Mutilation
κατατομήStrong’s G2699katatomē
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Katatomē is the Greek word usually translated “false circumcision”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.”
Meaning
Usually translated “false circumcision”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- false circumcision 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Philippians 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
κατατομή katatomē · mutilation
κατα-τομή, -ῆς, ἡ [in Sm.: Jer.31:37 (κατατέμνω is used in LXX of forbidden mutilations: Lev.21:5, al.) ;] 1. incision. 2. excision, concision, mutilation: in sarcasm, by paronomasia, in contrast to (true) περιτομή (v3), of Judaizing Christians, Php.3:2 (see Lft., in l; Cremer, 883).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mutilation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MUTILA'TION, noun
[Latin mutilatio.]
The act of mutilating; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.
- mutilation is a term of very general import, applied to bodies, to statues, to buildings and to writings; but appropriately, it denotes the retrenchment of a human limb or member, and particularly of the male organs of generation.
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.