# G5584 ψηλαφάω

ψηλαφάω (psēlapháō), Strong’s G5584: to manipulate, i.e. verify by contact; figuratively, to search for KJV: feel after, handle, touch. Occurs 18 times.

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*psēlapháō* — to manipulate, i.e. verify by contact; figuratively, to search for

KJV: feel after, handle, touch

Built from [ψάλλω psállō](https://besorah.bible/word/G5567) (compare G5597) + [ψῆφος psēphos](https://besorah.bible/word/G5586) (a pebble)

Occurs 18 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 24:39](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/24?v=39) — See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see…
- [Acts 17:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/17?v=27) — that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each…
- [Hebrews 12:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/12?v=18) — For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
- [1 John 1:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-john/1?v=1) — That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw…