Colossians Chapter Two Verse 21

Colossians 2:21 "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"? [NIV]

Colossians 2:21 - thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle - [YLT]

Colossians 2:21 ([a] Touch [b] not; [c] taste [d] not; [e] handle [d] not;

[a] (Touch = haptomaii (hap'-tom-ahee) [680; 681]: properly, to attach oneself to, i.e. to:

[b] not = me (may) [3361]: qualified [DEF: qualified = Not total, unlimited or wholehearted] negation [DEF: Negation = An often formal act of putting an end to] (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial); not, lest; also (as an interrogative imp. a negative answer [whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one]) whether:

[c] taste = geuomai (ghyoo'-om-ahee) [1089]: to taste; by imp. to eat; fig. to experience (good or ill).

[d] not = mede (may-deh') [3366; 3361; 1161]: but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor:

[e] handle = thiggano (thing-gan'-o) [2345]: (to finger); to manipulate, i.e. have to do with; by imp., to injure:

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