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The term "toucheth" is an archaic form of the verb "touch," commonly found in the King James Version of the Bible and other older translations. It is used to describe physical contact or the act of coming into contact with something or someone. In the Berean Standard Bible , the term is often translated as "touches" or "touch."

Old Testament Usage

In the Old Testament, "toucheth" is frequently associated with the laws of purity and holiness. For instance, in Leviticus, the term is used in the context of ceremonial cleanliness.Leviticus 5:2 states, "Or if a person touches anything unclean, whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature, even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty." Here, the act of touching something unclean renders a person ceremonially unclean, necessitating purification rituals.

The concept of touching is also significant in the context of the sacred. InExodus 19:12 , God commands Moses regarding Mount Sinai, "You are to set boundaries for the people all around, saying, ‘Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.’" This underscores the holiness of God's presence and the need for reverence.

New Testament Usage

In the New Testament, "toucheth" often appears in the context of Jesus' healing ministry. The act of touching is portrayed as a conduit for divine power and compassion. InMark 5:27-28 , the woman with the issue of blood believes, "If I just touch His clothes, I will be healed." Her faith, combined with the physical act of touching Jesus' garment, results in her healing, demonstrating the power of faith and the compassionate nature of Christ.

The term is also used in discussions of purity and defilement. InColossians 2:21 , Paul refers to human regulations, "Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!" Here, "toucheth" is part of a broader critique of legalistic practices that focus on external observances rather than the internal transformation brought about by faith in Christ.

Theological Implications

The concept of "toucheth" in the Bible carries significant theological implications. It highlights the distinction between the holy and the profane, the clean and the unclean, and underscores the transformative power of Jesus' touch. In the Old Testament, touching often relates to the law and the need for separation from impurity. In contrast, the New Testament presents a shift where Jesus' touch brings healing and restoration, symbolizing the new covenant of grace.

The act of touching in biblical narratives often serves as a metaphor for spiritual realities. It illustrates the intimate connection between the divine and the human, the sacred and the ordinary. Through Jesus, the barriers of impurity and separation are overcome, offering believers a model of holiness that is rooted in love and compassion rather than mere ritual observance.

Library

In the Days of Queen Esther
... For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath He sent me unto the nations
which spoiled you: for he thattoucheth youtoucheth the apple of His eye....

The Judicial Severity of Christ and the Tenderness of the Creator...
... too, who expresses Himself on the safety of His followers with the same tenderness
as that which the Creator long ago exhibited: "He thattoucheth youtoucheth...

The Omnipotence of the Son of God, Demonstrated on the Authority...
... "Thus saith the Lord Almighty: After His glory [1945] hath He sent me against the
nations which have made spoil of you, forasmuch as he thattoucheth you is as...

Love Has a Marvellous Property of Feeling in Another
... He is afflicted in all your afflictions. And whosoevertoucheth you,toucheth the
apple of His eye. Will not you be happy in all His enjoyments?...

That in the Books of the Old Testament, Where it is Said that God...
... For it is written, "Thus saith the Lord Almighty, After the glory hath He sent me
unto the nations which spoiled you; for he thattoucheth youtoucheth the...

August 24 Morning
... He thattoucheth youtoucheth the apple of his eye."In all their affliction
he was afflicted; and the angel of his presence saved them....

April 26 Morning
... cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders."Casting all
your care upon Him, for he careth tor you."He thattoucheth you,toucheth...

November 23 Morning
... Your life is hid with Christ in God."He thattoucheth youtoucheth the apple of
his eye."Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord....

Whether a Sin is Aggravated by Reason of the Condition of the...
... is more virtuous or more sacred to God: so that an injury inflicted on such a person
redounds on to God according to Zech.2:8: "He thattoucheth you,toucheth...

The Fourth Season,
... "He thattoucheth you,toucheth the apple of mine eye." Let me ask the most timorous
woman whether there be not a great difference between the sight of a drawn...

Thesaurus

Toucheth (45 Occurrences)
...Toucheth (45 Occurrences).... Genesis 26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying,
He thattoucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death....

