G5584 – pselaphao – ψηλαφάω – to handle, touch
- Strong’s ID:
- G5584
- Greek Word:
- ψηλαφάω
- Transliteration:
- psēlaphaō / pselaphao
- Pronunciation:
- psay-laf-ah’-o
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- from the base of G5567
- Usage Count:
- 4
- Search:
- Find “pselaphao” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
to handle, touch
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from the base of G5567 (compare G5586); to manipulate, i.e. verify by contact; figuratively, to search for:—feel after, handle, touch.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to handle, touch and feel
2) metaphorically mentally to seek after tokens of a person or a thing
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.