noun · feminine
hafas
Strong’sG860
a band, fastening, a ligament
stem haf-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἁφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἅπτω, to fasten, fit), [in LXX for נֶגַע, freq. in Le;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G860 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhaf-ay'
probably a ligament (as fastening)
Fromfrom G680;
King Jamesjoint.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ἅπτω) lighting, kindling, περὶ λύχνων ἁφάς about lamp-lighting time, Refs 5th c.BC+
II (ἅπτομαι) touch, ἐπώνυμον δὲ τῶν Διὸς γέννημ᾽ ἁφῶν (Wieseler for γεννημάτων) τέξεις.. ἜπαφονRefs 4th c.BC+
II.2 sense of touch, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 touch of the harp-strings, metaphorically, ἐμμελοῦς ἁφῆς καὶ κρούσεωςRefs 4th c.BC+
II.4 grip, in wrestling, etc., ἁφὴν ἐνδιδόναι αὑτοῦRefs 1st c.BC+; ἁ. εἶχεν ἡ συνδιαίτησις ἄφυκτον, of Refs 1st c.AD+
II.5 sand sprinkled over wrestlers, to enable them to get a grip of one another, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.6 in Mathematics texts, contact of surfaces, etc., Refs 4th c.BC+; point of contact, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of intersection, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.7 in plural, stripes, strokes, LXX
II.8 infection, especially of leprosy,LXX: generally, plague, LXX+2nd c.AD+
III junction, point of contact in the body, Refs 4th c.BC+; ligament, Ep. Eph.NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hafas | hafais |
| object accusative | hafan | hafain |
| direct address vocative | hafar | hafair |
| of, belonging to genitive | hafau1×ἁφῆς | hafaiu1×ἁφῶν |
| to, for dative | hafa | hafai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hafa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
hafau“ligament”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Ephesians 4:16… sōmem sunarmologorōntem kai sumbibazorōntem dia pantau hafau tau epichorēgiau kata energeian en metre …… and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in …
hafaiu“joints”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Colossians 2:19… hou pantem tem sōmem dia taiu hafaiu kai sundesmoiu epichorēgorōntem kai sumbibazorōntem auxatō …… supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes …