G5584
ψηλαφάω
to touch
ψηλαφάω, -ῶ (ψάω, to touch), [in LXX for מוּשׁ, מָשַׁשׁ pi., etc. ;] __1. to feel or grope about; with accusative, to feel about for, search after: metaphorically, of seeking God, Act.17:27. __2. to feel, touch, handle: with accusative of person(s), Luk.24:39, 1Jn.1:1; προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ (ὄρει ?), Heb.12:18 (R, txt., a mount that might be touched; mg., a palpable and kindled fire; see Westc., in l).† (AS)
The KJV translates G5584 in the following manner:
after (2x), handle (2x), handled (2x), touched (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ψηλαφάω — psēlapháō
ψηλαφάω, ψηλάφω: 1 aorist ἐψηλάφησα, optative 3 person plural ψηλαφήσειαν (Act 17:27, the Aeolic form; see ποιέω, at the beginning); present passive participle ψηλαφωμενος; (from ψάω, to touch); to handle, touch, feel: τί or τινα, Luk 24:39; Heb 12:18 (see R. V. text and marginal reading, cf. Buttmann, § 134, 8; Winer's Grammar, 343 (322)); 1Jn 1:1; metaphorically, mentally to seek after tokens of a person or thing: θεόν, Act 17:27 (A. V. feel after). (Homer, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Philo, Plutarch; often for מוּשׁ, הֵמִישׁ, מִשֵּׁשׁ.) [SYNONYMS: see ἅπτω, 2 c.]
4 occurrences
Luke (1), Acts (1), Hebrews (1), I John (1)