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Lexicon :: Strong's G4059 - peritemnō

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περιτέμνω
Transliteration
peritemnō (Key)
Pronunciation
per-ee-tem'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From περί (G4012) and the base of τομός (G5114)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:72,831

Strong’s Definitions

περιτέμνω peritémnō, per-ee-tem'-no; from G4012 and the base of G5114; to cut around, i.e. (specially) to circumcise:—circumcise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G4059 in the following manner: circumcise (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G4059 in the following manner: circumcise (18x).

  1. to cut around

  2. to circumcise

    1. cut off one's prepuce (used of that well known rite by which not only the male children of the Israelites, on the eighth day after birth, but subsequently also "proselytes of righteousness" were consecrated to Jehovah and introduced into the number of his people)

    2. to get one's self circumcised, present one's self to be circumcised, receive circumcision

    3. since by the rite of circumcision a man was separated from the unclean world and dedicated to God, the word is transferred to denote the extinguishing of lusts and the removal of sins

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περιτέμνω peritémnō, per-ee-tem'-no; from G4012 and the base of G5114; to cut around, i.e. (specially) to circumcise:—circumcise.
STRONGS G4059:
περιτέμνω (Ionic περιτάμνω); 2 aorist περιέτεμον; passive, present περιτέμνομαι; perfect participle περιτετμημένος; 1 aorist περιετμήθην; (from Hesiod down); the Sept. chiefly for מוּל; to cut around (cf. περί, III. 1): τινα, to circumcise, cut off one's prepuce (used of that well-known rite by which not only the male children of the Israelites, on the eighth day after birth, but subsequently also 'proselytes of righteousness' were consecrated to Jehovah and introduced into the number of his people; (cf. BB. DD. under the word ; Oehler's O. T. Theol. (edited by Day) §§ 87, 88; Müller, Barnabasbrief, p. 227f)), Luke 1:59; Luke 2:21; John 7:22; Acts 7:8; Acts 15:5; Acts 16:3; Acts 21:21; of the same rite, Diodorus 1, 28; passive and middle to get oneself circumcised, present oneself to be circumcised, receive circumcision (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 3): Acts 15:1, 24 Rec.; 1 Corinthians 7:18; Galatians 2:3; Galatians 5:2; Galatians 6:12f; with τά αἰδοῖα added, Herodotus 2, 36 and 104; Josephus, Antiquities 1, 10, 5; contra Apion 1, 22. Since by the rite of circumcision a man was separated from the unclean world and dedicated to God, the verb is transferred to denote the extinguishing of lusts and the removal of sins, Colossians 2:11, cf. Jeremiah 4:4; Deuteronomy 10:16, and ecclesiastical writings (see Lightfoot on Philippians 3:3).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
10:16
Jeremiah
4:4
Luke
1:59; 2:21
John
7:22
Acts
7:8; 15:1; 15:5; 15:24; 16:3; 21:21
1 Corinthians
7:18
Galatians
2:3; 5:2; 6:12
Philippians
3:3
Colossians
2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4059 matches the Greek περιτέμνω (peritemnō),
which occurs 17 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:59

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:59 - When the baby was eight days old, they all came for the circumcision ceremony. They wanted to name him Zechariah, after his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - Eight days later, when the baby was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel even before he was conceived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:22 - But you work on the Sabbath, too, when you obey Moses’ law of circumcision. (Actually, this tradition of circumcision began with the patriarchs, long before the law of Moses.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:8 - “God also gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision at that time. So when Abraham became the father of Isaac, he circumcised him on the eighth day. And the practice was continued when Isaac became the father of Jacob, and when Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs of the Israelite nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:1 - While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the believers[fn]: “Unless you are circumcised as required by the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:5 - But then some of the believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and insisted, “The Gentile converts must be circumcised and required to follow the law of Moses.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:3 - so Paul wanted him to join them on their journey. In deference to the Jews of the area, he arranged for Timothy to be circumcised before they left, for everyone knew that his father was a Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21 - But the Jewish believers here in Jerusalem have been told that you are teaching all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn their backs on the laws of Moses. They’ve heard that you teach them not to circumcise their children or follow other Jewish customs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:18 - For instance, a man who was circumcised before he became a believer should not try to reverse it. And the man who was uncircumcised when he became a believer should not be circumcised now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:3 - And they supported me and did not even demand that my companion Titus be circumcised, though he was a Gentile.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:2 - Listen! I, Paul, tell you this: If you are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, then Christ will be of no benefit to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:3 - I’ll say it again. If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you must obey every regulation in the whole law of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:12 - Those who are trying to force you to be circumcised want to look good to others. They don’t want to be persecuted for teaching that the cross of Christ alone can save.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:13 - And even those who advocate circumcision don’t keep the whole law themselves. They only want you to be circumcised so they can boast about it and claim you as their disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:11 - When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.[fn]
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