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Strong's G860 ἁφή (haphe)

Haphe means “joint” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H860 — athon in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G860
Language Greek
Linked Usages 54
Books 8

Strong's G860 Quick Answer

Strong's G860 ἁφή (haphe) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. haphe (haf-ay') n. 1. probably a ligament (as fastening) [from G680] It has 54 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include joint and joints. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Meaning
haphe (haf-ay') n. 1. probably a ligament (as fastening) [from G680]
Usage
54 linked usages
Books
8 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Usage Words
joint and joints

Meaning and Definition

haphe (haf-ay') n. 1. probably a ligament (as fastening) [from G680] KJV: joint Root(s): G680

Original Word
ἁφή
Transliteration
haphe
Derivation
Root: ἅπτομαι R1: 680
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G860. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

joint

Usage: ἁφή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἅπτω, to fasten, fit), [in LXX for נֶגַע, frequently in Le ;] a joint (MM, see word): Eph.4:16, Col.2:19 (Lft., in l).† (AS)

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How Strong's G860 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render haphe, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G860 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 52 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G860 (ἁφή) appears 69 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G860 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G860 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Ephesians 4:16 KJV

From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Colossians 2:19 KJV

And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

Strong's G860 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

52 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Leviticus 13:2 Septuagint / Brenton

If any man should have in the skin of his flesh a bright clear spot, and there should be in the skin of his flesh a plague of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.

Leviticus 13:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and if the hair in the spot be changed to white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean.

Leviticus 13:4 Septuagint / Brenton

But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair have not changed itself for white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate him that has the spot seven days;

Usage Excerpts

First 54 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G860.

