Uncircumcision
ἀκροβυστίαStrong’s G0203akrobustia
Appears in 17 verses of the New Testament
In short
Akrobustia is the Greek word usually translated “uncircumcision”. It appears in 17 verses of the New Testament.
“Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “uncircumcision”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- uncircumcision 20
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 8
- Galatians 3
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Colossians 2
- Acts 1
- Ephesians 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 2:25For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
- Romans 2:26Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
- Romans 2:27And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
- Romans 3:30Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
- Romans 4:9Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
- Romans 4:10How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Greek dictionary
ἀκροβυστία akrobustia · uncircumcision
ἀκροβυστία, -ας, ή (perh. an Alexandrian form of cl. ἀκροποσθία; cf. MM, VGT, see word) [in LXX for עׇרְלָה ;] the prepuce, foreskin (LXX), hence abstr., uncircumcision: Act.11:3, Rom.2:25-27 3:30 4:10-12, 1Co.7:18-19, Gal.5:6 6:15, Col.2:13 3:11 By meton., the uncircumcised: Rom.4:9, Gal.2:7, Eph.2:11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “uncircumcision” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNCIRCUMCI'SION, noun
Absence or want of circumcision.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.