UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: περιτομή; -ῆς

Related lemmas: τομός

Sense 1: to circumcise, circumcision

Semantic entry: 53.51

Semantic domains: Religious Activities

Subdomains: Dedicate, Consecrate

Definition: to cut off the foreskin of the male genital organ as a religious rite involving consecration and ethnic identification

Notes: In the case of societies which practice circumcision, there is normally a perfectly satisfactory term to designate this type of operation, though it may not have any religious significance but only be a part of puberty ritual. For societies which do not practice circumcision or are not well acquainted with such a practice, a term which specifically describes the operation may be both offensive and vulgar. It may therefore be necessary to use a borrowing or to employ a somewhat obscure term such as ‘to cut around’ and then to explain the specific meaning of the term or phrase in a glossary.|Even in the case of societies which practice circumcision, there may be problems in comprehension of the significance of such an act, and these difficulties may require marginal notes. If, for example, a society practices circumcision only in connection with puberty rites, it may seem inexplicable that Jesus would have been circumcised on the eighth day after his birth (RV LUK 2:21 · LV LUK 2:21 · Read together LUK 2:21). In many societies such an act would seem to be either a deed of extreme cruelty to a baby or a sign of mature sexuality in an infant.

JHN 7:22: RV JHN 7:22 · LV JHN 7:22 · Read together JHN 7:22

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OET-RV JHN 7:22

22 Mosheh gave you the command about circumcision (even though it actually came from before his time), but to obey this, you’ll even circumcise a baby boy on the Rest Day.

OET-LV JHN 7:22

22 Because _of this Mōsaʸs has _given to _you _all the circumcision (not that is of the Mōsaʸs, but of the fathers), and on the_day _of _rest you _all _are _circumcising a_man.

JHN 7:23: RV JHN 7:23 · LV JHN 7:23 · Read together JHN 7:23

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OET-RV JHN 7:23

23 So if a baby boy can be circumcised on the Rest Day so that Mosheh’s commands aren’t broken, they why did you get angry with me because I made a man healthy on the Rest Day?

OET-LV JHN 7:23

23 If a_man is _receiving circumcision on the_day _of _rest, in _order _that the law of _Mōsaʸs may_ not _be _broken, you _all _are _angry with _me because I _made a_man whole healthy on the_day _of _rest?

All 28 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 7:22–23 · LV JHN 7:22–23 · Read together JHN 7:22–23

ACT: RV ACT 7:8 · LV ACT 7:8 · Read together ACT 7:8

ROM: RV ROM 2:25–29 · RV ROM 3:1 · RV ROM 3:30 · RV ROM 4:9–12 · RV ROM 15:8 · LV ROM 2:25–29 · LV ROM 3:1 · LV ROM 3:30 · LV ROM 4:9–12 · LV ROM 15:8 · Read together ROM 2:25–29 · Read together ROM 3:1 · Read together ROM 3:30 · Read together ROM 4:9–12 · Read together ROM 15:8

CO1: RV CO1 7:19 · LV CO1 7:19 · Read together CO1 7:19

GAL: RV GAL 2:7–9 · RV GAL 5:6 · RV GAL 5:11 · RV GAL 6:15 · LV GAL 2:7–9 · LV GAL 5:6 · LV GAL 5:11 · LV GAL 6:15 · Read together GAL 2:7–9 · Read together GAL 5:6 · Read together GAL 5:11 · Read together GAL 6:15

EPH: RV EPH 2:11 · LV EPH 2:11 · Read together EPH 2:11

PHP: RV PHP 3:3 · RV PHP 3:5 · LV PHP 3:3 · LV PHP 3:5 · Read together PHP 3:3 · Read together PHP 3:5

COL: RV COL 2:11 · RV COL 3:11 · RV COL 4:11 · LV COL 2:11 · LV COL 3:11 · LV COL 4:11 · Read together COL 2:11 · Read together COL 3:11 · Read together COL 4:11

Sense 2: those of the circumcision or those who insisted on circumcision

Semantic entry: 11.51

Semantic domains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

Subdomains: Socio-Religious

Definition: (a set phrase, literally: those of circumcision) those who insisted on circumcising Gentiles if they were to be regarded as true believers in Jesus Christ

Collocations: οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς

ACT 10:45: RV ACT 10:45 · LV ACT 10:45 · Read together ACT 10:45

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OET-RV ACT 10:45