περι-άπτω, [in LXX: 3Ma.3:7 * ;] 1. to tie about, attach. 2. In late writers, to light a fire around, kindle: πῦρ, Luk.22:55.† 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)
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G6072 — περιάπτω
periaptō · to touch · Greek