Carcase (38 Occurrences)
... (DBY YLT). Leviticus 11:24 And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever
toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. (DBY YLT)....

Carcasses (30 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV). Leviticus 11:24 And by these ye shall become
unclean; whosoevertoucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even....

Flux (26 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Leviticus 15:7 And he thattoucheth the flesh of him that hath the flux shall
wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even. (DBY)...

Issue (59 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 15:7 And he thattoucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even....

Whomsoever (28 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 15:11 And whomsoever hetoucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed
his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water...

Apple (8 Occurrences)
... pupil (of the eye)"); babhah perhaps an "opening," "gate"; others regard it as a
mimetic word akin to Latin pupa, papilla ("He thattoucheth youtoucheth the...

Separation (50 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 15:19 And if a woman have a flux, and her flux in her flesh be blood,
she shall be seven days in her separation, and whoevertoucheth her shall be...

Eye (145 Occurrences)
... pupil (of the eye)"); babhah perhaps an "opening," "gate"; others regard it as a
mimetic word akin to Latin pupa, papilla ("He thattoucheth youtoucheth the...

Sitteth (74 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 15:22 And whosoevertoucheth anything that she sitteth upon shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even....

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Concordance

Toucheth (45 Occurrences)

Luke 7:39
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is thattoucheth him: for she is a sinner.
(KJV ASV WBS)

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 onetoucheth him not.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Genesis 26:11
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He thattoucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Genesis 28:11
and hetoucheth at a 'certain' place, and lodgeth there, for the sun hath gone in, and he taketh of the stones of the place, and maketh 'them' his pillows, and lieth down in that place.
(YLT)

Genesis 49:13
Zebulun will dwell at the shore of the seas; Yea, he will be at the shore of the ships, And his sidetoucheth upon Sidon.
(DBY)

Exodus 19:12
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoevertoucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Exodus 29:37
Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoevertoucheth the altar shall be holy.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Exodus 30:29
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoevertoucheth them shall be holy.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 6:18
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 thattoucheth them shall be holy.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 6:27
Everything thattoucheth the flesh thereof shall be holy; and if there be splashed of the blood thereof on a garment that whereon it is sprinkled shalt thou wash in a holy place.
(DBY)

Leviticus 7:19
And the flesh thattoucheth 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.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 11:24
And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoevertoucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 11:26
The carcasses of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one thattoucheth them shall be unclean.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 11:27
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whosotoucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 11:31
These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoevertoucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
(DBY)

Leviticus 11:36
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that whichtoucheth their carcass shall be unclean.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 11:39
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he thattoucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 15:5
And whosoevertoucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 15:7
And he thattoucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 15:10
And whosoevertoucheth 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.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 15:11
And whomsoever hetoucheth 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.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 15:12
And the vessel of earth, that hetoucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 15:19
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoevertoucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 15:21
And whosoevertoucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 15:22
And whosoevertoucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 15:23
And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when hetoucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 15:27
And whosoevertoucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 22:4
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 whosotoucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 22:5
Or whosoevertoucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 22:6
the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
(See JPS ASV DBY)

Numbers 19:11
He thattoucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Numbers 19:13
Whosoevertoucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Numbers 19:21
And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he thattoucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Numbers 19:22
And whatsoever the unclean persontoucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Joshua 19:26
and Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and ittoucheth against Carmel westward, and against Shihor-Libnath;
(YLT)

Judges 16:9
Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a thread of tow is broken when ittoucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

2 Samuel 23:7
But the man that toucheth them Must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear: And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.
(See JPS ASV)

Esther 5:2
and it cometh to pass, at the king's seeing Esther the queen standing in the court, she hath received grace in his eyes, and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre that 'is' in his hand, and Esther draweth near, andtoucheth the top of the sceptre.
(YLT)

Job 4:5
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; ittoucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 104:32
He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: hetoucheth the hills, and they smoke.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Proverbs 6:29
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoevertoucheth her shall not be innocent.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 17:10
Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east windtoucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and bloodtoucheth blood.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Amos 9:5
And the Lord GOD of hosts is he thattoucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Zechariah 2:8
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he thattoucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Toucheth

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