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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, , (a word unknown to the Greeks, who used 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 ἀκροποσθιαi. 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; 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; 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: 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 TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:3 -

saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 -

Circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:26 -

So if an uncircumcised man keeps the law’s requirements, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 -

A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who keeps the law, will judge you who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:30 -

since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:9 -

Is this blessing only for the circumcised, then? Or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say, Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:10 -

In what way, then, was it credited ​— ​while he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? It was not while he was circumcised, but uncircumcised.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:11 -

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith[fn] while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:12 -

And he became the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith our father Abraham had while he was still uncircumcised.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:18 -

Was anyone already circumcised when he was called? He should not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19 -

Circumcision does not matter and uncircumcision does not matter. Keeping God’s commands is what matters.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:7 -

On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter was for the circumcised,

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:6 -

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 -

For[fn] both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:11 -

So, then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh ​— ​called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:13 -

And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive with him and forgave us all our trespasses.

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 -

In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.

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