Colossians 2:21

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Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,	(Touch not; taste not; handle not;	Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

(Touch^G680 not^G3361; taste^G1089 not^G3366; handle^G2345 not^G3366;

Original Greek

Μὴ ἅψῃ, μηδὲ γεύσῃ, μηδὲ θίγῃς

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
Μὴ	Mē	G3361	PRT-N	not
ἅψῃ,	hapsē	G680	V-AMS-2S	(Touch
μηδὲ	mēde	G3366	CONJ-N	not
γεύσῃ,	geusē	G1089	V-ADS-2S	taste
μηδὲ	mēde	G3366	CONJ-N	not
θίγῃς	thigēs	G2345	V-2AAS-2S	handle

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

G680 — ἅπτομαι (háptomai, hap'-tom-ahee): I touch or handle — reflexive of ἅπτω; properly, to attach oneself to, i.e. to touch (in many implied relations):--touch.
G1089 — γεύομαι (geúomai, ghyoo'-om-ahee): I taste, experience — a primary verb; to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill):--eat, taste.
G2345 — θιγγάνω (thingánō, thing-gan'-o): I touch, handle — a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (to finger); to manipulate, i.e. have to do with; by implication, to injure:--handle, touch.
G3361 — μή (mḗ, may): not, lest — a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas οὐ expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas οὐ expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also ἐὰν μή, ἵνα μή, οὐ μή, μῆκος, μηκύνω, μήν, μὴ οὐκ.
G3366 — μηδέ (mēdé, may-deh'): and not, not even — from μή and δέ; but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor:--neither, nor (yet), (no) not (once, so much as).

Cross References

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: ASSOCIATION-SEPARATION
Torrey’s: DEFILEMENT
Nave’s: ASCETICISM, COMMANDMENTS, DOCTRINES, LAW, ORDINANCE, WORKS

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