peritomē (circumcision)

Meaning

Usually translated “circumcision”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

circumcision 31
of circumcision 4
with circumcision 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Romans 12
Galatians 7
Acts 3
Colossians 3
John 2
Philippians 2

9 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

John 7:22Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
John 7:23If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
Acts 7:8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
Acts 10:45And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 11:2And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
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.

All 32 verses, by book

John 2: 7:22 7:23
Acts 3: 7:8 10:45 11:2
Romans 12: 2:25 2:26 2:27 2:28 2:29 3:1 3:30 4:9 4:10 4:11 4:12 15:8
1 Corinthians 1: 7:19
Galatians 7: 2:7 2:8 2:9 2:12 5:6 5:11 6:15
Ephesians 1: 2:11
Philippians 2: 3:3 3:5
Colossians 3: 2:11 3:11 4:11
Titus 1: 1:10

Greek dictionary

περιτομή peritomē · circumcision

περι-τομή, -ῆς, ἡ (περιτέμνω), [in LXX: Gen.17:13, Exo.4:25-26 (מוּל ni., מוּלָה), Jer.11:16 * ;] circumcision; (a) of the rite itself : Jhn.7:22-23 Act.7:8, Rom.4:11, Gal.5:11, Php.3:5; (b) of the state of circumcision: Rom.2:25-28 3:1, 1Co.7:19, Gal.5:6 6:15, Col.3:11; ἐν π. ὤν, Rom.4:10; (with) by meton., π. = οἱ περιτμηθέντες, the circumcised: Rom.3:30 4:9, 12 15:8, Gal.2:7-9, Eph.2:11; οἱ ἐκ τῆς π., of Jews, Rom.4:12; of Jewish Christians, Act.11:2, Gal.2:12, Tit.1:10; οἱ ἐκ π. πιστοί, Act.10:45; οἱ ὄντες ἐκ π., Col.4:11 Metaphorical, Rom.2:29, Col.2:11, Php.3:3.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).