Psēlapháō — G5584

Definition

verb

to manipulate, i.e. verify by contact; figuratively, to search for

1. to handle, touch, feel
2. metaphorically, mentally to seek after tokens of a person or thing

Usually translated as

handle, feel after, touch

Origin

from the base of G5567 (compare G5586)

• psállō (G5567)
• psēphos (G5586)

Occurrences

Psēlapháō occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1), Acts (1), Hebrews (1), 1 John (1)

• Luke 24:39 — Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle (ψηλαφήσατέ) me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
• Acts 17:27 — That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after (ψηλαφήσειαν) him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
• Hebrews 12:18 — For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched (ψηλαφωμένῳ), and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
• 1 John 1:1 — That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled (ἐψηλάφησαν), of the Word of life;