περι-τομή, -ῆς, ἡ

(περιτέμνω), [in LXX: Gen.17:13, Exo.4:25-26 (מוּל ni. מוּלָה), Jer.11:16 * ;]

circumcision;

__(a) of the rite itself : Jhn.7:22-23 Act.7:8, Rom.4:11, Gal.5:11, Php.3:5;

__(b) of the state of circumcision: Rom.2:25-28 3:1, 1Co.7:19, Gal.5:6 6:15, Col.3:11; ἐν π. ὤν, Rom.4:10;

__(with) by meton. π. = οἱ περιτμηθέντες, the circumcised: Rom.3:30 4:9, 12 15:8, Gal.2:7-9, Eph.2:11; οἱ ἐκ τῆς π. of Jews, Rom.4:12; of Jewish Christians, Act.11:2, Gal.2:12, Tit.1:10; οἱ ἐκ π. πιστοί, Act.10:45; οἱ ὄντες ἐκ π. Col.4:11 Metaphorical, Rom.2:29, Col.2:11, Php.3:3.†

(AS)

circumcision; the circumcised