περιτομή
peritomḗ · G4061 · Greek · 36 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
ExamplesJohn 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.
John 7:23 “If a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry at Me because I made an entire man well on a Sabbath?
Acts 7:8 “And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham fathered Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.
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those of the circumcision or those who insisted on circumcision
(A set phrase, literally: those of circumcision) Those who insisted on circumcising Gentiles if they were to be regarded as true believers in Jesus Christ
ExamplesActs 10:45 All the Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had also been poured out on the Gentiles.
Acts 11:2 And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the Jewish believers took issue with him,
Romans 4:12 and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- σύyou 1
- ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- χειροποίητοςman-made 1
- ἀχειροποίητοςnot made by human hands 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- δέωto bind, to tie 1
- ἀνατρέπωto turn over 1
- σύyou 1
- συνέρχομαιto come together, to gather 1
What it doesIt is the subject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- διακρίνωto doubt, to distinguish 1
- ἐξίστημιto be amazed, to astonish 1
- ἰσχύωto be able to 1
- ὠφελέωto profit, to help 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
- δικαιόωto justify, to declare righteous 1
- κηρύσσωto preach, to proclaim 1
- λαμβάνωto receive, to take 1
- φοβέωto fear, to be afraid, to show great reverence for 1
What it is said to bePredicate
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἀκροβυστίαuncircumcision 1
- καρδίαheart 1
- οὐδείςno one 1
- πολύςmany 1
- τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
- μακαρισμόςhappiness 1
- φανερόςmanifest, evident 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
13 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἐκfrom 6
- εἰςto 3
- ἐνin 3
- διάthrough 1
- ἐπίon 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- διαθήκηcovenant 1
- διάκονοςservant, deacon 1
- πατήρfather 1
- σημεῖονsign 1
- ὠφέλειαadvantage 1
- ἀποστολήapostleship 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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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Those of the circumcision or those who insisted on circumcision11.51
- περιτομή can name, collectively, the party or group identified by circumcision. John records the Pharisees' concern over Jesus's healing on the Sabbath in light of this practice: “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” (John 7:22).
- To circumcise, circumcision53.51
- More generally, the same noun names the rite itself. Paul argues that the rite's value depends on obedience to the Law: “For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a violator of the Law, your circumcision has turned into uncircumcision” (Romans 2:25).
Word family 27 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon περιτομῆς, ἡ (περιτέμνω), circumcision (on which see περιτέμνω); a. properly, α. the act…
a. properly, α. the act or rite of circumcision: Jn 7:22; Acts 7:8; Rom 4:11; Gal 5:11; Phm 3:5; οἱ ἐκ τῆς περιτομῆς (see ἐκ, II. 7), the circumcised, they of the circumcision, used of Jews, Rom 4:12; of Christians gathered from among the Jews, Acts 11:2; Gal 2:12; Tit 1:10; οἱ ὄντες ἐκ περιτομῆς, Col 4:11. β. the state of circumcision, the being circumcised: Rom 2:25-28; Rom 3:1; 1 Cor 7:19; Gal 5:6; Gal 6:15; Col 3:11; ἐν περιτομή ὤν, circumcised, Rom 4:10. γ. by metonymy, 'the circumcision' for οἱ περιτμηθέντες the circumcised, i. e. Jews: Rom 3:30; Rom 4:9, Rom 4:12; Rom 15:8; Gal 2:7-9; Eph 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, Phm 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), Col 2:11a; ἡ περιτομή καρδίας in Rom 2:29 denotes the same thing; περιτομή τοῦ Χριστοῦ, of which Christ is the author, Col 2:11b. (The noun περιτομή occurs three times in the O. T., viz. Gen 17:13; Jer 11:16; for מוּלָה, Ex 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.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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