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Lexicon :: Strong's G203 - akrobystia

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ἀκροβυστία
Transliteration
akrobystia (Key)
Pronunciation
ak-rob-oos-tee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄκρον (G206) and probably a modified form of posthe (the penis or male sexual organ)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:225,36

Strong’s Definitions

ἀκροβυστία akrobystía, ak-rob-oos-tee'-ah; from G206 and probably a modified form of πόσθη pósthē (the penis or male sexual organ); the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person:—not circumcised, uncircumcised (with G2192), uncircumcision.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's G203 in the following manner: uncircumcision (16x), being circumcised (2x), uncircumcised (with G2192) (1x), though not circumcised (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's G203 in the following manner: uncircumcision (16x), being circumcised (2x), uncircumcised (with G2192) (1x), though not circumcised (1x).

  1. having the foreskin, uncircumcised

  2. a Gentile

  3. a condition in which the corrupt desires rooted in the flesh were not yet extinct

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκροβυστία akrobystía, ak-rob-oos-tee'-ah; from G206 and probably a modified form of πόσθη pósthē (the penis or male sexual organ); the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person:—not circumcised, uncircumcised (with G2192), uncircumcision.
STRONGS G203:
ἀκροβυστία, -ας, ἡ, (a word unknown to the Greeks, who used ἡ ἀκροποσθία and τὸ ἀκροπόσθιον, from πόσθη i. e. membrum virile. Accordingly it is likely that τὴν ποσθην of the Greeks was pronounced τὴν βύστην by the Alexandrians, and ἀκροβυστία said instead of ἀκροποσθια — i. e. τὸ ἄκρον τῆς πόσθης; cf. the acute remarks of Fritzsche, Commentary on Romans, vol. i., 136, together with the opinion which Winer prefers 99 (94) [and Cremer, 3te Aufl. under the word]), in the Sept. the equivalent of עָרְלָה the prepuce, the skin covering the glans penis;
a. properly: Acts 11:3; Romans 2:25, 26b; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:15; Colossians 3:11; (Judith 14:10; 1 Macc. 1:15); ἐν ἀκροβυστία ὤν having the foreskin (Tertullian praeputiatus), uncircumcised i. e. Gentile, Romans 4:10; ἐν ἀκρ. namely, ὤν, 1 Corinthians 7:18; equivalent, to the same is δἰ ἀκροβ. Romans 4:11; ἡ ἐν τῇ ἀκροβυστία πίστις the faith which one has while he is uncircumcised, Romans 4:11f.
b. by metonyny, of the abstract for the concrete, having the foreskin is equivalent to a Gentile: Romans 2:26a; Romans 3:30; 4:9; Ephesians 2:11; ἡ ἐκ φύσεως ἀκροβ. one uncircumcised by birth or a Gentile, opposed to a Jew who shows himself a Gentile in character, Romans 2:27; εὐαγγέλιον τῆς ἀκροβ. gospel to be preached to the Gentiles, Galatians 2:7.
c. in a transferred sense: ἡ ἀκροβ. τῆς σαρκός (opposed to the περιτομή ἀχειροποίητος or regeneration, Colossians 2:11), the condition in which the corrupt desires rooted in the σάρξ were not yet extinct, Colossians 2:13 (the expression is derived from the circumstance that the foreskin was the sign of impurity and alienation from God, [cf. B. D. under the word Circumcision]).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
11:3
Romans
2:25; 2:26; 2:26; 2:27; 3:30; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 4:11
1 Corinthians
7:18; 7:19
Galatians
2:7; 5:6; 6:15
Ephesians
2:11
Colossians
2:11; 2:13; 3:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G203 matches the Greek ἀκροβυστία (akrobystia),
which occurs 20 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:3 - saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and [even] ate with them!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 -

Circumcision [the sign of the covenant of Abraham] is indeed of value if you practice the Law; but if you habitually break the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision [it is meaningless in God’s sight].

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:26 - So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded [by God] as circumcision?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps [the spirit of] the Law will judge you who, [fn]even though you have the written code and circumcision, break the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:30 - since indeed it is one [and the same] God who will justify the circumcised by faith [which began with Abraham] and the uncircumcised through [their newly acquired] faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:9 -

Is this blessing only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say, “FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:10 - How then was it credited [to him]? Was it after he had been circumcised, or before? Not after, but while [he was] uncircumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:11 - He received the sign of circumcision, a seal or confirmation of the righteousness which he had by faith while [he was still] uncircumcised—this was so that he would be the [spiritual] father of all who believe without being circumcised—so that righteousness would be credited to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:12 - and [that he would be] the [spiritual] father of those circumcised who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had before he was circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:18 - Was anyone at the time of his calling [from God already] circumcised? He is not to [fn]become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called while uncircumcised? [fn]He is not to be circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19 - Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping the commandments of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:7 - But on the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised (Gentiles), just as Peter had been [entrusted to proclaim the gospel] to the circumcised (Jews);

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:6 - For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith activated and expressed and working through love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - For neither is circumcision anything [of any importance], nor uncircumcision, but [only] a new creation [which is the result of a new birth—a spiritual transformation—a new nature in Christ Jesus].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:11 -

Therefore, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, who are called “Uncircumcision” by those who called themselves “Circumcision,” [itself a mere mark] which is made in the flesh by human hands—

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:13 - When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh (worldliness, manner of life), God made you alive together with Christ, having [freely] forgiven us all our sins,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - a renewal in which there is no [distinction between] Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, [nor between nations whether] [fn]barbarian or [fn]Scythian, [nor in status whether] slave or free, but Christ is all, and in all [so believers are equal in Christ, without distinction].
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