Genesis 26:11
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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Toucheth
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1 John 5:18
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
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19 occurrences in 19 verses.
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נָגַע
nâgaʻ · naw-gah'
37 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.
Strong's first: Genesis 26:11Strong's last: Zechariah 2:8
Open full H5060 profile →ἅπτομαι
háptomai · hap'-tom-ahee
2 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: Luke 7:39Strong's last: 1 John 5:18
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rûwach · roo'-akh
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)
Strong's KJV usage: accept, smell, × touch, make of quick understanding.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 16:9Strong's last: Judges 16:9
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All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
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And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
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And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
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The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
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And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
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Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
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And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
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And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
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And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
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And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
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And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
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Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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