Lexicon / G4059
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