ἅπτω

ἅπτω

[in LXX chiefly for נָגַע ;]

prop., to fasten to; hence, of fire, to kindle, light: Luk 8,16; 11,33; 15,8, ApG 28,2. Mid., with genitive, to fasten oneself to, cling to, lay hold of (so in π.; MM, see word): Matt 8,3, 15, Joh 20,17, al.; of carnal intercourse, 1 Kor 7,1 with reference to levitical and ceremonial prohibitions, 2 Kor 6,17, Kol 2,21; of hostile action, 1 Joh 5,18 (cf. ἀν-, καθ-, περι- άπτω)

SYN.: θιγγάνω, ψηλαφάω. ἅ. is the stronger, θ., to touch, the lighter term. ψ. is to feel, as in search of something (Tr., Syn., § xvii; Lft., Col., 201 f.)