περι-τέμνω [in LXX chiefly for מוּל ;] (Ion., Epic. and late writers), to cut around (Hdt.), hence, to circumcise (π. τὰ αἰδοῖα, Hdt.) : Luk.1:59 2:21, Jhn.7:22, Act.7:8 15:5 16:3 21:21. Pass. and mid., to be circumcised, receive circumcision: Act.15:1, 1Co.7:18, Gal.2:3 5:2-3 6:12-13 Metaphorical (cf. Deu.10:16, Jer.4:4, al.), Col.2:11 (see Deiss., BS, 151 f.; MM, xix).† (AS)
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G4059 — περιτέμνω
peritemnō · to circumcise · Greek
15 tagged verse occurrences
Luke 1:59 · περιτεμεῖνIt happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.Luke 2:21 · περιτεμεῖνWhen eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.John 7:22 · περιτέμνετεMoses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.Acts 7:8 · περιέτεμενHe gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.Acts 15:1 · περιτμηθῆτεSome men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.”Acts 15:5 · περιτέμνεινBut some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”Acts 16:3 · περιέτεμενPaul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.Acts 21:21 · περιτέμνεινThey have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.1 Corinthians 7:18 · Περιτετμημένος · περιτεμνέσθω.Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.Galatians 2:3 · περιτμηθῆναι·But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.Galatians 5:2 · περιτέμνησθε,Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.Galatians 5:3 · περιτεμνομένῳYes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.Galatians 6:12 · περιτέμνεσθαι,As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.Galatians 6:13 · περιτεμνόμενοι · περιτέμνεσθαι,For even they who receive circumcision don’t keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.Colossians 2:11 · περιετμήθητεin whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;