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περιάπτω

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Gloss: to touch

Transliteration: periaptō

Strong’s: G6072

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.†
<re>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.) </re> (AS)

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