Leviticus 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If any man should have in the skin of his flesh a bright clear spot, and there should be in the skin of his flesh a plague of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.
Leviticus 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and if the hair in the spot be changed to white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean.
Leviticus 13:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair have not changed itself for white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate him that has the spot seven days;
Leviticus 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the priest shall look on the spot the seventh day; and, behold, if the spot remains before him, if the spot has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall separate him the second time seven days.
Leviticus 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon him the second time on the seventh day; and, behold, if the spot be dark, and the spot have not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is a mere mark, and the man shall wash his garments and be clean.
Leviticus 13:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a man have a plague of leprosy, then he shall come to the priest;
Leviticus 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the leprosy should have come out very evidently in the skin, and the leprosy should cover all the skin of the patient from the head to the feet, wheresoever the priest shall look;
Leviticus 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look, and, behold, the leprosy has covered all the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague, because it has changed all to white, it is clean.
Leviticus 13:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the priest shall see him, and, behold, if the plague is turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the patient clean: he is clean.
Leviticus 13:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if it manifestly spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy; it has broken out in the ulcer.
Leviticus 13:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the hair being white is changed to a bright color, and its appearance is lower than the skin, it is a leprosy; it has broken out in the inflammation, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon him on the seventh day; and if the spot be much spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.
Leviticus 13:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a man or a woman have in them a plague of leprosy in the head or the beard;
Leviticus 13:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the appearance of it be beneath the skin, and in it there be thin yellowish hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scurf, it is a leprosy of the head or a leprosy of the beard.
Leviticus 13:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the priest should see the plague of the scurf, and, behold, the appearance of it be not beneath the skin, and there is no yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall set apart him that has the plague of the scurf seven days.
Leviticus 13:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look at the plague on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf be not spread, and there be no yellowish hair on it, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow under the skin;
Leviticus 13:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if there should be in his baldness of head, or his baldness of forehead, a white or fiery plague, it is leprosy in his baldness of head, or baldness of forehead.
Leviticus 13:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the appearance of the plague be white or inflamed in his baldness of head or baldness in front, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of his flesh,
Leviticus 13:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
he is a leprous man: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean, his plague is in his head.
Leviticus 13:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the leper in whom the plague is, let his garments be ungirded, and his head uncovered; and let him have a covering put upon his mouth, and he shall be called unclean.
Leviticus 13:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the days in which the plague shall be upon him, being unclean, he shall be esteemed unclean; he shall dwell apart, his place of sojourn shall be without the camp.
Leviticus 13:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a garment have in it the plague of leprosy, a garment of wool, or a garment of flax,
Leviticus 13:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the plague be greenish or reddish in the skin, or in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and he shall show it to the priest.
Leviticus 13:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon the plague, and the priest shall set apart that which has the plague seven days.
Leviticus 13:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon the plague on the seventh day; and if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in the skin, in whatsoever things skins may be used in their workmanship, the plague is a confirmed leprosy; it is unclean.
Leviticus 13:52 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall burn the garment, either the warp or woof in woolen garments or in flaxen, or in any utensil of skin, in which there may be the plague; because it is a confirmed leprosy; it shall be burned with fire.
Leviticus 13:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the priest should see, and the plague be not spread in the garments, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin,
Leviticus 13:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall give directions, and one shall wash that on which there may have been the plague, and the priest shall set it aside a second time for seven days.
Leviticus 13:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon it after the plague has been washed; and if this, even the plague, has not changed its appearance, and the plague does not spread, it is unclean; it shall be burned with fire: it is fixed in the garment, in the warp, or in the woof.
Leviticus 13:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the priest should look, and the spot be dark after it has been washed, he shall tear it off from the garment, either from the warp or from the woof, or from the skin.
Leviticus 13:57 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if it should still appear in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin, it is a leprosy bursting forth: that wherein is the plague shall be burned with fire.
Leviticus 13:58 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or any article of skin, which shall be washed, and the plague depart from it, shall also be washed again, and shall be clean.
Leviticus 13:59 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the law of the plague of leprosy of a woolen or linen garment, either of the warp, or woof, or any leathern article, to pronounce it clean or unclean.
Leviticus 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall come forth out of the camp, and the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague of the leprosy is removed from the leper.
Leviticus 14:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, and who cannot afford the offerings for his purification.
Leviticus 14:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whensoever ye shall enter into the land of the Canaanites, which I give you for a possession, and I shall put the plague of leprosy in the houses of the land of your possession;
Leviticus 14:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the owner of the house shall come and report to the priest, saying, I have seen as it were a plague in the house.
Leviticus 14:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall give orders to remove the furniture of the house, before the priest comes in to see the plague, and thus none of the things in the house shall become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to examine the house.
Leviticus 14:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house, he will see greenish or reddish cavities, and the appearance of them will be beneath the surface of the walls.
Leviticus 14:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall return on the seventh day and view the house; and, behold, if the plague is spread in the walls of the house,
Leviticus 14:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall give orders, and they shall take away the stones in which the plague is, and shall cast them out of the city into an unclean place.
Leviticus 14:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the plague should return again, and break out in the house after they have taken away the stones and after the house is scraped, and after it has been plastered,
Leviticus 14:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall go in and see if the plague is spread in the house: it is a confirmed leprosy in the house, it is unclean.
Leviticus 14:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the priest shall arrive and enter and see, and behold the plague be not at all spread in the house after the house has been plastered, then the priest shall declare the house clean, because the plague is healed.
Leviticus 14:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the law concerning every plague of leprosy and scurf,
Deuteronomy 17:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a matter shall be too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, and between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, and between contradiction and contradiction, matters of judgment in your cities;
Deuteronomy 21:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priests the Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to bless in his name, and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be decided.
Deuteronomy 24:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take heed to thyself in regard of the plague of leprosy: thou shalt take great heed to do according to all the law, which the priests the Levites shall report to you; take heed to do, as I have charged you.
2 Kingdoms 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. And when he happens to transgress, then will I chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men.
3 Kingdoms 8:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
every prayer, every supplication whatever shall be made by any man, as they shall know each the plague of his heart, and shall spread abroad his hands to this house,
2 Chronicles 6:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then whatever prayer and whatever supplication shall be made by any man and all thy people Israel, if a man should know his own plague and his own sickness, and should spread forth his hands toward this house;
Jeremiah 31:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Set marks upon Moab, for she shall be touched with a plague spot, and all her cities shall become desolate; whence shall there be an inhabitant for her?
Ephesians 4:16 New Testament, KJV
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Colossians 2:19 New Testament, KJV
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G860, grouped by book.

Leviticus 45 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament

Strong's G860 FAQ

What does haphe (ἁφή) mean?

Haphe (Strong's G860) is a Greek word most simply glossed "joint". haphe (haf-ay') n. 1. probably a ligament (as fastening) [from G680]

How many times is haphe (ἁφή) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 54 linked usages for Strong's G860 across 8 books.

Where can I study haphe (ἁφή) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G860 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

What English words translate haphe (ἁφή)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as joint and joints. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G860 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 52 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G860, with linked reader references where each row is available.