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peritomē G4061

περιτομή (peritomē) means “circumcision” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

περιτομή Greek · G4061 36 tagged occurrences in 32 verses

Pronunciation guide: per-it-om-ay' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4061

περιτομή · peritomē · circumcision

περι-τομή, -ῆς, ἡ (περιτέμνω), [in LXX: Gen.17:13, Exo.4:25-26 (מוּל ni., מוּלָה), Jer.11:16 * ;] circumcision; (a) of the rite itself : Jhn.7:22-23 Act.7:8, Rom.4:11, Gal.5:11, Php.3:5; (b) of the state of circumcision: Rom.2:25-28 3:1, 1Co.7:19, Gal.5:6 6:15, Col.3:11; ἐν π. ὤν, Rom.4:10; (with) by meton., π. = οἱ περιτμηθέντες, the circumcised: Rom.3:30 4:9, 12 15:8, Gal.2:7-9, Eph.2:11; οἱ ἐκ τῆς π., of Jews, Rom.4:12; of Jewish Christians, Act.11:2, Gal.2:12, Tit.1:10; οἱ ἐκ π. πιστοί, Act.10:45; οἱ ὄντες ἐκ π., Col.4:11 Metaphorical, Rom.2:29, Col.2:11, Php.3:3.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

circumcision.

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How translators render G4061

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
circumcision 13
circumcised 7
of circumcision 3
of the circumcised 2
after 1
and 1
are circumcised 1
can be circumcised 1
circumcision is a matter 1
his circumcision 1
is circumcision 1
jews 1
the circumcised 1
the circumcised believers 1
the circumcision group 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
circumcision 15
the circumcision 12
of circumcision 4
of the circumcision 3
circumcised 1
with the circumcision 1

Verses containing G4061

Page 1 of 1. 32 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. John 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

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  2. John 7:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

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  3. Acts 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then 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.

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  4. Acts 10:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

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  5. Acts 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

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  6. Romans 2:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

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  7. Romans 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

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  8. Romans 2:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  9. Romans 2:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

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  10. Romans 2:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.

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  11. Romans 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

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  12. Romans 3:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

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  13. Romans 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.

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  14. Romans 4:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.

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  15. Romans 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  16. Romans 4:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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  17. Romans 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

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  18. 1 Corinthians 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

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  19. Galatians 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

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  20. Galatians 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.

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  21. Galatians 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

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  22. Galatians 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

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  23. Galatians 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

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  24. Galatians 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

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  25. Galatians 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.

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  26. Ephesians 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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)—

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  27. Philippians 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

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  28. Philippians 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

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  29. Colossians 2:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In 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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  30. Colossians 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

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  31. Colossians 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

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  32. Titus 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

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