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fēl´ing: The following varieties of meaning are to be noted:
(1) “To touch,†“handle,†“grope after†(מש×ש×, maÌ„shash (, ; ; מוּש×, muÌ„sh, ; ; ψηλαφαÌω, pseÌ„laphaÌoÌ„, ).
(2) “To know,†“understand,†“experience†(בּין, bı̄n, ; ידע, yaÌ„dha‛, ; γινωÌσκω, ginō̇skoÌ„, ).
(3) “To have a fellow feeling,†“to place one's self into the position of another,†especially while suffering, “to have compassion†(συμπαθεῖν, sumpatheıÌn, ; compare ; which is to be carefully distinguished from the similar verb συμπαÌσχειν, sumpaÌschein, which means “to share in the same suffering with another,†; ). See Delitzsch, Commentary on .
(4) “To feel harm,†“pain,†“grief,†“to be sensitive†(παÌσχειν, paÌschein, with the roots path- and penth-, ); or with the negation: “to have ceased to feel,†“to be apathetic,†“past feeling,†“callous,†ἀπηλγηκωÌÏ‚, apeÌ„lgeÌ„kō̇s, perfect participle of ἀπαλγεÌω, apalgeÌoÌ„ () which describes the condition of the sinner, who by hardening his heart against moral influences is left without a sense of his high vocation, without an idea of the awfulness of sin, without reverence to God, without an appreciation of the salvation offered by Him, and without fear of His judgment.