What Does “Laying on of hands” Mean in the Bible?
To place one’s hands on someone’s head to ask for him the strength of the Holy Spirit, or healing.
Today
The bishop does it at Confirmation and when he ordains priests and deacons.
Where it appears in the Bible
Acts 6:6; Acts 8:17; 1 Timothy 4:14
What the Bible says
Acts 6:6
These they set before the apostles; and they praying, imposed hands upon them.
Acts 8:17
Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
1 Timothy 4:14
Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophesy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catechism 699 and 1538; Acts 8:17