Definition

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

Etymology

from the base of G5567 (ψάλλω) (compare G5586 (ψῆφος));

Where the KJV renders it

• feel after
• handle
• touch

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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