Strong's Lexicon
G4059 — περιτέμνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4059 |
|---|---|
| Word: | περιτέμνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4012 and the base of G5114 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 17 |
| Transliteration: | peritemno |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | per-ee-tem'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to cut around 2. (specially) to circumcise |
| KJV Renderings: | circumcise |
Use Strong's responsibly
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περιτέμνω (Ionic περιτάμνω); 2 aorist περιέτεμον; passive, present περιτέμνομαι; perfect participle περιτετμημένος; 1 aorist περιετμήθην; (from Hesiod down); the Sept. chiefly for îåÌì; to cut around (cf. περί, III. 1): τινα, to circumcise, cut off one’s prepuce (used of that well-known rite by which not only the male children of the Israelites, on the eighth day after birth, but subsequently also ’proselytes of righteousness’ were consecrated to Jehovah and introduced into the number of his people; (cf. BB. DD. under the word ; Oehler’s O. T. Theol. (edited by Day) §§ 87, 88; Müller, Barnabasbrief, p. 227f)), Luk 1:59; Luk 2:21; Joh 7:22; Act 7:8; Act 15:5; Act 16:3; Act 21:21; of the same rite, Diodorus 1, 28; passive and middle to get oneself circumcised, present oneself to be circumcised, receive circumcision (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 38, 3): Act 15:1; Act 15:24 Rec.; 1Co 7:18; Gal 2:3; Gal 5:2; Gal 6:12 f; with τά αἰδοῖα added, Herodotus 2, 36 and 104; Josephus, Antiquities 1, 10, 5; contra Apion 1, 22. Since by the rite of circumcision a man was separated from the unclean world and dedicated to God, the verb is transferred to denote the extinguishing of lusts and the removal of sins, Col 2:11, cf. Jer 4:4; Deu 10:16, and ecclesiastical writings (see Lightfoot on Php 3:3).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
περιτέμνω (circumcise)
Luke 1:59
- KJV: And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child and they called him Zacharias after the name of his father
- GK: και εγένετο εν τη ογδόη ημέρα ήλθον περιτεμείν το παιδίον και εκάλουν αυτό επί τω ονόματι του πατρός αυτού Ζαχαρίαν
Luke 2:21
- KJV: And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child his name was called JESUS which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb
- GK: και ότε επλήσθησαν ημέραι οκτώ του περιτεμείν το παιδίον και εκλήθη το όνομα αυτού Ιησούς το κληθέν υπό του αγγέλου προ του συλληφθήναι εν τη κοιλία
John 7:22
- KJV: Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision not because it is of Moses but of the fathers and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man
- GK: διά τούτο Μωσής δέδωκεν υμίν την περιτομήν ουχ ότι εκ του Μωσέως εστίν αλλ΄ εκ των πατέρων και εν σαββάτω περιτέμνετε άνθρωπον
Acts 7:8
- KJV: And he gave him the covenant of circumcision and so begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day and Isaac Jacob and Jacob the twelve patriarchs
- GK: και έδωκεν αυτώ διαθήκην περιτομής και ούτως εγέννησε τον Ισαάκ και περιέτεμεν αυτόν τη ημέρα τη ογδόη και ο Ισαάκ τον Ιακώβ και ο Ιακώβ τους δώδεκα πατριάρχας
Acts 15:1
- KJV: And certain men which came down from Judæa taught the brethren Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses ye cannot be saved
- GK: και τινες κατελθόντες από της Ιουδαίας εδίδασκον τους αδελφούς ότι εάν μη περιτέμνησθε τω έθει Μωϋσέως ου δύνασθε σωθήναι
Acts 15:5
- KJV: But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed saying That it was needful to circumcise them and to command to keep the law of Moses
- GK: εξανέστησαν δε τινες των από της αιρέσεως των Φαρισαίων πεπιστευκότες λέγοντες ότι δει περιτέμνειν αυτούς παραγγέλλειν τε τηρείν τον νόμον Μωϋσέως
Acts 15:24
- KJV: Forasmuch as we have heard that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words subverting your souls saying be circumcised and keep the law to whom we gave no commandment
- GK: επειδή ηκούσαμεν ότι τινές εξ ημών εξελθόντες ετάραξαν υμάς λόγοις ανασκευάζοντες τας ψυχάς υμών λέγοντες περιτέμνεσθαι και τηρείν τον νόμον οις ου διεστείλαμεθα
Acts 16:3
- KJV: Him would Paul have to go forth with him and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters for they knew all that his father was a Greek
- GK: τούτον ηθέλησεν ο Παύλος συν αυτώ εξελθείν και λαβών περιέτεμεν αυτόν διά τους Ιουδαίους τους όντας εν τοις τόποις εκείνοις ήδεισαν γαρ άπαντες τον πατέρα αυτού ότι Έλλην υπήρχεν
Acts 21:21
- KJV: And they are informed of thee that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses saying that they ought not to circumcise children neither to walk after the customs
- GK: κατηχήθησαν δε περί σου ότι αποστασίαν διδάσκεις από Μωυσέως τους κατά τα έθνη πάντας Ιουδαίους λέγων μη περιτέμνειν αυτούς τα τέκνα μηδέ τοις έθεσι περιπατείν