Strong G2345θιγγάνω
to touch
- Transliteration
- thigganō
- Pronunciation
- thing-gan'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A prolonged form of an obsolete primary word θίγω thigō (to finger); to manipulate that is have to do with; by implication to injure: - handle touch.
Detailed 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)
In the Bible
Strong G2345 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- touch2
- handle1
First verses
- Colossians 2:21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
- Hebrews 11:28Through 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:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
θιγγάνω,
future προσ-θίξῃ probably to be read instead of -εις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 652: 2)] future τεθίξομαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 1086)]: aorist 2 ἔθῐγον [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 71, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 304, etc.)]; Laconian dialect infinitive σιγῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1004)]:—passive, aorist θιχθῆναι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.258)]:—touch, handle: absolutely, μὴ θίγγανε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(3).451 (from Thera), etc.: usually with _genitive_, οἴακος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 663, etc.)]; χερσὶ or χερὶ θ. τινός, [Refs 7th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 44, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1318; δι᾽ ὁσίων χειρῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 470: with _accusative_, χεῖρα (assuming variant) Νεοβούλης θιγεῖν 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus [same place])]; χερσὶ γλαυκᾶς ἐλαίας θιγοῦ[σ᾽ ὄζον] [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Limenius Lyricus 6 (uncertain reading))]:—passive, to be touched, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 495a6.)]
2 take hold of, τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1410 (_anapaest meter_), etc.)]; θ. ὠλέναισιν τέκνου embrace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 300 (Lyric poetry))]; θ. γυναικός have intercourse with.. , [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 1044)]; θ. εὐνῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 885, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 329: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 51)]; γλίχεται θιγεῖν καὶ συνεῖναι, of man's aspiration after God, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.1.)]
3 touch, attempt, παντὸς.. λόγου κακοῦ γλώσσῃ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 408; μή μοι λεπτῶν θίγγανε μύθων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 924; θ. πονηρίας 3rd c.BC: Isyllus Lyricus 5)]; in hostile sense, attack, θηρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1183 (Lyric poetry); σώματος τοῦ σοῦ [prev. author] “IA” 1351 (troch.).)]
II metaphorically, of the feelings, touch, θιγγάνει σέθεν τόδ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 310)]; ψυχᾶς, φρενῶν, [Refs ([prev. author] Alcaeus108)]; πολλὰ θ. πρὸς ἧπαρ reach to the heart, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 432 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 touch upon, in speaking or discussion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 988a23, +others, “Pol.” 1323b38)]; also of the mind, apprehend, νοῦς.. θιγγάνων καὶ νοῶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1072b21, +others)]
II.3 reach, win, ἀγώνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.18, etc. also with _dative_, θ. ἡσυχίᾳ, ἀρεταῖς, ψεύδει, [prev. author] “P.” 4.296, 8.24, 9.42)]; reach, hit, διαβολὴ θ. τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 10.—Not found in pure _Attic dialect_ Prose (ἅπτομαι being used), but used by 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.5, +others:)]aorist 1 infinitive θίξαι variant for{ψαῦσαι} in Suid. see at {θιγεῖν, θῖξαι} variant for{δεῖξαι} in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1111a14.)]
future προσ-θίξῃ probably to be read instead of -εις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 652: 2)] future τεθίξομαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 1086)]: aorist 2 ἔθῐγον [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 71, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 304, etc.)]; Laconian dialect infinitive σιγῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1004)]:—passive, aorist θιχθῆναι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.258)]:—touch, handle: absolutely, μὴ θίγγανε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(3).451 (from Thera), etc.: usually with _genitive_, οἴακος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 663, etc.)]; χερσὶ or χερὶ θ. τινός, [Refs 7th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 44, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1318; δι᾽ ὁσίων χειρῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 470: with _accusative_, χεῖρα (assuming variant) Νεοβούλης θιγεῖν 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus [same place])]; χερσὶ γλαυκᾶς ἐλαίας θιγοῦ[σ᾽ ὄζον] [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Limenius Lyricus 6 (uncertain reading))]:—passive, to be touched, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 495a6.)]
2 take hold of, τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1410 (_anapaest meter_), etc.)]; θ. ὠλέναισιν τέκνου embrace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 300 (Lyric poetry))]; θ. γυναικός have intercourse with.. , [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 1044)]; θ. εὐνῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 885, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 329: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 51)]; γλίχεται θιγεῖν καὶ συνεῖναι, of man's aspiration after God, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.1.)]
3 touch, attempt, παντὸς.. λόγου κακοῦ γλώσσῃ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 408; μή μοι λεπτῶν θίγγανε μύθων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 924; θ. πονηρίας 3rd c.BC: Isyllus Lyricus 5)]; in hostile sense, attack, θηρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1183 (Lyric poetry); σώματος τοῦ σοῦ [prev. author] “IA” 1351 (troch.).)]
II metaphorically, of the feelings, touch, θιγγάνει σέθεν τόδ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 310)]; ψυχᾶς, φρενῶν, [Refs ([prev. author] Alcaeus108)]; πολλὰ θ. πρὸς ἧπαρ reach to the heart, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 432 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 touch upon, in speaking or discussion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 988a23, +others, “Pol.” 1323b38)]; also of the mind, apprehend, νοῦς.. θιγγάνων καὶ νοῶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1072b21, +others)]
II.3 reach, win, ἀγώνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.18, etc. also with _dative_, θ. ἡσυχίᾳ, ἀρεταῖς, ψεύδει, [prev. author] “P.” 4.296, 8.24, 9.42)]; reach, hit, διαβολὴ θ. τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 10.—Not found in pure _Attic dialect_ Prose (ἅπτομαι being used), but used by 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.5, +others:)]aorist 1 infinitive θίξαι variant for{ψαῦσαι} in Suid. see at {θιγεῖν, θῖξαι} variant for{δεῖξαι} in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1111a14.)]