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περιτομή

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
περιτομή, -ῆς, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
peritomē
Simplified transliteration: 
peritome
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4061
GK Number: 
4364
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
36
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1b
Gloss: 
circumcision; fig., the Jews (as a group of people who adhered to the ritual of circumcision)
Definition: 
circumcision, the act, or custom of circumcision, Jn. 7:22, 23; Acts 7:8; the state of being circumcised, the being circumcised, Rom. 2:25, 26, 27; 4:10; meton. the circumcision, those who are circumcised, Rom. 3:30; 4:9 met. spiritual circumcision of the heart and affection, Rom. 2:29; Col. 2:11; meton. persons spiritually circumcised, Phil. 3:3

Greek-English Concordance for περιτομή

John 7:22 Moses gave you circumcision (peritomēn | περιτομήν | acc sg fem) — not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs — and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
John 7:23 If a man receives circumcision (peritomēn | περιτομήν | acc sg fem) on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?
Acts 7:8 And he gave him a covenant of circumcision (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem); and so Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Acts 10:45 And the believers, from among the circumcised (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem), who came with Peter, were amazed that even on the Gentiles was the gift of the Holy Spirit poured out.
Acts 11:2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they who were of the circumcision (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem) took issue with him,
Romans 2:25 to be sure, circumcision (peritomē | περιτομή | nom sg fem) is of value if you practice the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision (peritomē | περιτομή | nom sg fem) has become uncircumcision.
Romans 2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision (peritomēn | περιτομήν | acc sg fem)?
Romans 2:27 And will not the one who by nature is uncircumcised yet fulfills the law judge you who have the written code and circumcision (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem) yet are a transgressor of the law?
Romans 2:28 For that person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision (peritomē | περιτομή | nom sg fem) that which is outward in the flesh.
Romans 2:29 But a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision (peritomē | περιτομή | nom sg fem) is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit and not by the written code. That person’s praise comes not from man but from God.
Romans 3:1 What advantage then has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem)?
Romans 3:30 Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised (peritomēn | περιτομήν | acc sg fem) on the basis of their faith and the uncircumcised by the same faith.
Romans 4:9 Therefore, is this blessedness for the circumcised (peritomēn | περιτομήν | acc sg fem) alone, or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say, “It was to Abraham that faith was credited as righteousness.”
Romans 4:10 How then was it credited to him? Was it after he was circumcised (peritomē | περιτομῇ | dat sg fem) or before? It was not after his circumcision (peritomē | περιτομῇ | dat sg fem) but before.
Romans 4:11 He received the sign of circumcision (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem) as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would be the father of all who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too might have righteousness credited to them.
Romans 4:12 He is also the father of the circumcised (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem) who are not merely circumcised (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem) but also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had while he was still uncircumcised.
Romans 15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem) on behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
1 Corinthians 7:19 Circumcision (peritomē | περιτομή | nom sg fem) is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Rather, it is keeping God’s commandments that counts.
Galatians 2:7 But on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem)
Galatians 2:8 (for the one who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem) also empowered me for mine to the Gentiles)
Galatians 2:9 and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised (peritomēn | περιτομήν | acc sg fem).
Galatians 2:12 For until certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself because he feared those of the circumcision (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem) party.
Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision (peritomē | περιτομή | nom sg fem) nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith expressing itself through love.
Galatians 5:11 But I, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision (peritomēn | περιτομήν | acc sg fem), why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
Galatians 6:15 For neither circumcision (peritomē | περιτομή | nom sg fem) nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation.
Ephesians 2:11 So remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called the uncircumcision by those called the circumcision (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem) — made in the flesh by hands —
Philippians 3:3 For we are the true circumcision (peritomē | περιτομή | nom sg fem), who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh —
Philippians 3:5 circumcised (peritomē | περιτομῇ | dat sg fem) on the eighth day, a member of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews. In regard to the law, I was a Pharisee;
Colossians 2:11 In him you also were circumcised with a circumcision (peritomē | περιτομῇ | dat sg fem) not made with hands, by the putting off of the body of flesh, by the circumcision (peritomē | περιτομῇ | dat sg fem) of Christ.
Colossians 3:11 Here there is no longer there is Greek and Jew, circumcised (peritomē | περιτομή | nom sg fem) and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free, but Christ is all and in all. Christ
Colossians 4:11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the are only Jewish (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem) These only Christians among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
Titus 1:10 For there are many rebellious people, senseless babblers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision (peritomēs | περιτομῆς | gen sg fem).