περιτέμνω (peritemnō) means “to circumcise” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: per-ee-tem'-no Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
περιτέμνω · peritemnō · to circumcise
περι-τέμνω [in LXX chiefly for מוּל ;] (Ion., Epic. and late writers), to cut around (Hdt.), hence, to circumcise (π. τὰ αἰδοῖα, Hdt.) : Luk.1:59 2:21, Jhn.7:22, Act.7:8 15:5 16:3 21:21. Pass. and mid., to be circumcised, receive circumcision: Act.15:1, 1Co.7:18, Gal.2:3 5:2-3 6:12-13 Metaphorical (cf. Deu.10:16, Jer.4:4, al.), Col.2:11 (see Deiss., BS, 151 f.; MM, xix).† (AS)
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I cut around, circumcise.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to be circumcised | 3 |
| circumcised | 2 |
| to circumcise | 2 |
| already circumcised | 1 |
| and circumcised | 1 |
| be circumcised | 1 |
| circumcision | 1 |
| he should not be circumcised | 1 |
| who gets himself circumcised | 1 |
| you are circumcised | 1 |
| you circumcise | 1 |
| you let yourselves be circumcised | 1 |
| you were also circumcised | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| be circumcised | 2 |
| circumcise | 2 |
| circumcised | 2 |
| to be circumcised | 2 |
| to circumcise | 2 |
| and circumcised | 1 |
| are circumcised | 1 |
| being circumcised | 1 |
| for the circumcising | 1 |
| let him | 1 |
| ought | 1 |
| that is circumcised | 1 |
| to have | 1 |
| ye | 1 |
| ye are circumcised | 1 |
| ye be circumcised | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 15 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
Read word by wordWhen the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.
Read word by wordBut because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
Read word by wordThen God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and 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.
Read word by wordThen some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
Read word by wordBut some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
Read word by wordPaul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Read word by wordBut they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
Read word by wordWas 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.
Read word by wordYet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
Read word by wordTake notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
Read word by wordAgain I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
Read word by wordThose who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.
Read word by wordFor the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
Read word by wordIn Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
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