ἅπτω haptō

Greek word for “to touch” · Strong’s G681 · used 39 times in 37 verses

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Meaning

ἅπτω; prop., to fasten to;

How it is translated

Glosses given for haptō in context, with how often each is used:

• touched 16
• may touch 5
• shall touch 3
• having touched 3
• touch 2
• touched? 1
• touches 1
• having lighted 1
• having lit 1
• lights 1
• do yourself touch 1
• having kindled 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 8 (5), Mark 5 (4), Matthew 9 (3), Matthew 8 (2), Luke 7 (2), Matthew 14 (1), Matthew 17 (1), Matthew 20 (1), Mark 1 (1), Mark 3 (1)

Forms

• ἥψατο 14
• ἅψωνται 3
• ἅψωμαι 2
• ἥψαντο 2
• ἁψάμενος 2
• ἅψηται 2
• ἅπτεσθαι 2
• ἅπτεται 2
• ἅψας 2
• ἁψάμενός 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with haptō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 8
• κράσπεδον kraspedon “edge” 4
• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 6
• ὄπισθεν opisthen “after” 3
• ἐκτείνω ekteinō “to stretch out” 3
• λύχνος luchnos “lamp” 3
• γυνή gunē “woman” 5
• εἰσπορεύω eisporeuō “to enter” 3
• προσέρχομαι proserchomai “to come near/agree” 4
• εὐθέως eutheōs “immediately” 4
• ἰάομαι iaomai “to heal” 3
• καθαρίζω katharizō “to clean” 3

Key verses

The verses using haptō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 8:3 — And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
• Matthew 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:
• Matthew 20:34 — So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
• Mark 3:10 — For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
• Mark 8:22 — And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
• Luke 6:19 — And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
• Luke 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.
• Luke 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…
• John 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;…
• Acts 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.
• 2 Corinthians 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,
• 1 John 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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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.