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Strong's #5584 - ψηλαφάω
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- to handle, touch and feel
- metaph. mentally to seek after tokens of a person or a thing
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ψηλᾰφ-άω,
mostly used in pres.: fut. -ήσω LXX Zechariah 9:13 : aor. ἐψηλάφησα ib. Genesis 27:22 : — Pass., fut. ψηλαφηθήσομαι ib. Nahum 3:1 : aor. ἐψηλαφήθην S.E. M. 8.108, Plu. 2.599c: —
feel or grope about to find a thing, like a blind man or hoodman-blind, χερσὶ ψηλαφόων ( for -άων), of the Cyclops when blinded, Od. 9.416; ψηλαφῶν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην εὑρεῖν [τὸ ἱμάτιον ] Ar. Ec. 315; ψηλαφῶντες.. ὥσπερ ἐν σκότει Pl. Phd. 99b: metaph., ψ. περί τινων Phld. D. 1.14.
2. c. acc. rei, feel about for, grope or search after, ἐψηλαφῶμεν ἐν σκότῳ τὰ πράγματα Ar. Pax 691; εἰ.. ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν (sc. τὸν θεὸν) καὶ εὕροιεν Acts 17:27.
II feel, touch, handle, stroke, Poll. 1.183; μή ποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ, of Isaac and Jacob, LXX Genesis 27:12, cf. Luke 24:39; ψ. καὶ τρίβειν τοῖς δακτύλοις Arist. HA 571a33; esp. in Medic., of uterine examination, Hp. Mul. 1.40, al.: — Pass., ὧν ψηλαφωμένων ὁ ἵππος.. ἥδεται X. Eq. 2.4; [ ὄρνιθες] τῇ χειρὶ ψηλαφώμεναι Arist. HA 560a9.
III metaph., test, examine, τὸν ν Plb. 8.29.8; τὸν οἶνον Gp. 7.5.1; πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν Plb. 8.16.4; τὰς ἀλλήλων νοήσεις οἷον ὑπὸ σκότῳ διὰ φωνῆς ψ. Plu. 2.589b; εἴδωλον [τοῦ καλοῦ] διώκοντες καὶ ψ. ib.766a: — Pass., S.E.l.c., τὰ ψηλαφηθέντα ὑπ' Ἀντιόχου the attempts made by.., J. AJ 13.9.2.
ψηλαφάω, ψηλάφω: 1 aorist ἐψηλάφησα, optative 3 person plural ψηλαφήσειαν (Acts 17:27, the Aeolic form; see ποιέω, at the beginning); present passive participle ψηλαφωμενος; (from ψάω, to touch); to handle, touch, feel: τί or τινα, Luke 24:39; Hebrews 12:18 (see R. V. text and marginal reading, cf. Buttmann, § 134, 8; Winer's Grammar, 343 (322)); 1 John 1:1; metaphorically, mentally to seek after tokens of a person or thing: θεόν, Acts 17:27 (A. V. feel after). (Homer, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Philo, Plutarch; often for מוּשׁ, הֵמִישׁ, מִשֵּׁשׁ.) [SYNONYMS: see ἅπτω, 2 c.]
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ψηλαφάω , -ῶ
(< ψάω , to touch),
[in LXX for H4184, H4959 pi., etc.;]
1. to feel or grope about; c. acc, to feel about for, search after: metaph., of seeking God, Acts 17:27.
2. to feel, touch, handle: c. acc pers., Luke 24:39, 1 John 1:1; προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ (ὄρει ?), Hebrews 12:18 (R, txt., a mount that might be touched; mg., a palpable and kindled fire; v. Westc., in l).†
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