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GreekG2345Verb

θιγγάνω

thinganō

3Occurrences
G2345Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to manipulate, i.e. have to do with; by implication, to injure

a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (to finger);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to touch, handle
2.to injure (like Heb. נָגַע, and as in Eur., Iph. Aul., 1351)
Synonyms
see: ἅπτω
LXX: for נָגַע, *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

θιγγάνω appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Hebrews
2
Colossians
1

Key Passages

Colossians 2:21BSB

“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?

Hebrews 11:28BSB

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

Hebrews 12:20BSB

For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.