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Lexicon :: Strong's G4061 - peritomē

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περιτομή
Transliteration
peritomē (Key)
Pronunciation
per-it-om-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:72,831

Strong’s Definitions

περιτομή peritomḗ, per-it-om-ay'; from G4059; circumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively):—X circumcised, circumcision.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's G4061 in the following manner: circumcision (35x), circumcised (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's G4061 in the following manner: circumcision (35x), circumcised (1x).

  1. circumcised

    1. the act or rite of circumcision, "they of the circumcision" is a term used of the Jews

      1. of Christians gathered from among the Jews

      2. the state of circumcision

    2. metaph.

      1. of Christians separated from the unclean multitude and truly consecrated to God

      2. the extinction of passions and the removal of spiritual impurity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περιτομή peritomḗ, per-it-om-ay'; from G4059; circumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively):—X circumcised, circumcision.
STRONGS G4061:
περιτομή, περιτομῆς, ἡ (περιτέμνω), circumcision (on which see περιτέμνω);
a. properly,
α. the act or rite of circumcision: John 7:22; Acts 7:8; Romans 4:11; Galatians 5:11; Philippians 3:5; οἱ ἐκ τῆς περιτομῆς (see ἐκ, II. 7), the circumcised, they of the circumcision, used of Jews, Romans 4:12; of Christians gathered from among the Jews, Acts 11:2; Galatians 2:12; Titus 1:10; οἱ ὄντες ἐκ περιτομῆς, Colossians 4:11.
β. the state of circumcision, the being circumcised: Romans 2:25-28; Romans 3:1; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:15; Colossians 3:11; ἐν περιτομή ὤν, circumcised, Romans 4:10.
γ. by metonymy, 'the circumcision' for οἱ περιτμηθέντες the circumcised, i. e. Jews: Romans 3:30; Romans 4:9, 12; Romans 15:8; Galatians 2:7-9; Ephesians 2:11; οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς πιστοί, Christian converts from among the Jews, Jewish Christians, Acts 10:45.
b. metaphorically,
α. of Christians: (ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν) ἡ περιτομή, separated from the unclean multitude and truly consecrated to God, Philippians 3:3 ((where see Lightfoot)).
β. ἡ περιτομή ἀχειροποίητος, the extinction of the passions and the removal of spiritual impurity (see περιτέμνω, at the end), Colossians 2:11a; ἡ περιτομή καρδίας in Romans 2:29 denotes the same thing; περιτομή τοῦ Χριστοῦ, of which Christ is the author, Colossians 2:11b. (The noun περιτομή occurs three times in the O. T., viz. Genesis 17:13; Jeremiah 11:16; for מוּלָה, Exodus 4:26; besides in Philo, whose tract περί περιτομῆς is found in Mangey's edition 2, pp. 210-212 (Richter's edition 4, pp. 282-284); Josephus, Antiquities 1, 10, 5; (13, 11 at the end; contra Apion 2, 13, 1, 6); plural, Antiquities 1, 12, 2.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
17:13
Exodus
4:26
Jeremiah
11:16
John
7:22
Acts
7:8; 10:45; 11:2
Romans
2:25; 2:26; 2:27; 2:28; 2:29; 3:1; 3:30; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 4:12; 4:12; 15:8
1 Corinthians
7:19
Galatians
2:7; 2:8; 2:9; 2:12; 5:6; 5:11; 6:15
Ephesians
2:11
Philippians
3:3; 3:5
Colossians
2:11; 2:11; 3:11; 4:11
Titus
1:10

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Strong's Number G4061 matches the Greek περιτομή (peritomē),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:22 - “For this reason Moses has given you [God’s law regarding] circumcision (not that it originated with Moses, but with the patriarchs) and you circumcise a man [even] on the Sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:23 - “If, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, a man undergoes [fn]circumcision on the Sabbath, why are you angry with Me for making a man’s whole body well on the Sabbath?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:8 - “And God gave Abraham a covenant [a formal agreement to be strictly observed] of [which] circumcision [was the sign]; and so [under these circumstances] Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac [became the father] of [fn]Jacob, and Jacob [became the father] of the [fn]twelve patriarchs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:2 - So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision [certain Jewish believers who followed the Law] took issue with him [for violating Jewish customs],

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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 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:28 - For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:29 - But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and [true] circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by [the fulfillment of] the letter [of the Law]. His praise is not from men, but from God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:1 -

Then what is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

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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 Rom 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8 - For I tell you that Christ has become a servant and a minister to the circumcision (Jews) on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm and verify the promises made to the fathers,

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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 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 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:8 - (for He who worked effectively for Peter and empowered him in his ministry to the Jews also worked effectively for me and empowered me in my ministry to the Gentiles).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - And recognizing the grace [that God had] bestowed on me, James and Cephas (Peter) and John, who were reputed to be pillars [of the Jerusalem church], gave to me and Barnabas the [fn]right hand of fellowship, so that we could go to the Gentiles [with their blessing] and they to the circumcised (Jews).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - Before certain men came from James, he used to eat [his meals] with the Gentiles; but when the men [from Jerusalem] arrived, he began to withdraw and separate himself [from the Gentile believers], because he was afraid of those from the [fn]circumcision.

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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 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:11 - But as for me, [fn]brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision [as I had done before I met Christ; and as [fn]some accuse me of doing now, as necessary for salvation], why am I still being persecuted [by Jews]? In that case the stumbling block of the cross [to unbelieving Jews] has been abolished.

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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 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 Phl 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:3 - for we [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, set apart for His purpose and] are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory and take pride and exult in Christ Jesus and place no confidence [in what we have or who we are] in the flesh—

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5 - circumcised when I was eight days old, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews [an exemplary Hebrew]; as to the [observance of the] Law, a Pharisee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:11 - In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, but by the [spiritual] circumcision of Christ in the stripping off of the body of the flesh [the sinful carnal nature],

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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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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:11 - and from Jesus, who is called Justus. These are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are from the circumcision (Jewish Christians), and they have proved to be an encouragement and a comfort to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:10 -

For there are many rebellious men who are empty talkers [just windbags] and deceivers; especially those of the circumcision [those Jews who insist that Gentile believers must be circumcised and keep the Law in order to be saved].

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