Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
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Handle
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Colossians 2:21
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
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3 occurrences in 2 verses.
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תָּפַשׂ
tâphas · taw-fas'
5 times translated as this KJV form64 total Strong's occurrences
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
Strong's KJV usage: catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, × surely, surprise, take.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 4:21Strong's last: Ezekiel 27:29
Open full H8610 profile →θιγγάνω
thingánō · thing-gan'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to manipulate, i.e. have to do with; by implication, to injure
Strong's KJV usage: :--handle, touch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Colossians 2:21Strong's last: Colossians 2:21
Open full G2345 profile →ψηλαφάω
psēlapháō · psay-laf-ah'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to manipulate, i.e. verify by contact; figuratively, to search for
Strong's KJV usage: :--feel after, handle, touch.
Strong's first: Luke 24:39Strong's last: Luke 24:39
Open full G5584 profile →אָחַז
ʼâchaz · aw-khaz'
1 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
Strong's KJV usage: be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 25:5Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 25:5
Open full H270 profile →מוּשׁ
mûwsh · moosh
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to touch
Strong's KJV usage: feel, handle.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 115:7Strong's last: Psalms 115:7
Open full H4184 profile →מָשַׁךְ
mâshak · maw-shak'
1 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, × give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, × sow, scatter, stretch out.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 5:14Strong's last: Judges 5:14
Open full H4900 profile →עָרַךְ
ʻârak · aw-rak'
1 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 12:8Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 12:8
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H8610
The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
H8610
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
H8610
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
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handle
HAND'LE, verb transitive [Latin manus.]
1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
The bodies we daily handle--hinder the approach of the part of our hands that press them.
2. To manage; to use; to wield.
That fellow handles a bow like a crow-keeper.
3. To make familiar by frequent touching.
The breeders in Flanders--handle their colts six months every year.
4. To treat; to discourse on; to discuss; to use or manage in writing or speaking. The author handled the subject with address. The speaker handled the arguments to the best advantage.
5. To use; to deal with; to practice.
They that handle the law knew me not. Jeremiah 2:8.
6. To treat; to use well or ill.
How wert thou handled?
7. To manage; to practice on; to transact with.
You shall see how I will handle her.
HAND'LE, noun [Latin ansa.]
1. That part of a vessel or instrument which is held in the hand when used, as the haft of a sword, the bail of a kettle, etc.
2. That of which use is made; the instrument of effecting a purpose.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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