Strongs Number: G4061
- Greek Word
- περιτομή
- Transliteration
- peritomē
- Phonetic
- per-it-om-ay'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
circumcision (the rite the condition or the people literally or figuratively)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. circumcised
a. the act or rite of circumcision, "they of the circumcision" is a term used of the Jews
1. of Christians gathered from among the Jews
2. the state of circumcision
b. metaph.
1. of Christians separated from the unclean multitude and truly consecrated to God
2. the extinction of passions and the removal of spiritual impurity
- Origin
- From G4059
- Bible Usage
- X-(idiom) circumcised circumcision.