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ΑΠΤΕΣΘΑΙ, απτεσθαι
APTESTHAI, aptesthai
Sounds Like: hap-TES-thai
Translations: to touch, to lay hold of, to grasp, to cling to, to kindle, to light
From the root: ΑΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the present middle/passive infinitive form of the verb ἅπτω (haptō). It generally means 'to touch' or 'to lay hold of', often implying a firm or intimate contact. In some contexts, it can also mean 'to kindle' or 'to light' (as in a fire), especially in the active voice. It is used to describe physical contact, but can also imply a connection or relationship.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0680 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 22:209
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 0:7
- Book 2 — 11:254
- Book 3 — 11:269, 12:287
- Book 4 — 8:234
- Book 6 — 13:295
- Book 13 — 11:307
- Book 15 — 5:150, 6:165, 6:178
- Book 18 — 5:110, 8:275
- Book 19 — 1:22, 1:27, 1:75, 1:77, 1:84, 1:101
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:30
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΑΠΤ — to touch, to light, to kindle, to set on fire
- ΑΠΤΕΙ — he touches, she touches, it touches, he lights, she lights, it lights, he kindles, she kindles, it kindles
- ΑΠΤΕΙΝ — to touch, to light, to kindle, to fasten, to handle, to grasp, to take hold of, to eat
- ΑΠΤΕΣΘΩ — let him touch, let him handle, let him cling, let him take hold of
- ΑΠΤΕΤΑΙ — he touches, she touches, it touches, he is buried, she is buried, it is buried
- ΑΠΤΙ — to touch, to handle, to light, to kindle, to grasp, to cling to
- ΑΠΤΟΙΤΟ — he might touch, he might cling to, he might kindle, he might light, he might grasp
- ΑΠΤΟΜΑΙ — to touch, to handle, to cling to, to light, to kindle
- ΑΠΤΟΜΕΝΗ — touching, laying hold of, kindling, a touching (one)
- ΑΠΤΟΜΕΝΟΣ — touching, laying hold of, grasping, clinging to, a toucher, one who touches
- ΑΠΤΟΜΕΝΩΝ — touching, handling, clinging to, laying hold of, setting on fire, kindling, lighting
- ΑΠΤΟΝΤΑΙ — they touch, they handle, they grasp, they kindle
- ΑΠΤΟΝΤΑΣ — touching, kindling, lighting, setting on fire, clinging to, holding fast to
- ΑΠΤΟΝΤΟΣ — (of) touching, (of) grasping, (of) kindling, (of) lighting
- ΑΠΤΟΣ — untouched, not to be touched, inviolable, unapproachable, not burning, unburnt
- ΑΠΤΩ — to touch, to handle, to fasten, to light, to kindle, to set on fire
- ΑΠΤΩΝΤΑΙ — they touch, they handle, they cling to, they take hold of
- ΑΨΑΙ — to touch, to light, to kindle, to grasp
- ΑΨΑΙΤΟ — he might touch, she might touch, it might touch, he would touch, she would touch, it would touch
- ΑΨΑΜΕΝΗ — having touched, touching, to touch
- ΑΨΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having touched, having taken hold of, having grasped, having kindled
- ΑΨΑΜΕΝΟΝ — touching, having touched, laying hold of, grasping, clinging to
- ΑΨΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having touched, touching, having taken hold of, taking hold of
- ΑΨΑΜΕΝΟΥ — of touching, of grasping, of kindling, of lighting, of setting on fire, of attaching, of joining, of seizing, of laying hold of
- ΑΨΑΝΤΕΣ — having touched, having laid hold of, having kindled, having lit
- ΑΨΑΣΘΑΙ — to touch, to grasp, to handle, to cling to, to light
- ΑΨΑΣΘΕ — touch, take hold of, handle, cling to, lay hold of
- ΑΨΕΝΗ — having touched, having grasped, having taken hold of
- ΑΨΕΣΘΑΙ — to touch, to grasp, to lay hold of, to kindle, to light
- ΑΨΕΤΑΙ — will touch, will grasp, will light, will kindle, will take hold of
- ΑΨΗ — touch, handle, cling to, take hold of
- ΑΨΗΤΑΙ — touch, take hold of, handle
- ΑΨΗΤΕ — you may touch, you may grasp, you may kindle, you may light
- ΑΨΟΜΕΝΟΣ — about to touch, going to touch, about to handle, going to handle, about to lay hold of, going to lay hold of
- ΑΨΟΝΤΑΙ — they will touch, they will lay hold of, they will kindle
- ΑΨΩΝΤΑΙ — they may touch, they might touch, they may cling to, they might cling to
- ἘΠΑΦΗΣΩ — I will lay upon, I will bring upon, I will touch, I will fasten upon
- ἘΦΑΠΤΕΣΘΑΙ — to touch, to lay hold of, to handle, to engage in
- ΕΝΑΦΗΣΩ — I will touch, I will fasten, I will light, I will kindle
- ΕΦΗΠΤΕΤΟ — he was touching, she was touching, it was touching, he was clinging to, she was clinging to, it was clinging to, he was laying hold of, she was laying hold of, it was laying hold of
- ΗΜΜΕΝΑΣ — joined, fastened, attached, connected, bound, united
- ΗΜΜΕΝΟΝ — joined, fastened, attached, connected, a joined one, a fastened one
- ΗΜΜΕΝΟΥΣ — bound, fastened, attached, joined, connected
- ΗΠΤΑΙ — has been fastened, has been kindled, has been attached, has been touched
- ΗΠΤΟΝΤΟ — they were touching, they were laying hold of, they were kindling, they were lighting
- ΗΨΑΝ — they touched, they kindled, they lit, they fastened, they attached
- ΗΨΑΝΤΟ — they touched, they laid hold of, they clung to
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