περιτέμνω
peritémnō · G4059 · Greek · 17 occurrences
Meanings
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to circumcise, circumcision
To cut off the foreskin of the male genital organ as a religious rite involving consecration and ethnic identification
ExamplesLuke 1:59 And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zechariah, after his father.
Luke 2:21 And when eight days were completed so that it was time for His circumcision, He was also named Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.
John 7:22 “For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and even on a Sabbath you circumcise a man.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
17 occurrences in 9 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 4
- Not stated: he, she or it 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 4
- παιδίονchild 1
- ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 1
- τέκνονchild, offspring 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- διάthrough+ Ἰουδαῖοςa Jew, Jewish 1
- ἐνin+ ὅςwho, which, that 1
- ἐνin+ σάββατονSabbath, week 1
With adverbsAdverbs
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- μήnot 3
- καίand 1
- οὐδέand not, nor, neither 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- δέωto bind, to tie 1
- φυλάσσωto keep, to guard 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 1
- λέγωto say 1
- ἀναγκάζωto compel 1
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μαρτύρομαιto declare 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- מוּל mûwl · H4135 · to circumcise, circumcision
- מוּל (mûwl, H4135) is the primary Hebrew verb for circumcision, directly rendered by περιτέμνω (peritémnō, G4059) in Greek translations, both denoting the same ritual act of removing the foreskin as commanded in the Abrahamic covenant.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Word family 27 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (Ionic περιτάμνω); 2 aorist περιέτεμον; passive, present περιτέμνομαι; perfect participle…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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