Библейское слово «ψηλαφάω» в греческих словарях

ψηλ-ᾰφάω

1) щупать, ощупывать (τοῖς δακτύλοις τι Arst.): χερσὶ ψηλαφόων Hom. или ψηλαφῶν Arph. щупая руками, ощупью; ~ ἐν σκότῳ Arph., Plat. нащупывать (ощупью искать) в темноте; ψηλαφώμενος NT осязаемый, т._е. вещественный;

2) поглаживать, похлопывать (τὸν ἵππον Xen.; τοὺς ὄρνιθας Arst.);

3) внимательно исследовать (πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν Polyb.; τὰ ἀξιώματα Sext.).

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).†
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ψηλᾰφ-άω,
mostly used in present: future -ήσω[LXX]aorist ἐψηλάφησα[LXX]passive, future ψηλαφηθήσομαι[LXX]: aorist ἐψηλαφήθην [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—feel or grope about to find a thing, like a blind man or hoodman-blind, χερσὶ ψηλαφόων (Epic dialect for -άων), of the Cyclops when blinded, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψηλαφῶν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην εὑρεῖν [τὸ ἱμάτιον] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2 with accusative of things, feel about for, grope or search after, ἐψηλαφῶμεν ἐν σκότῳ τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ.. ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν (i.e. τὸν θεὸν) καὶ εὕροιεν [NT]
II feel, touch, handle, stroke, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μή ποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ, of Isaac and Jacob, [LXX+NT+4th c.BC+]; especially in in Medicine texts, of uterine examination, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ὧν ψηλαφωμένων ὁ ἵππος.. ἥδεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III metaphorically, test, examine, τὸν ν [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive, S.E.[same place], τὰ ψηλαφηθέντα ὑπ᾽ Ἀντιόχου the attempts made by.., [Refs 1st c.AD+] Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0