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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]).
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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 shared a meal with them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 - For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:26 - Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - And will not the physically uncircumcised man who keeps the law judge you who, despite the written code and circumcision, transgress the law?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:30 - Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:9 - Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? 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 he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:11 - And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:12 - And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:18 - Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19 - Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God's commandments is what counts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:7 - On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was to the circumcised

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:6 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight - the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:11 - Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh - who are called "uncircumcision" by the so-called "circumcision" that is performed on the body by human hands -

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:13 - And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.
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