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Lexicon :: Strong's G203 - akrobystia

Aa
ἀκροβυστία
Transliteration
akrobystia (Key)
Pronunciation
ak-rob-oos-tee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄκρον (G206) and probably a modified form of posthe (the penis or male sexual organ)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:225,36

Strong’s Definitions

ἀκροβυστία akrobystía, ak-rob-oos-tee'-ah; from G206 and probably a modified form of πόσθη pósthē (the penis or male sexual organ); the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person:—not circumcised, uncircumcised (with G2192), uncircumcision.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's G203 in the following manner: uncircumcision (16x), being circumcised (2x), uncircumcised (with G2192) (1x), though not circumcised (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's G203 in the following manner: uncircumcision (16x), being circumcised (2x), uncircumcised (with G2192) (1x), though not circumcised (1x).

  1. having the foreskin, uncircumcised

  2. a Gentile

  3. a condition in which the corrupt desires rooted in the flesh were not yet extinct

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκροβυστία akrobystía, ak-rob-oos-tee'-ah; from G206 and probably a modified form of πόσθη pósthē (the penis or male sexual organ); the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person:—not circumcised, uncircumcised (with G2192), uncircumcision.
STRONGS G203:
ἀκροβυστία, -ας, ἡ, (a word unknown to the Greeks, who used ἡ ἀκροποσθία and τὸ ἀκροπόσθιον, from πόσθη i. e. membrum virile. Accordingly it is likely that τὴν ποσθην of the Greeks was pronounced τὴν βύστην by the Alexandrians, and ἀκροβυστία said instead of ἀκροποσθια — i. e. τὸ ἄκρον τῆς πόσθης; cf. the acute remarks of Fritzsche, Commentary on Romans, vol. i., 136, together with the opinion which Winer prefers 99 (94) [and Cremer, 3te Aufl. under the word]), in the Sept. the equivalent of עָרְלָה the prepuce, the skin covering the glans penis;
a. properly: Acts 11:3; Romans 2:25, 26b; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:15; Colossians 3:11; (Judith 14:10; 1 Macc. 1:15); ἐν ἀκροβυστία ὤν having the foreskin (Tertullian praeputiatus), uncircumcised i. e. Gentile, Romans 4:10; ἐν ἀκρ. namely, ὤν, 1 Corinthians 7:18; equivalent, to the same is δἰ ἀκροβ. Romans 4:11; ἡ ἐν τῇ ἀκροβυστία πίστις the faith which one has while he is uncircumcised, Romans 4:11f.
b. by metonyny, of the abstract for the concrete, having the foreskin is equivalent to a Gentile: Romans 2:26a; Romans 3:30; 4:9; Ephesians 2:11; ἡ ἐκ φύσεως ἀκροβ. one uncircumcised by birth or a Gentile, opposed to a Jew who shows himself a Gentile in character, Romans 2:27; εὐαγγέλιον τῆς ἀκροβ. gospel to be preached to the Gentiles, Galatians 2:7.
c. in a transferred sense: ἡ ἀκροβ. τῆς σαρκός (opposed to the περιτομή ἀχειροποίητος or regeneration, Colossians 2:11), the condition in which the corrupt desires rooted in the σάρξ were not yet extinct, Colossians 2:13 (the expression is derived from the circumstance that the foreskin was the sign of impurity and alienation from God, [cf. B. D. under the word Circumcision]).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
11:3
Romans
2:25; 2:26; 2:26; 2:27; 3:30; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 4:11
1 Corinthians
7:18; 7:19
Galatians
2:7; 5:6; 6:15
Ephesians
2:11
Colossians
2:11; 2:13; 3:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G203 matches the Greek ἀκροβυστία (akrobystia),
which occurs 20 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:3 - saying, G3004 “You [fn]went G1525 to uncircumcised G203 men G435 and ate G4906 with them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 - For indeed G3303 circumcision G4061 is of value G5623 if G1437 you practice G4238 [fn]the Law; G3551 but if G1437 you are a transgressor G3848 [fn]of the Law, G3551 your circumcision G4061 has become G1096 uncircumcision. G203

