περιτέμνω
peritemnō
- to circumcise
- to cut around
- to be circumcised
- receive circumcision
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: to circumcise
περι-τέμνω
[in LXX chiefly for מוּל ;] (Ion. Epic. and late writers),
to cut around (Hdt.), hence, to circumcise (π. τὰ αἰδοῖα, Hdt.) : Luk.1:59 2:21, Jhn.7:22, Act.7:8 15:5 16:3 21:21. Pass. and mid. to be circumcised, receive circumcision: Act.15:1, 1Co.7:18, Gal.2:3 5:2-3 6:12-13 Metaphorical (cf. Deu.10:16, Jer.4:4, al.), Col.2:11 (see Deiss. BS, 151 f.; MM, xix).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: to cut around; to circumcise; to be circumcised; receive circumcision
to cut around; to circumcise; to be circumcised; receive circumcision