Colossians 2:21

Μὴ ἅψῃ μηδὲ γεύσῃ μηδὲ θίγῃς
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Μὴ
G3361
mē
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
  • no, not lest
ἅψῃ
G680
haptomai
properly, to attach oneself to, i.e., to touch (in many implied relations)
  • to fasten one's self to, adhere to, cling to
    • to touch
      • "of carnal intercourse with a women or cohabitation"of levitical practice of having no fellowship with heathen practices"to touch, assail anyone
μηδὲ
G3366 CONJ
mēde
but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
  • and not, but not, nor, not
γεύσῃ
G1089 V-ADS-2S
geuomai
to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill)
  • to taste, to try the flavor of
    • "to taste
    • i.e., perceive the flavor of, partake of, enjoy
      • "to feel, make trial of, experience
    to take food, eat, to take nourishment, eat
μηδὲ
G3366 CONJ
mēde
but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
  • and not, but not, nor, not
θίγῃς
G2345 V-2AAS-2S
thinganō
to manipulate, i.e., have to do with; by implication, to injure
  • to touch, handle
    • to do violence to, injury

Μὴ ἅψῃ μηδὲ γεύσῃ μηδὲ θίγῃς
21
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
Cross References

1 Timothy 4:3

κωλυόντων γαμεῖν ἀπέχεσθαι βρωμάτων ἃ ὁ θεὸς ἔκτισεν εἰς μετάληψιν μετὰ εὐχαριστίας τοῖς πιστοῖς καὶ ἐπεγνωκόσιν τὴν ἀλήθειαν
3
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Isaiah 52:11

סוּרוּ סוּרוּ צְאוּ מִשָּׁם טָמֵא אַל-תִּגָּעוּ צְאוּ מִתּוֹכָהּ הִבָּרוּ נֹשְׂאֵי כְּלֵי יְהוָֽה׃
11
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.

Genesis 3:3

וּמִפְּרִי הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹךְ-הַגָּן אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹֽאכְלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא תִגְּעוּ בּוֹ פֶּן-תְּמֻתֽוּן׃
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.

2 Corinthians 6:17

διὸ Ἐξέλθετε ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ ἀφορίσθητε λέγει κύριος καὶ ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅπτεσθε· κἀγὼ εἰσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς
17
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
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