περιτομή peritomē

Greek word for “circumcision” · Strong’s G4061 · used 36 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

περι-τομή, -ῆς, ἡ; (περιτέμνω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for peritomē in context, with how often each is used:

• circumcision 33
• circumcision — 1
• circumcision is 1
• circumcision? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 2 (5), Romans 4 (4), Galatians 2 (4), John 7 (2), Romans 3 (2), Galatians 5 (2), Philippians 3 (2), Acts 7 (1), Acts 10 (1), Acts 11 (1)

Forms

• περιτομῆς 15
• περιτομὴν 5
• περιτομή 5
• περιτομῇ 5
• περιτομὴ 3
• περιτομήν 2
• Περιτομὴ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with peritomē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀκροβυστία akrobustia “uncircumcision” 14
• λογίζομαι logizomai “to count” 4
• ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 5
• νόμος nomos “law” 5
• περιτέμνω peritemnō “to circumcise” 3
• πίστις pistis “faith” 5
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 4
• Πέτρος Petros “Peter” 4
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 4
• παραβάτης parabatēs “transgresor” 2
• γράμμα gramma “something written” 2
• πατήρ patēr “father” 4

Key verses

The verses using peritomē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Romans 2:28 — For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
• Romans 2:29 — But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
• Romans 4:11 — And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all…
• Romans 15:8 — Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
• Galatians 2:9 — And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of…
• Galatians 5:6 — For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
• Galatians 6:15 — For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
• Ephesians 2:11 — Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made…
• Philippians 3:3 — For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
• Colossians 2:11 — In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
• Colossians 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
• Titus 1:10 — For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.