Strong’s G5584 · Greek
ψηλαφάω
psēlapháō · psay-laf-ah'-o
Origin from the base of ψάλλω (G5567) (compare ψῆφος (G5586));
Meaning to manipulate, i.e. verify by contact; figuratively, to search for
In the King James Version feel after, handle, touch.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 24:39Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
- Acts 17:27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
- Hebrews 12:18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
- 1 John 1:1That 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, of the Word of life;
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.