King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2345
Transliteration: thinganō
Phonetic Spelling: (thing-gan'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to touch
Meaning: to touch
θιγγάνω (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.)
Word 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.)