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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).
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 18 times in 16 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:59 - وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّامِنِ حَضَرُوا لِيَخْتِنُوا الصَّبِيَّ، وَكَادُوا يُسَمُّونَهُ زَكَرِيَّا عَلَى اسْمِ أَبِيهِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - وَلَمَّا تَمَّتْ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَيَّامٍ لِيُخْتَنَ الطِّفْلُ، سُمِّيَ يَسُوعَ، كَمَا كَانَ قَدْ سُمِّيَ بِلِسَانِ الْمَلاكِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُحْبَلَ بِهِ فِي الْبَطْنِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:22 - إِنَّ مُوسَى أَوْصَاكُمْ بِالْخِتَانِ وَهَذَا لَا يَعْنِي أَنَّ الْخِتَانَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى مُوسَى بَلْ إِلَى الآبَاءِ وَلِذلِكَ تَخْتِنُونَ الإِنْسَانَ وَلَوْ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:8 - وَطَلَبَ اللهُ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنْ يَخْتِنَ الذُّكُورَ فِي عَائِلَتِهِ عَلامَةً عَلَى الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَبْرَمَهُ لَهُ. فَخَتَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِسْحَاقَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّامِنِ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ. وَخَتَنَ إِسْحَاقُ ابْنَهُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَخَتَنَ يَعْقُوبُ أَوْلادَهُ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ، الَّذِينَ هُمُ الآبَاءُ الأَوَّلُونَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:1 - وَجَاءَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ مِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ، وَأَخَذُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ الإِخْوَةَ قَائِلِينَ: «لا يُمْكِنُكُمْ أَنْ تَخْلُصُوا مَا لَمْ تُخْتَنُوا حَسَبَ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى»

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:5 - وَلَكِنَّ بَعْضَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا عَلَى مَذْهَبِ الفَرِّيسِيِّينَ، ثُمَّ آمَنُوا، وَقَفُوا وَقَالُوا: «يَجِبُ أَنْ يُخْتَنَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ وَيُلْزَمُوا أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا بِشَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى».

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:24 - عَلِمْنَا أَنَّ بَعْضَ الأَشْخَاصِ ذَهَبُوا مِنْ عِنْدِنَا إِلَيْكُمْ، دُونَ تَفْوِيضٍ مِنَّا فَأَثَارُوا بِكَلامِهِمْ الاضْطِرَابَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَأَقْلَقُوا أَفْكَارَكُمْ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:3 - فَأَحَبَّ بُولُسُ أَنْ يَصْحَبَهُ فِي رِحْلَتِهِ. وَلأَنَّ يَهُودَ تِلْكَ الْمِنْطَقَةِ كَانُوا يَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ يُونَانِيٌّ، فَقَدْ أَخَذَهُ بُولُسُ وَخَتَنَهُ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21 - وَقَدْ سَمِعُوا بِأَنَّكَ تَدْعُو الْيَهُودَ الَّذِينَ يَسْكُنُونَ بَيْنَ الأَجَانِبِ إِلَى الارْتِدَادِ عَنْ مُوسَى، وَتُوصِيهِمْ بِأَلّا يَخْتِنُوا أَوْلادَهُمْ وَلا يَتَّبِعُوا الْعَادَاتِ الْمُتَوَارَثَةَ،

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:18 - فَمَنْ دُعِيَ وَهُوَ مَخْتُونٌ، فَلا يَصِرْ كَغَيْرِ الْمَخْتُونِ، وَمَنْ دُعِيَ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مَخْتُونٍ، فَلا يَصِرْ كَالْمَخْتُونِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:3 - وَلَكِنْ، حَتَّى تِيطُسُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُرَافِقُنِي وَهُوَ يُونَانِيٌّ، لَمْ يُضْطَرَّ أَنْ يُخْتَنَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:2 - هَا أَنَا بُولُسُ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنْ خُتِنْتُمْ، لَا يَنْفَعُكُمُ الْمَسِيحُ شَيْئاً.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:3 - وَأَشْهَدُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى لِكُلِّ مَخْتُونٍ بِأَنَّهُ مُلْتَزِمٌ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِالشَّرِيعَةِ كُلِّهَا.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:12 - إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَظْهَرُوا فِي الْجَسَدِ بِمَظْهَرٍ حَسَنٍ، أُولئِكَ يُرْغِمُونَكُمْ أَنْ تُخْتَنُوا، فَقَطْ لِئَلا يَلْقَوْا الاضْطِهَادَ بِسَبَبِ صَلِيبِ الْمَسِيحِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:13 - فَحَتَّى أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يُخْتَنُونَ، هُمْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ، لَا يَعْمَلُونَ بِالشَّرِيعَةِ، بَلْ يُرِيدُونَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُخْتَنُوا لِيَفْتَخِرُوا بِجَسَدِكُمْ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:11 - وَفِيهِ أَيْضاً خُتِنْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ خِتَاناً لَمْ تُجْرِهِ الأَيْدِي، إِذْ نُزِعَ عَنْكُمْ جَسَدُ الْخَطَايَا الْبَشَرِيُّ وَهَذَا هُوَ خِتَانُ الْمَسِيحِ:
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