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Dictionaries :: Touch (Verb)

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g681 Greek: hapto

Touch (Verb):

primarily, "to fasten to," hence, of fire, "to kindle," denotes, in the Middle Voice

(a) "to touch," e.g., Mat 8:3, 15; 9:20, 21, 29;

(b) "to cling to, lay hold of," Jhn 20:17; here the Lord's prohibition as to clinging to Him was indicative of the fact that communion with Him would, after His ascension, be by faith, through the Spirit;

(c) "to have carnal intercourse with a woman," 1Cr 7:1;

(d) "to have fellowship and association with unbelievers," 2Cr 6:17;

(e) (negatively) "to adhere to certain Levitical and ceremonial ordinances," in order to avoid contracting external defilement, or to practice rigorous asceticism, all such abstentions being of "no value against the indulgence of the flesh," Col 2:21, AV (RV, "handle");

(f) "to assault," in order to sever the vital union between Christ and the believer, said of the attack of the Evil One, 1Jo 5:18.
See HANDLE, No. 2, KINDLE, LIGHT.

2 Strong's Number: g2345 Greek: thingano

Touch (Verb):

"to touch," a lighter term than No. 1, though Hbr 11:28 approximates to it, in expressing the action of the Destroyer of the Egyptian firstborn; in Hbr 12:20 it signifies "to touch," and is not to be interpreted by Psa 104:32, "He toucheth (No. 1 in the Sept.) the hills and they smoke;" in Col 2:21, RV (AV, "handle").
See HANDLE, No. 2.

3 Strong's Number: g4379 Greek: prospsauo

Touch (Verb):

"to touch upon, to touch slightly," occurs in Luk 11:46.

4 Strong's Number: g5584 Greek: pselaphao

Touch (Verb):

"to feel, to handle," is rendered "that might be touched" in Hbr 12:18.
See FEEL, No. 3. HANDLE, No. 1.

5 Strong's Number: g2609 Greek: katago

Touch (Verb):

"to bring down," is used of bringing a ship to land in Act 27:3.
See BRING No. 16.

6 Strong's Number: g4834 Greek: sumpatheo

Touch (Verb):

for which see COMPASSION, A, No. 3, is rendered "be touched with" in Hbr 4:15.

7 Strong's Number: g3846 Greek: paraballo

Touch (Verb):

for which see ARRIVE, No. 4, COMPARE, No. 2, is rendered "touched at" in Act 20:15, RV.

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