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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)
Dictionary Aids

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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:59 -

When they came to circumcise the child on the eighth day, they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 -

When the eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus ​— ​the name given by the angel before he was conceived.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:22 -

“This is why Moses has given you circumcision ​— ​not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers ​— ​and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:8 -

“And so he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:1 -

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:5 -

But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:3 -

Paul wanted Timothy to go with him; so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21 -

“But they have been informed about you ​— ​that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to live according to our customs.

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 BoxGal 2:3 -

But not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:2 -

Take note! I, Paul, am telling you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:3 -

Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to do the entire law.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:12 -

Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised ​— ​but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:13 -

For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:11 -

You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,

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