κατα-τομή, -ῆς, ἡ

[in Sm.: Jer.31:37 (κατατέμνω is used in LXX of forbidden mutilations: Lev.21:5, al.) ;]

__1. incision.

__2. excision, concision, mutilation: in sarcasm, by paronomasia, in contrast to (true) περιτομή (v3), of Judaizing Christians, Php.3:2 (see Lft. in l; Cremer, 883).†

(AS)

incision; excision; concision; mutilation