ΑΨΗΣΘΕ, αψησθε
APSĒSTHE, apsēsthe
Sounds Like: ap-SEE-stheh
Translations: you may touch, you should touch, you might touch
From the root: ΑΠΤΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning "to touch," "to grasp," "to cling to," or "to light" (as in a fire). It often implies a more deliberate or firm contact than a mere light touch. In the provided examples, it is used in a prohibitive sense, meaning "do not touch" or "you shall not touch." It is a compound word, formed from the prefix ἀπ- (ap-) and the root ἅπτω (hapto).
Inflection: Aorist, Subjunctive, Middle Voice, Second Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G0680 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Chronicles — 16:22
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 13:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 1 — 1:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΤΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΠΤΗΤΑΙ — he may touch, she may touch, it may touch, they may touch, he might touch, she might touch, it might touch, they might touch
- ΑΠΤΟΜΕΝΟΥ — touching, laying hold of, clinging to, kindling, setting on fire, dealing with, concerning
- ΑΨΑΜΕΝΟΙΣ — touching, having touched, laying hold of, handling, a touching, a having touched
- ΑΨΕΣΘΕ — you will touch, you will handle, you will cling to, you will take hold of
- ΑΨΩΜΑΙ — I will touch, I will cling to, I will lay hold of
- ΗΠΤΕΤΟ — was touching, used to touch, was taking hold of, was clinging to
- ΗΨΑΜΗΝ — I touched, I handled
- ΗΨΑΤΟ — he touched, she touched, it touched, he took hold of, she took hold of, it took hold of
- ΠΡΟΣΕΞΑΠΤΟΜΑΙ — to fasten oneself to, to cling to, to attach oneself to, to be attached to, to be joined to
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