Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NIV

NIV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G4061 - peritomē

Choose a new font size and typeface
περιτομή
Transliteration
peritomē (Key)
Pronunciation
per-it-om-ay'
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:22 - Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:23 - Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:8 - Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth. Later Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:2 - So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 - Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:26 - So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the[fn] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:28 - A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:29 - No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:1 - What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:30 - since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:9 - Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:10 - Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:11 - And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:12 - And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8 - For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews[fn] on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19 - Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:7 - On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,[fn] just as Peter had been to the circumcised.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:8 - For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - James, Cephas[fn] and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:6 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:11 - 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 abolished.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:11 - Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)—

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:3 - For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5 - circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:11 - In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[fn] was put off when you were circumcised by[fn] Christ,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:11 - Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews[fn] among my co-workers for the kingdom of God, and they have proved a comfort to me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:10 - For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NIV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NIV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.