lit., "a cutting round, circumcision" (the verb is peritemno), was a rite enjoined by God upon Abraham and his male descendants and dependents, as a sign of the covenant made with him, Genesis 17; Acts 7:8; Romans 4:11 . Hence Israelites termed Gentiles "the uncircumcised," Judges 15:18; 2—Samuel 1:20 . So in the NT, but without the suggestion of contempt, e.g., Romans 2:26; Ephesians 2:11 .
Exodus 6:12,30Jeremiah 6:10Deuteronomy 30:6Jeremiah 4:4Jeremiah 9:25,26Romans 2:25-283:14:101—Corinthians 7:19Galatians 5:66:15Colossians 3:11Romans 10:11-131—Corinthians 7:19Romans 4:9-12Acts 15:1Acts 10:4511:2Galatians 2:12Colossians 4:11Titus 1:10 Romans 3:304:9,1215:8Galatians 2:7-9Ephesians 2:11Colossians 2:11Romans 2:29Philippians 3:3Philippians 3:2CONCISION."uncircumcision," is used (a) of the physical state, in contrast to the act of "circumcision," Acts 11:3 (lit., "having uncircumcision"); Romans 2:25,26; 4:10,11 ("through they be in uncircumcision," RV), 12; 1—Corinthians 7:18,19; Galatians 5:6; 6:15; Colossians 3:11; (b) by metonymy, for Gentiles, e.g., Romans 2:26,27; 3:30; 4:9; Galatians 2:7; Ephesians 2:11; (d) in a metaphorical or transferred sense, of the moral condition in which the corrupt desires of the flesh still operate, Colossians 2:13 .
Romans 4:11"uncircumcised" (a, negative, peri, "around," temno, "to cut"), is used in Acts 7:51 , metaphorically, of "heart and ears."
to circumcise," is used (a) lit., e.g., Luke 1:59; 2:21; of receiving circumcision, Galatians 5:2,3; 6:13 , RV; (b) metaphorically, of spiritual circumcision, Colossians 2:11 .
lit., "to draw over, to become uncircumcised," as if to efface Judaism, appears in 1—Corinthians 7:18 .
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