaphesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: handled
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.