ἅπτομαι
háptomai
“properly, to attach oneself to, i.e. to touch (in many implied relations)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
properly, to attach oneself to, i.e. to touch (in many implied relations)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. 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, 1 Cor. 7:1; by impl. to harm, 1 Jn. 5:18
Translated in KJV as
touch
Etymology
reflexive of G681 (ἅπτω);
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