Lexical Summary thinganō: to touch Original Word: θιγγάνωTransliteration: thinganō Phonetic Spelling: (thing-gan'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to touch Meaning: to touch Strong's Concordance handle, touch. A prolonged form of an obsolete primary thigo (to finger); to manipulate, i.e. Have to do with; by implication, to injure -- handle, touch. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2345: θιγγάνωθιγγάνω (probably akin to τεῖχος, fingo, fiction, etc.; Curtius, § 145): 2 aorist ἔθιγον; to touch, handle: μηδέ θίγῃς touch not namely, impure things, Colossians 2:21 (cf. ἅπτω, 2 c.); τίνος, Hebrews 12:20 ((Aeschylus), Xenophon, Plato, Tragg., others); like the Hebrew נָגַע , to do violence to, injure: τίνος, Hebrews 11:28 (Euripides, Iph. Aul. 1351; ὧν αἱ βλαβαι αὗται θιγγανουσι, Act. Thom. § 12). (Synonym: see ἅπτω, 2 c.) |
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