Strong's Lexicon
G2345 — θιγγάνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2345 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θιγγάνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a prolonged form of an obsolete primary thigo "to finger" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | thiggano |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | thing-gan'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to manipulate, i.e. have to do with 2. (by implication) to injure |
| KJV Renderings: | handle, touch |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θιγγάνω (probably akin to τεῖχος, fingo, fiction, etc.; Curtius, § 145): 2 aorist ἔθιγον; to touch, handle: μηδέ θίγῃς touch not namely, impure things, Col 2:21 (cf. ἅπτω, 2 c.); τίνος, Heb 12:20 ((Aeschylus), Xenophon, Plato, Tragg., others); like the Hebrew ðÈâÇò , to do violence to, injure: τίνος, Heb 11:28 (Euripides, Iph. Aul. 1351; ὧν αἱ βλαβαι αὗται θιγγανουσι, Act. Thom. § 12). (Synonym: see ἅπτω, 2 c.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θιγγάνω (handle)
Colossians 2:21
- KJV: Touch not taste not handle not
- GK: μη άψη μηδέ γεύση μηδέ θίγης
Hebrews 11:28
- KJV: Through faith he kept the passover and the sprinkling of blood lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them
- GK: πίστει πεποίηκε το πάσχα και την πρόσχυσιν του αίματος ίνα μη ο ολοθρεύων τα πρωτότοκα θίγη αυτών
Hebrews 12:20
- KJV: 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
- GK: ουκ έφερον γαρ το διαστελλόμενον καν θηρίον θίγη του όρους λιθοβοληθήσεται η βολίδι κατατοξευθήσεται
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