ἀπερίτμητος
aperítmētos · G564 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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stubborn, completely unyielding
(An idiom, literally: uncircumcised in heart and ears) Pertaining to being obdurate and obstinate
ExamplesActs 7:51 “You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.
How it’s used
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Near synonyms 2 words
- σκληροκαρδία sklērokardía · G4641 · stubborn, completely unyielding
- Both terms denote spiritual obstinacy or resistance to divine truth, differing only in their metaphorical vehicle: the target uses the image of being uncircumcised (in heart), evoking covenant-breach, while σκληροκαρδία names the quality directly as hard-heartedness. Both genuinely denote the same underlying spiritual stubbornness.
- σκληροτράχηλος sklērotráchēlos · G4644 · stubborn, completely unyielding
- Both terms function as figurative descriptions of spiritual obstinacy or resistance to God. Used in parallel within Acts 7:51 to characterize the same unresponsive audience, though drawn from different metaphorical domains (physical posture versus covenant marking).
In the other Testament 1 word
- עָרֵל ʻârêl · H6189 · uncircumcised person, forbidden
- עָרֵל (ʻârêl, H6189) עָרֵל (uncircumcised person) is the concrete Hebrew term that ἀπερίτμητος (aperítmētos, G564) ἀπερίτμητος renders in LXX contexts, establishing direct translation equivalence; both denote the state of lacking circumcision, with ἀπερίτμητος (aperítmētos, G564) extending to figurative applications (heart, ears) that parallel עָרֵל (ʻârêl, H6189)'s own Hebrew usage in prophetic texts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Stubborn, completely unyielding88.224
- In Acts 7:51, Stephen tells the Sanhedrin, “you men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised (aperítmētoi) in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit,” applying the covenant term figuratively to an inward refusal to yield rather than to the physical rite.
Word family 27 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀπεριτμητον (περιτέμνω), uncircumcised; metaphorically, ἀπερίτμητοι τῇ καρδία (Jer 9:26;…
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
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