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Philippians 3:5

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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circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

KJV

Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
περιτομῇperitomēacircumcisionG4061 →
ὀκταήμερος,oktaēmeroson [the] eighth day,G3637 →
ἐκekofG1537 →
γένουςgenous[the] nationG1085 →
Ἰσραήλ,Israēlof Israel,G2474 →
φυλῆςphulēsof [the] tribeG5443 →
Βενιαμίν,Beniaminof Benjamin,G958 →
ἙβραῖοςHebraiosa HebrewG1445 →
ἐξexofG1537 →
Ἑβραίων,HebraiōnHebrews,G1445 →
κατὰkataaccording toG2596 →
νόμονnomon[the] LawG3551 →
Φαρισαῖος,Pharisaiosa Pharisee,G5330 →

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2 Corinthians 11:22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.Romans 11:1I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.Acts 23:6Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”Leviticus 12:3And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.Genesis 17:12Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.Acts 26:4–5Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.John 7:21–24Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.Luke 1:59On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.Luke 2:21When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.Acts 26:4Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.Genesis 40:15For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”Jonah 1:9“I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”Genesis 14:13Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.Acts 6:1In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.1 Samuel 4:6On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,Genesis 49:27Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”2 Chronicles 11:3“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin

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