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Lexicon :: Strong's G4061 - peritomē

Aa
περιτομή
Transliteration
peritomē (Key)
Pronunciation
per-it-om-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:72,831

Strong’s Definitions

περιτομή peritomḗ, per-it-om-ay'; from G4059; circumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively):—X circumcised, circumcision.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's G4061 in the following manner: circumcision (35x), circumcised (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's G4061 in the following manner: circumcision (35x), circumcised (1x).

  1. circumcised

    1. the act or rite of circumcision, "they of the circumcision" is a term used of the Jews

      1. of Christians gathered from among the Jews

      2. the state of circumcision

    2. metaph.

      1. of Christians separated from the unclean multitude and truly consecrated to God

      2. the extinction of passions and the removal of spiritual impurity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περιτομή peritomḗ, per-it-om-ay'; from G4059; circumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively):—X circumcised, circumcision.
STRONGS G4061:
περιτομή, περιτομῆς, ἡ (περιτέμνω), circumcision (on which see περιτέμνω);
a. properly,
α. the act or rite of circumcision: John 7:22; Acts 7:8; Romans 4:11; Galatians 5:11; Philippians 3:5; οἱ ἐκ τῆς περιτομῆς (see ἐκ, II. 7), the circumcised, they of the circumcision, used of Jews, Romans 4:12; of Christians gathered from among the Jews, Acts 11:2; Galatians 2:12; Titus 1:10; οἱ ὄντες ἐκ περιτομῆς, Colossians 4:11.
β. the state of circumcision, the being circumcised: Romans 2:25-28; Romans 3:1; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:15; Colossians 3:11; ἐν περιτομή ὤν, circumcised, Romans 4:10.
γ. by metonymy, 'the circumcision' for οἱ περιτμηθέντες the circumcised, i. e. Jews: Romans 3:30; Romans 4:9, 12; Romans 15:8; Galatians 2:7-9; Ephesians 2:11; οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς πιστοί, Christian converts from among the Jews, Jewish Christians, Acts 10:45.
b. metaphorically,
α. of Christians: (ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν) ἡ περιτομή, separated from the unclean multitude and truly consecrated to God, Philippians 3:3 ((where see Lightfoot)).
β. ἡ περιτομή ἀχειροποίητος, the extinction of the passions and the removal of spiritual impurity (see περιτέμνω, at the end), Colossians 2:11a; ἡ περιτομή καρδίας in Romans 2:29 denotes the same thing; περιτομή τοῦ Χριστοῦ, of which Christ is the author, Colossians 2:11b. (The noun περιτομή occurs three times in the O. T., viz. Genesis 17:13; Jeremiah 11:16; for מוּלָה, Exodus 4:26; besides in Philo, whose tract περί περιτομῆς is found in Mangey's edition 2, pp. 210-212 (Richter's edition 4, pp. 282-284); Josephus, Antiquities 1, 10, 5; (13, 11 at the end; contra Apion 2, 13, 1, 6); plural, Antiquities 1, 12, 2.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
17:13
Exodus
4:26
Jeremiah
11:16
John
7:22
Acts
7:8; 10:45; 11:2
Romans
2:25; 2:26; 2:27; 2:28; 2:29; 3:1; 3:30; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 4:12; 4:12; 15:8
1 Corinthians
7:19
Galatians
2:7; 2:8; 2:9; 2:12; 5:6; 5:11; 6:15
Ephesians
2:11
Philippians
3:3; 3:5
Colossians
2:11; 2:11; 3:11; 4:11
Titus
1:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4061 matches the Greek περιτομή (peritomē),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:22 - διὰ τοῦτο Μωϋσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὴν περιτομήν G4061 οὐχ ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Μωϋσέως ἐστὶν ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ τῶν πατέρων καὶ ἐν σαββάτῳ περιτέμνετε ἄνθρωπον

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:23 - εἰ περιτομὴν G4061 λαμβάνει ἄνθρωπος ἐν σαββάτῳ ἵνα μὴ λυθῇ ὁ νόμος Μωϋσέως ἐμοὶ χολᾶτε ὅτι ὅλον ἄνθρωπον ὑγιῆ ἐποίησα ἐν σαββάτῳ

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:8 - καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ διαθήκην περιτομῆς G4061 καὶ οὕτως ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ περιέτεμεν αὐτὸν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἰακώβ καὶ Ἰακὼβ τοὺς δώδεκα πατριάρχας

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - καὶ ἐξέστησαν οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς G4061 πιστοὶ ὅσοι συνῆλθαν τῷ Πέτρῳ ὅτι καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη ἡ δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐκκέχυται

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:2 - ὅτε δὲ ἀνέβη Πέτρος εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ διεκρίνοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς G4061

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 - περιτομὴ G4061 μὲν γὰρ ὠφελεῖ ἐὰν νόμον πράσσῃς ἐὰν δὲ παραβάτης νόμου ᾖς ἡ περιτομή G4061 σου ἀκροβυστία γέγονεν

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:26 - ἐὰν οὖν ἡ ἀκροβυστία τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ νόμου φυλάσσῃ οὐχ ἡ ἀκροβυστία αὐτοῦ εἰς περιτομὴν G4061 λογισθήσεται

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - καὶ κρινεῖ ἡ ἐκ φύσεως ἀκροβυστία τὸν νόμον τελοῦσα σὲ τὸν διὰ γράμματος καὶ περιτομῆς G4061 παραβάτην νόμου

