ἀκροβυστία, -ας, ή
(perh. an Alexandrian form of cl. ἀκροποσθία; cf. MM, VGT, see word) [in LXX for עׇרְלָה ;]
the prepuce, foreskin (LXX), hence abstr., uncircumcision: Act.11:3, Rom.2:25-27 3:30 4:10-12, 1Co.7:18-19, Gal.5:6 6:15, Col.2:13 3:11 By meton., the uncircumcised: Rom.4:9, Gal.2:7, Eph.2:11.†
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Dodson Greek Lexicon
(a technical word of Jewish use) foreskin, prepuce: used sometimes as a slang term by Jews, of Gentiles.
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How translators render G203
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BSB rendering counts
Rendering
Count
uncircumcised
6
uncircumcision
6
before
2
a man who is not circumcised
1
are not circumcised
1
had before he was circumcised
1
he was still uncircumcised
1
still uncircumcised
1
the uncircumcised
1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering
Count
uncircumcision
12
the uncircumcision
3
uncircumcised
2
not circumcised
1
of the uncircumcision
1
Verses containing G203
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The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
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