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Strong's G4059 · Greek

περιτέμνω

peritemno · per-ee-tem'-no

from 4012 and the base of 5114; to cut around, i.e. (specially) to circumcise


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

περι-τέμνω (G4059)

17 περι-τέμνω , [in LXX chiefly for מוּל ;] (Ion., Epic. and late writers), to cut around (Hdt.), hence, to circumcise ( π. τὰ αἰδοῖα , Hdt.): Lk 1:59 2:21 , Jo 7:22 , Ac 7:8 15:5 16:3 21:21 . Pass. and mid., to be circumcised , receive circumcision : Ac 15:1 , I Co 7:18 , Ga 2:3 5:2 , 3 6:12 , 13 . Metaph. (cf. De 10:16 , Je 4:4 , al.), Col 2:11 (v. Deiss., BS , 151 f.; MM, xix).†

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

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