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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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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 - However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child on the Sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:23 - But if a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:8 - Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that 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, the circumcised believers took issue with him,

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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 Box Rom 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:28 - For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:29 - but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person's praise is not from people but from God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:1 - Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:30

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 Box Rom 4:10

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 Box Rom 4:11

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 Box Rom 4:12

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 Box Rom 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8 - For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God's truth to confirm 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. Instead, keeping God's commandments is what counts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:7

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 Box Gal 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:8 - (for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:6

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 Box Gal 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:11 - Now, brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:15

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 Box Eph 2:11

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 Box Phl 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:3 - For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5 - I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:11 - In him you also were circumcised - not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.

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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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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:11 - And Jesus who is called Justus also sends greetings. In terms of Jewish converts, these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:10 - For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections,
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