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Koine Greek wordlink #38281

SR GNT Luke 1:59 περιτεμεῖν (peritemein) ‘day eighth they came to circumcise the little_child and’ Strongs=40590 Lemma=peritemnō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=-5 TimeSeries=Birth_of_John_the_Baptist Refers to Word #38255 Refers to Word #38258

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Other uses (1) of identical word form περιτεμεῖν (V-NAA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘περιτεμεῖν’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to circumcise’.

Luke 2:21 ‘were fulfilled days eight to circumcise him also was called’ SR GNT Luke 2:21 word 10

OET-LV: 21 And when eight days were _fulfilled which to _circumcise him, also the name of _him was _called Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), which having _been _called by the messenger before the time him to _be _conceived in the womb. (LUK_2:21)

OET-RV: 21 When the baby was eight days old and hence the time for his circumcision, he was given the name Yeshua as instructed by God’s messenger even before he was conceived in the womb. (LUK 2:21)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘peritemnō’ have 13 different glosses: ‘being circumcised’, ‘having_been circumcised’, ‘to circumcise’, ‘to_be circumcised’, ‘to_be circumcising’, ‘to_be_being circumcised’, ‘he circumcised’, ‘him let_be_being circumcised’, ‘you_all are circumcising’, ‘you_all may_be circumcised’, ‘you_all may_be_being circumcised’, ‘you_all were circumcised’, ‘circumcised’.

Key: V=verb