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Greek noun (feminine) · G4061

περιτομή

peritomeper-it-om-ay'

circumcision

36 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: peritomḗ

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4061is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 6
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G4061

circumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: X circumcised, circumcision.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

peritome is rendered "circumcision". It stands 36 times in the Greek text, across nine books.

  • Fifteen of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 7:22But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
  • The Greek text spells it six different ways.

The first use

But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

John 7:22περιτομήν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Fifteen of the word's thirty-six uses are in Romans.

The other 18 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • circumcision30
  • of circumcision4
  • circumcision —1
  • with circumcision1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

περίperiaboutUses332
περιπατέωperipateoto walkUses94
περισσεύωperisseuoto exceedUses39
περιβάλλωperiballoto clotheUses23
περιτέμνωperitemnoto circumciseUses17
περισσοτέρωςperissoterosmore excessivelyUses12
περιστεράperisteradoveUses10
περισσῶςperissosexcessivelyUses9
περίχωροςperichorosregionUses9
περισσότεροςperissoterosmore excessiveUses9
περιτίθημιperitithemito put onUses8
περιβλέπωperiblepoto look aroundUses7

and 43 more on the stem.

All 36, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

6 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • περιτομῆς15
  • περιτομή5
  • περιτομῇ5
  • περιτομὴν5
  • περιτομὴ4
  • περιτομήν2

The grammar of each form

  • noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular15N-GSF
  • noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular9N-NSF
  • noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular7N-ASF
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular5N-DSF

John

two uses
  • But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

    John 7:22

    • περιτομήνperitomennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision —
  • If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

    John 7:23

    • περιτομὴνperitomennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision

Acts

three uses
  • Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

    Acts 7:8

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of circumcision
  • All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

    Acts 10:45

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

    Acts 11:2

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision

Romans

fifteen uses
  • Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

    Romans 2:25

    • Περιτομὴperitomenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Circumcision
    • περιτομήperitomenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

    Romans 2:26

    • περιτομὴνperitomennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

    Romans 2:27

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

    Romans 2:28

    • περιτομήperitomenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.

    Romans 2:29

    • περιτομὴperitomenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

    Romans 3:1

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

    Romans 3:30

    • περιτομὴνperitomennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.

    Romans 4:9

    • περιτομὴνperitomennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.

    Romans 4:10

    • περιτομῇperitomeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
    • περιτομῇperitomeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

    Romans 4:11

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of circumcision
  • And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

    Romans 4:12

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of circumcision
    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

    Romans 15:8

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of circumcision

1 Corinthians

one use
  • Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

    1 Corinthians 7:19

    • περιτομὴperitomenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Circumcision

Galatians

seven uses
  • On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

    Galatians 2:7

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.

    Galatians 2:8

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

    Galatians 2:9

    • περιτομήνperitomennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

    Galatians 2:12

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

    Galatians 5:6

    • περιτομήperitomenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

    Galatians 5:11

    • περιτομὴνperitomennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.

    Galatians 6:15

    • περιτομήperitomenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision

Ephesians

one use
  • Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

    Ephesians 2:11

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision

Philippians

two uses
  • For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

    Philippians 3:3

    • περιτομήperitomenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • 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;

    Philippians 3:5

    • περιτομῇperitomeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision

Colossians

four uses
  • In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.

    Colossians 2:11

    • περιτομῇperitomeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: with circumcision
    • περιτομῇperitomeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

    Colossians 3:11

    • περιτομὴperitomenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision
  • Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

    Colossians 4:11

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision

Titus

one use
  • For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

    Titus 1:10

    • περιτομῆςperitomesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: circumcision

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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