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Strong's G1986 · Greek

ἐπισπάομαι

epispaomai · ep-ee-spah'-om-ahee

from 1909 and 4685; to draw over, i.e. (with 203 implied) efface the mark of circumcision (by recovering with the foreskin)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐπι-σπάω (G1986)

1 ἐπι-σπάω , -ῶ [in LXX: Is 5:18 ( מָשַׁךְ ), etc. ;] to draw on : mid., in peculiar sense of effacing signs of Judaism (cf. I Mac 1:15 , FlJ, Ant. , xii, 5, i; v. Thayer, s.v.), to become as uncircumcised : I Co 7:18 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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