ψηλαφάω psēlapháō
Meaning
to manipulate, i.e. verify by contact; figuratively, to search for
In the King James Version: feel after, handle, touch
Derivation: from the base of G5567 (ψάλλω) (compare G5586 (ψῆφος));
Where it is used
- Luke 24:39 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.”
- Acts 17:27 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.
- Hebrews 12:18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
- 1 John 1:1 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.