To touch
ἅπτωStrong’s G0681haptō
Appears in 37 verses of the New Testament
In short
Haptō is the Greek word usually translated “touched”, “having touched” and “may touch”. It appears in 37 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.”
Meaning
Usually translated “touched”, “having touched” and “may touch”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he touched 6
- touched 6
- she touched 4
- having touched 4
- he may touch 3
- i shall touch 2
- they may touch 2
- to touch 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 13
- Mark 10
- Matthew 8
- John 1
- Acts 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 8:15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
- Matthew 9:20And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
- Matthew 9:21For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
- Matthew 9:29Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
- Matthew 14:36And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
- Matthew 17:7And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
Greek dictionary
ἅπτω haptō · to touch
to touch, hold, handle; (act.) to start a fire; "to touch a woman" means "to get married" primarily to bring in contact, fit, fasten; to light, kindle, Mk. 4:21; Lk. 8:16; to touch, Mt. 8:3; to meddle, venture to partake, Col. 2:21; to have intercourse with, to know carnally, 1Cor. 7:1; by implication to harm, 1Jn. 5:18
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “touch” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TOUCH, verb transitive
tuch. [Latin tango, originally tago, [our vulgar tag.] preterit tense tetigi, participle passive tactus.]
- To come in contact with; to hit or strike against.“He touched the hollow of his thigh” Genesis 32:25“Esther drew near, and touched the top of the scepter” Esther 5:2
- To perceive by the sense of feeling.
- To come to; to reach; to attain to.
- To try, as gold with a stone.
All definitions and other forms of “touch”
- To relate to; to concern.
- To handle slightly.
- To meddle with.
- To affect.
- To move; to soften; to melt.
- To mark or delineate slightly.
- To infect; as men touched with pestilent diseases. [Little used.]
- To make an impression on.
- To strike, as an instrument of music; to play on.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To treat slightly.
- To afflict or distress. Genesis 26:29
TOUCH, verb intransitive
tuch. To be in contact with; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between. Two spheres touch only at points.
- To fasten on; to take effect on.
- To treat of slightly in discourse.
- In the sense of touch at. [Little used.]
TOUCH, noun
tuch. Contact; the hitting of two bodies; the junction of two bodies at the surface, so that there is no space between them. The mimosa shrinks at the slightest touch
- The sense of feeling; one of the five senses.
- The act of touching.
- The state of being touched.
- Examination by a stone.
- Test; that by which any thing is examined.
- Proof; tried qualities.
- Single act of a pencil on a picture.
- Feature; lineament.
- Act of the hand on a musical instrument.
- Power of exciting the affections.
- Something of passion of affection.
- Particular application of any thing to a person.
- A stroke; as a touch of raillery; a satiric touch
- Animadversion; censure; reproof.
- Exact performance of agreement.
- A small quantity intermixed.
- A hint; suggestion; slight notice.
- A cant word for a slight essay.
- In music, the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as a heavy touch or light touch
- In music, an organ is said to have a good touch or stop, when the keys close well.
- In ship-building, touch is the broadest part of a plank worked top and butt; or the middle of a plank worked anchor-stock fashion; also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.