Haptō ἅπτω

Haptō (Greek ἅπτω, Strong's G681) is a Greek verb meaning “to touch”. It occurs 40 times in 37 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Haptō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 8:3
  And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
• Matthew 8:15
  And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.
• Matthew 9:20
  And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
• Matthew 9:21
  For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.”
• Matthew 9:29
  Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
• Matthew 14:36
  And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
• Matthew 17:7
  And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” He said. “Do not be afraid.”
• Matthew 20:34
  So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.

Mark

• Mark 1:41
  And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
• Mark 3:10
  For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
• Mark 5:27
  When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
• Mark 5:28
  For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.For she kept saying, “If only I touch His garments, I will be healed.”
• Mark 5:30
  And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?At once Jesus was aware that power had gone out from Him. Turning to the crowd, He asked, “Who touched My garments?”
• Mark 5:31
  And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?His disciples answered, “You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”
• Mark 6:56
  And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
• Mark 7:33
  And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
• Mark 8:22
  And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
• Mark 10:13
  And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

Luke

• Luke 5:13
  And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
• Luke 6:19
  And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
• Luke 7:14
  And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”
• Luke 7:39
  Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
• Luke 8:16
  No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
• Luke 8:44
  Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
• Luke 8:45
  And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”
• Luke 8:46
  And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.But Jesus declared, “Someone touched Me, for I know that power has gone out from Me.”
• Luke 8:47
  And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.
• Luke 11:33
  No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
• Luke 15:8
  Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
• Luke 18:15
  And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them.
• Luke 22:51
  And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And He touched the man’s ear and healed him.

John

• John 20:17
  Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

Acts

• Acts 28:2
  And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 7:1
  Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 6:17
  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

Colossians

• Colossians 2:21
  (Touch not; taste not; handle not;“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?

1 John

• 1 John 5:18
  We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).