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:28 - οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ Ἰουδαῖός ἐστιν οὐδὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ ἐν σαρκὶ περιτομή G4061

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:29 - ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ Ἰουδαῖος καὶ περιτομὴ G4061 καρδίας ἐν πνεύματι οὐ γράμματι οὗ ὁ ἔπαινος οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:1 - τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια τῆς περιτομῆς G4061

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:30 - εἴπερ εἷς ὁ θεός ὃς δικαιώσει περιτομὴν G4061 ἐκ πίστεως καὶ ἀκροβυστίαν διὰ τῆς πίστεως

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:9 - ὁ μακαρισμὸς οὖν οὗτος ἐπὶ τὴν περιτομὴν G4061 ἢ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκροβυστίαν λέγομεν γάρ ἐλογίσθη τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἡ πίστις εἰς δικαιοσύνην

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:10 - πῶς οὖν ἐλογίσθη ἐν περιτομῇ G4061 ὄντι ἢ ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ οὐκ ἐν περιτομῇ G4061 ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:11 - καὶ σημεῖον ἔλαβεν περιτομῆς G4061 σφραγῖδα τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐν τῇ ἀκροβυστίᾳ εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πατέρα πάντων τῶν πιστευόντων δι᾽ ἀκροβυστίας εἰς τὸ λογισθῆναι καὶ αὐτοῖς τὴν δικαιοσύνην

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:12 - καὶ πατέρα περιτομῆς G4061 τοῖς οὐκ ἐκ περιτομῆς G4061 μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς στοιχοῦσιν τοῖς ἴχνεσιν τῆς ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ πίστεως τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8 - λέγω γὰρ Χριστὸν διάκονον γεγενῆσθαι περιτομῆς G4061 ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας θεοῦ εἰς τὸ βεβαιῶσαι τὰς ἐπαγγελίας τῶν πατέρων

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19 - ἡ περιτομὴ G4061 οὐδέν ἐστιν καὶ ἡ ἀκροβυστία οὐδέν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ τήρησις ἐντολῶν θεοῦ

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:7 - ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον ἰδόντες ὅτι πεπίστευμαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς ἀκροβυστίας καθὼς Πέτρος τῆς περιτομῆς G4061

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:8 - ὁ γὰρ ἐνεργήσας Πέτρῳ εἰς ἀποστολὴν τῆς περιτομῆς G4061 ἐνήργησεν καὶ ἐμοὶ εἰς τὰ ἔθνη

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - καὶ γνόντες τὴν χάριν τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι Ἰάκωβος καὶ Κηφᾶς καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ δοκοῦντες στῦλοι εἶναι δεξιὰς ἔδωκαν ἐμοὶ καὶ Βαρναβᾷ κοινωνίας ἵνα ἡμεῖς εἰς τὰ ἔθνη αὐτοὶ δὲ εἰς τὴν περιτομήν G4061

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - πρὸ τοῦ γὰρ ἐλθεῖν τινας ἀπὸ Ἰακώβου μετὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν συνήσθιεν ὅτε δὲ ἦλθον ὑπέστελλεν καὶ ἀφώριζεν ἑαυτόν φοβούμενος τοὺς ἐκ περιτομῆς G4061

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:6 - ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε περιτομή G4061 τι ἰσχύει οὔτε ἀκροβυστία ἀλλὰ πίστις δι᾽ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:11 - ἐγὼ δέ ἀδελφοί εἰ περιτομὴν G4061 ἔτι κηρύσσω τί ἔτι διώκομαι ἄρα κατήργηται τὸ σκάνδαλον τοῦ σταυροῦ

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:15 - οὔτε γὰρ περιτομή G4061 τί ἐστιν οὔτε ἀκροβυστία ἀλλὰ καινὴ κτίσις

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:11 - διὸ μνημονεύετε ὅτι ποτὲ ὑμεῖς τὰ ἔθνη ἐν σαρκί οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀκροβυστία ὑπὸ τῆς λεγομένης περιτομῆς G4061 ἐν σαρκὶ χειροποιήτου

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:3 - ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν ἡ περιτομή G4061 οἱ πνεύματι θεοῦ λατρεύοντες καὶ καυχώμενοι ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐν σαρκὶ πεποιθότες

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5 - περιτομῇ G4061 ὀκταήμερος ἐκ γένους Ἰσραήλ φυλῆς Βενιαμίν Ἑβραῖος ἐξ Ἑβραίων κατὰ νόμον Φαρισαῖος

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:11 - ἐν ᾧ καὶ περιετμήθητε περιτομῇ G4061 ἀχειροποιήτῳ ἐν τῇ ἀπεκδύσει τοῦ σώματος τῆς σαρκός ἐν τῇ περιτομῇ G4061 τοῦ Χριστοῦ

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - ὅπου οὐκ ἔνι Ἕλλην καὶ Ἰουδαῖος περιτομὴ G4061 καὶ ἀκροβυστία βάρβαρος Σκύθης δοῦλος ἐλεύθερος ἀλλὰ τὰ πάντα καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν Χριστός

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:11 - καὶ Ἰησοῦς ὁ λεγόμενος Ἰοῦστος οἱ ὄντες ἐκ περιτομῆς G4061 οὗτοι μόνοι συνεργοὶ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ οἵτινες ἐγενήθησάν μοι παρηγορία

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:10 - εἰσὶν γὰρ πολλοὶ καὶ ἀνυπότακτοι ματαιολόγοι καὶ φρεναπάται μάλιστα οἱ ἐκ τῆς περιτομῆς G4061
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