G2345: θιγγάνω
thingánō · “to touch”
Definition
to manipulate, i.e. have to do with; by implication, to injure
KJV translates it as: handle, touch
Word origin: a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (to finger);
Extended definition
θιγγάνω
[in LXX for נָגַע, Exo.19:12 * ;]
1. to touch, handle: Col.2:21, Heb.12:20" (LXX) .
2. to injure (like Heb. נָגַע, and as in Eur., Iph. Aul., 1351): with genitive, Heb.11:28.†
SYN.: see: ἅπτω (AS)
[in LXX for נָגַע, Exo.19:12 * ;]
1. to touch, handle: Col.2:21, Heb.12:20" (LXX) .
2. to injure (like Heb. נָגַע, and as in Eur., Iph. Aul., 1351): with genitive, Heb.11:28.†
SYN.: see: ἅπτω (AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2345 is translated
- you may touch! ×1
- may touch ×1
- shall touch ×1
Bible verses with G2345 (thingánō)
Thingánō appears in 3 verses.
- Colossians 2:21
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
- Hebrews 11:28
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
- Hebrews 12:20
(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: