- ἅπτω
- to fasten, bind fast
- ἅπτω
- I kindle, light.
- ἅπτω
- properly, to fasten to, i.e. (specially) to set on fire
Derivation: a primary verb;KJV Usage: kindle, light.
- ἅπτω
- to kindle
- G:V
- ἅπτω
[in LXX chiefly for נָגַע ;]
prop., to fasten to; hence, of fire, to kindle, light:. Mid., with genitive, to fasten oneself to, cling to, lay hold of (so in π.; MM, see word):Refs
Luk.8:16 11:33 15:8, Act.28:2; of carnal intercourse, 1Co.7:1; with reference to levitical and ceremonial prohibitions,Refs
Mat.8:3, 15, Jhn.20:17, al.; of hostile action, 1Jn.5:18 (cf. ἀν-, καθ-, περι- άπτω)Refs
2Co.6:17, Col.2:21
SYN.: θιγγάνω, ψηλαφάω. ἅ. is the stronger, θ., to touch, the lighter term. ψ. is to feel, as in search of something (Tr., Syn., § xvii; Lft., Col., 201 f.) (AS)
1) to fasten to, adhere to
1a) to fasten fire to a thing, kindle, set of fire
1a) to fasten fire to a thing, kindle, set of fire
ἅπτω
haptō
hap'-to
A primary verb; properly to fasten to, that is, (specifically) to set on fire
KJV Usage: kindle, light.