verb
thinganamō
Strong’sG2345
I touch, handle
stem thingan-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
θιγγάνω,
[in LXX for נגע, Ex 19:12*;]
SYN.: v.s. ἅπτω.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2345 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthing-gan'-o
to manipulate, i.e. have to do with; by implication, to injure
Froma prolonged form of an obsolete primary θίγω (to finger);
King Jameshandle, touch.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future προσ-θίξῃ probably to be read instead of -ειςRefs 5th c.BC+ future τεθίξομαι Refs: aorist 2 ἔθῐγον Refs 7th c.BC+; Laconian dialect infinitive σιγῆν Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, aorist θιχθῆναι Refs 2nd c.AD+:—touch, handle: absolutely, μὴ θίγγανε Refs 4th c.BC+; χερσὶ or χερὶ θ. τινός, Refs 7th c.BC+; χερσὶ γλαυκᾶς ἐλαίας θιγοῦ[σ᾽ ὄζον] Refs 2nd c.BC+:—passive, to be touched, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 take hold of, τινος Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. ὠλέναισιν τέκνου embrace, Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. γυναικός have intercourse with.. , Refs; θ. εὐνῆςRefs 5th c.BC+; γλίχεται θιγεῖν καὶ συνεῖναι, of man's aspiration after God, Refs 1st c.BC+
3 touch, attempt, παντὸς.. λόγου κακοῦ γλώσσῃ θ. Refs 5th c.BC+; in hostile sense, attack, θηρός Refs 5th c.BC+
II metaphorically, of the feelings, touch, θιγγάνει σέθεν τόδ; Refs; ψυχᾶς, φρενῶν, Refs; πολλὰ θ. πρὸς ἧπαρ reach to the heart, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 touch upon, in speaking or discussion, Refs 4th c.BC+; also of the mind, apprehend, νοῦς.. θιγγάνων καὶ νοῶν Refs
II.3 reach, win, ἀγώνων Refs 5th c.BC+; reach, hit, διαβολὴ θ. τινός Refs 5th c.BC+aorist 1 infinitive θίξαι variant for{ψαῦσαι} in Suid. see at {θιγεῖν, θῖξαι} variant for{δεῖξαι} in Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| thinganaseiaθίγῃς | happened · youaorist active subjunctive 2nd person singular | handle | 1× |
| thinganateiaθίγῃ | happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular | touch | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | thinganamō | thinganame | thinganami | thinganama | thinganamē | thinganamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | thinganasō | thinganase | thinganasi | thinganasa | thinganasē | thinganaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thinganatō | thinganate | thinganati | thinganata | thinganatē | thinganatelē |
| we 1st person plural | thingananō | thinganane | thinganani | thinganana | thingananē | thingananelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | thinganavō | thinganave | thinganavi | thinganava | thinganavē | thinganavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | thinganalō | thinganale | thinganali | thinganala | thinganalē | thinganalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | thinganameiō | thinganameia | thinganameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | thinganaseiō | thinganaseia1×θίγῃς | thinganaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thinganateiō | thinganateia2×θίγῃ | thinganateiē |
| we 1st person plural | thingananeiō | thingananeia | thingananeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | thinganaveiō | thinganaveia | thinganaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | thinganaleiō | thinganaleia | thinganaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | thinganasōr | thinganasar | thinganasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thinganatōr | thinganatar | thinganatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | thinganavōr | thinganavar | thinganavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | thinganalōr | thinganalar | thinganalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | thinganamoiō | thinganamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | thinganasoiō | thinganasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thinganatoiō | thinganatoia |
| we 1st person plural | thingananoiō | thingananoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | thinganavoiō | thinganavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | thinganaloiō | thinganaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | thinganarō | thinganari | thinganara | thinganarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | thinganarōntos | thinganarintos | thinganarantos | thinganarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
thingan is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
thinganaseia“handle”happened · youaorist active subjunctive 2nd person singular1×
Colossians 2:21Mē hapteseia mēde geueseia mēde thinganaseia,“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
thinganateia“touch”happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular2×
Hebrews 11:28… hina mē tos olothreuarōntos teim prōtotokeim thinganateia autoiu.… destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
Hebrews 12:20… ferale gar tem diastelorōntem; Kan thērem thinganateia teu oreu, lithoboliti;… was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”