ῆς (ἡ) circoncision, SPT. Gen. 17, 13 ; NT. Rom. 2, 29.

Étym. περιτέμνω.

ἡ, circumcision, LXX Ge. 17.13, Agatharch. 61, Str. 16.2.37 (pl.), Ph. 1.450, al., Dsc. 2.82 ; metaph, π. καρδίας Ep. Rom. 2.29.
section of a machine, ἡ κάτω π. Apollod. Poliorc. 173.4.
circular incision, Heliod. ap. Orib. 45.6.9, 45.7.3, Aët. 15.8.

ἡ, das Beschneiden ringsum, die Beschneidung, Sp., wie NT.

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 Metaph., Rom.2:29, Col.2:11, Php.3:3.†
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