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:26 - So G3767 if G1437 the [fn]uncircumcised G203 man G203 keeps G5442 the requirements G1345 of the Law, G3551 will not his uncircumcision G203 be regarded G3049 as circumcision? G4061

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - And he who is physically G5449 uncircumcised, G203 if he keeps G5055 the Law, G3551 will he not judge G2919 you who G3588 [fn]though G1223 having the letter G1121 of the Law and circumcision G4061 are a transgressor G3848 [fn]of the Law? G3551

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:30 - since G1512 indeed G1512 God G2316 who G3739 will justify G1344 the [fn]circumcised G4061 [fn]by faith G4102 and the [fn]uncircumcised G203 through G1223 faith G4102 is one. G1520

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:9 - Is this G3778 blessing G3108 then G3767 on [fn]the circumcised, G4061 or G2228 on [fn]the uncircumcised G203 also? G2532 For we say, G3004 “FAITH G4102 WAS CREDITED G3049 TO ABRAHAM G11 AS RIGHTEOUSNESS G1343.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:10 - How G4459 then G3767 was it credited? G3049 While he was [fn]circumcised, G4061 or G2228 [fn]uncircumcised? G203 Not while [fn]circumcised, G4061 but while [fn]uncircumcised; G203

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:11 - and he received G2983 the sign G4592 of circumcision, G4061 a seal G4973 of the righteousness G1343 of the faith G4102 which [fn]he had while uncircumcised, G203 so G1519 that he might be the father G3962 of all G3956 who believe G4100 without G203 being G203 circumcised, G203 that righteousness G1343 might be credited G3049 to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:12 - and the father G3962 of circumcision G4061 to those G3588 who not only G3440 are of the circumcision, G4061 but who also G2532 follow G4748 in the steps G2487 of the faith G4102 of our father G3962 Abraham G11 which [fn]he had while uncircumcised. G203

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:18 - Was any G5100 man G5100 called G2564 when he was already circumcised? G4059 He is not to become G1986 uncircumcised. G1986 Has anyone G5100 been called G2564 in uncircumcision? G203 He is not to be circumcised. G4059

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19 - Circumcision G4061 is nothing, G3762 and uncircumcision G203 is nothing, G3762 but what matters is the keeping G5084 of the commandments G1785 of God. G2316

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:7 - But on the contrary, G5121 seeing G3708 that I had been entrusted G4100 with the gospel G2098 [fn]to the uncircumcised, G203 just G2531 as Peter G4074 had been [fn]to the circumcised G4061

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:6 - For in Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 neither G3777 circumcision G4061 nor G3777 uncircumcision G203 means G2480 anything, G5100 but faith G4102 working G1754 through G1223 love. G26

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - For neither G3777 is circumcision G4061 anything, G5100 nor G3777 uncircumcision, G203 but a new G2537 [fn]creation. G2937

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:11 - Therefore G1352 remember G3421 that formerly G4218 you, the Gentiles G1484 in the flesh, G4561 who are called G3004 “Uncircumcision” G203 by the so-called G3004 “Circumcision,” G4061 which is performed G5499 in the flesh G4561 by human G5499 hands G5499—

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:13 - When you were dead G3498 [fn]in your transgressions G3900 and the uncircumcision G203 of your flesh, G4561 He made G4806 you alive G4806 together G4806 with Him, having forgiven G5483 us all G3956 our transgressions, G3900

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - a renewal in which G3699 there G1762 is no G3756 distinction between Greek G1672 and Jew, G2453 circumcised G4061 and uncircumcised, G203 [fn]barbarian, G915 Scythian, G4658 slave G1401 and freeman, G1658 but Christ G5547 is all, G3956 and in all. G3956
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