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
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Luke 1:59 · περιτεμεῖνAnd it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,Luke 2:21 · περιτεμεῖνAnd when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.John 7:22 · περιτέμνετεbecause of this, Moses hath given you the circumcision—not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers—and on a sabbath ye circumcise a man;Acts 7:8 · περιέτεμενAnd He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob—the twelve patriarchs;Acts 15:1 · περιτμηθῆτεAnd certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brethren—‘If ye be not circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye are not able to be saved;’Acts 15:5 · περιτέμνεινand there rose up certain of those of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying—‘It behoveth to circumcise them, to command them also to keep the law of Moses.’Acts 16:3 · περιέτεμενthis one did Paul wish to go forth with him, and having taken him, he circumcised him, because of the Jews who are in those places, for they all knew his father—that he was a Greek.Acts 21:21 · περιτέμνεινand they are instructed concerning thee, that apostasy from Moses thou dost teach to all Jews among the nations, saying—Not to circumcise the children, nor after the customs to walk;1 Corinthians 7:18 · Περιτετμημένος · περιτεμνέσθω.being circumcised—was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;Galatians 2:3 · περιτμηθῆναι·but not even Titus, who is with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised—Galatians 5:2 · περιτέμνησθε,lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;Galatians 5:3 · περιτεμνομένῳand I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law;Galatians 6:12 · περιτέμνεσθαι,as many as are willing to make a good appearance in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised—only that for the cross of the Christ they may not be persecuted,Galatians 6:13 · περιτεμνόμενοι · περιτέμνεσθαι,for neither do those circumcised themselves keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised, that in your flesh they may glory.Colossians 2:11 · περιετμήθητεin whom also ye were 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 the Christ,