Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
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Touch
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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:
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Genesis
22 verses
Exodus
22 verses
Leviticus
77 verses
Numbers
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Deuteronomy
11 verses
Joshua
11 verses
Ruth
11 verses
2 Samuel
33 verses
1 Chronicles
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Lamentations
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John
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נָגַע
nâgaʻ · naw-gah'
31 times translated as this KJV form150 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: beat, (× be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 3:3Strong's last: Haggai 2:13
Open full H5060 profile →ἅπτομαι
háptomai · hap'-tom-ahee
13 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to attach oneself to, i.e. to touch (in many implied relations)
Strong's KJV usage: :--touch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 9:21Strong's last: Colossians 2:21
Open full G680 profile →θιγγάνω
thingánō · thing-gan'-o
2 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: Hebrews 11:28Strong's last: Hebrews 12:20
Open full G2345 profile →προσψαύω
prospsaúō · pros-psow'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to impinge, i.e. lay a finger on (in order to relieve)
Strong's KJV usage: :--touch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 11:46Strong's last: Luke 11:46
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H5060
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
H5060
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
H5060
Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
H5060
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
H5060
They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
H5060
If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
H5060
Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
G680
For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
G680
And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
G680
For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
G680
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
G680
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
G680
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
G680
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
G680
And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
G4379
And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
G680
And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
G680
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
G680
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
G680
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
G680
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
G2345
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
G2345
(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:
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touch
TOUCH, verb transitive tuch. [Latin tango, originally tago, [our vulgar tag.] preterit tense tetigi, participle passive tactus.]
1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike against.
He touched the hollow of his thigh. Genesis 32:25. Matthew 9:21.
Esther drew near, and touched the top of the scepter. Esther 5:2.
2. To perceive by the sense of feeling.
Nothing but body can be touch'd or touch
3. To come to; to reach; to attain to.
The god vindictive doom'd them never more,
Ah men unbless'd! to touch that natal shore.
4. To try, as gold with a stone.
Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed--
5. To relate to; to concern.
The quarrel toucheth none but thee alone.
[This sense is now nearly obsolete.]
6. To handle slightly.
7. To meddle with. I have not touched the books.
8. To affect.
What of sweet
Hath touch'd my sense, flat seems to this.
9. To move; to soften; to melt.
The tender sire was touch'd with what he said.
10. To mark or delineate slightly.
The lines, though touch'd but faintly--
11. To infect; as men touched with pestilent diseases. [Little used.]
12. To make an impression on.
Its face must be--so hard that the file will not touch it.
13. To strike, as an instrument of music; to play on.
They touch'd their golden harps.
14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
No decree of mine,
To touch with lightest moment of impulse
His free will.
15. To treat slightly. In his discourse, he barely touched upon the subject deemed the most interesting.
16. To afflict or distress. Genesis 26:29.
To touch up, to repair; or to improve by slight touches or emendations.
To touch the wind, in seamen's language, is to keep the ship as near the wind as possible.
TOUCH, verb intransitive tuch. To be in contact with; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between. Two spheres touch only at points.
1. To fasten on; to take effect on.
Strong waters will touch upon gold, that will not touch silver.
2. To treat of slightly in discourse.
To touch at, to come or go to, without stay.
The ship touched at Lisbon.
The next day we touched at Sidon. Acts 27:3. touch on or upon, to mention slightly.
If the antiquaries have touched upon it, they have immediately quitted it.
1. In the sense of touch at. [Little used.]
TOUCH, noun tuch. Contact; the hitting of two bodies; the junction of two bodies at the surface, so that there is no space between them. The mimosa shrinks at the slightest touch
1. The sense of feeling; one of the five senses. We say, a thing is cold or warm to the touch; silk is soft to the touch
The spider's touch how exquisitely fine!
2. The act of touching. The touch of cold water made him shrink.
3. The state of being touched.
--That never touch was welcome to thy hand
Unless I touch'd.
4. Examination by a stone.
5. Test; that by which any thing is examined.
Equity, the true touch of all laws.
6. Proof; tried qualities.
My friends of noble touch
7. Single act of a pencil on a picture.
Never give the least touch with your pencil, till you have well examined your design.
8. Feature; lineament.
Of many faces, eyes and hearts,
To have the touches dearest priz'd.
9. Act of the hand on a musical instrument.
Soft stillness and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony.
10. Power of exciting the affections.
Not alone
The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches,
Do strongly speak t'us.
11. Something of passion of affection.
He both makes intercession to God for sinners, and exercises dominion over all men, with a true, natural and sensible touch of mercy.
12. Particular application of any thing to a person.
Speech of touch towards others should be sparingly used.
13. A stroke; as a touch of raillery; a satiric touch
14. Animadversion; censure; reproof.
I never bore any touch of conscience with greater regret.
15. Exact performance of agreement.
I keep touch with my promise.
16. A small quantity intermixed.
Madam, I have a touch of your condition.
17. A hint; suggestion; slight notice.
A small touch will put him in mind of them.
18. A cant word for a slight essay.
Print my preface in such forms, in the bookseller's phrase, will make a sixpenny touch [Not in use.]
19. In music, the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as a heavy touch or light touch
20. In music, an organ is said to have a good touch or stop, when the keys close well.
21. In ship-building, touch is the broadest part of a plank worked top and butt; or the middle of a plank worked anchor-stock fashion; also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
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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