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Strong's #4061 - περιτομή
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- circumcised
- the act or rite of circumcision, "they of the circumcision" is a term used of the Jews
- of Christians gathered from among the Jews
- the state of circumcision
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- of Christians separated from the unclean multitude and truly consecrated to God
- the extinction of passions and the removal of spiritual impurity
- the act or rite of circumcision, "they of the circumcision" is a term used of the Jews
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περιτομ-ή, ἡ,
circumcision, LXX Genesis 17:13, Agatharch. 61, Str. 16.2.37 (pl.), Ph. 1.450,al., Dsc. 2.82: metaph., π. καρδίας Ep.Romans 2:29 .
II section of a machine, ἡ κάτω π . Apollod. Poliorc. 173.4 .
III circular incision, Heliod. ap. Orib. 45.6.9, 45.7.3, Aët. 15.8 .
περιτομή, περιτομῆς, ἡ (περιτέμνω), circumcision (on which see περιτέμνω);
a. properly, α. the act or rite of circumcision: John 7:22; Acts 7:8; Romans 4:11; Galatians 5:11; Philippians 3:5; οἱ ἐκ τῆς περιτομῆς (see ἐκ, II. 7), the circumcised, they of the circumcision, used of Jews, Romans 4:12; of Christians gathered from among the Jews, Acts 11:2; Galatians 2:12; Titus 1:10; οἱ ὄντες ἐκ περιτομῆς, Colossians 4:11. β. the state of circumcision, the being circumcised: Romans 2:25-28; Romans 3:1; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:15; Colossians 3:11; ἐν περιτομή ὤν, circumcised, Romans 4:10. γ. by metonymy, 'the circumcision' for οἱ περιτμηθέντες the circumcised, i. e. Jews: Romans 3:30; Romans 4:9, 12; Romans 15:8; Galatians 2:7-9; Ephesians 2:11; οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς πιστοί, Christian converts from among the Jews, Jewish Christians, Acts 10:45.
b. metaphorically, α. of Christians: (ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν) ἡ περιτομή, separated from the unclean multitude and truly consecrated to God, Philippians 3:3 ((where see Lightfoot)). β. ἡ περιτομή ἀχειροποίητος, the extinction of the passions and the removal of spiritual impurity (see περιτέμνω, at the end), Colossians 2:11a; ἡ περιτομή καρδίας in Romans 2:29 denotes the same thing; περιτομή τοῦ Χριστοῦ, of which Christ is the author, Colossians 2:11b. (The noun περιτομή occurs three times in the O. T., viz. Genesis 17:13; Jeremiah 11:16; for מוּלָה, Exodus 4:26; besides in Philo, whose tract περί περιτομῆς is found in Mangey's edition 2, pp. 210-212 (Richter's edition 4, pp. 282-284); Josephus, Antiquities 1, 10, 5; (13, 11 at the end; contra Apion 2, 13, 1, 6); plural, Antiquities 1, 12, 2.)
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† περι -τομή , -ῆς , ἡ
(<περιτέμνω ),
[in LXX: Genesis 17:13, Exodus 4:25-26 (H4135 ni., H4139), Jeremiah 11:16 *;]
circumcision;
(a) of the rite itself : John 7:22-23 Acts 7:8, Romans 4:11, Galatians 5:11, Philippians 3:5;
(b) of the state of circumcision: Romans 2:25-28; Romans 3:1, 1 Corinthians 7:19, Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:15, Colossians 3:11; ἐν Papyri ὤν , Romans 4:10;
(c) by meton., Papyri = οἱ περιτμηθέντες , the circumcised: Romans 3:30; Romans 4:9; Romans 4:12; Romans 15:8, Galatians 2:7-9, Ephesians 2:11; οἱ ἐκ τῆς Papyri, of Jews, Romans 4:12; of Jewish Christians, Acts 11:2, Galatians 2:12, Titus 1:10; οἱ ἐκ Papyri πιστοί , Acts 10:45; οἱ ὄντες ἐκ Papyri, Colossians 4:11 Metaph., Romans 2:29, Colossians 2:11, Philippians 3:3.†
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