peritomē · circumcision

What it means

peritomē (περιτομή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “circumcision”.

The cutting of the foreskin that was the sign of the covenant with Abraham; also the circumcised, that is, the Jews.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The sign of the covenant with Abraham, a cut in the male's skin.
2. Those who bear that sign, that is, the Jews.
3. God cleansing the heart within.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• circumcision ×28
• circumcised ×8

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• John×2
• Acts×3
• Romans×15
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×7
• Ephesians×1
• Philippians×2
• Colossians×4
• Titus×1

• John 7:22

  For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.

• John 7:23

  If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well on the Sabbath?

• Acts 7:8

  And he gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

• Acts 10:45

  And the believers from among the circumcised, as many as had come with Peter, were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the nations.

• Acts 11:2

  And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision took issue with him,

• Romans 2:25

  For circumcision indeed is of value if you practice the law; but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

• Romans 2:26

  So if the uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

• Romans 2:27

  And the one who is physically uncircumcised but fulfills the law will judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law.

• Romans 2:28

  For the one who is one outwardly is not a Jew, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh;

• Romans 2:29

  but the one who is one inwardly is a Jew, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not from people but from God.

• Romans 3:1

  What then is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

• Romans 3:30

  since God is one, who will declare righteous the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

• Romans 4:9

  Is this happiness, then, upon the circumcised or also upon the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.

• Romans 4:10

  How then was it counted? When he was circumcised or uncircumcised? Not circumcised, but uncircumcised.

• Romans 4:11

  And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had while uncircumcised, so that he would be the father of all who believe while uncircumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them,

• Romans 4:12

  and the father of the circumcised, for those who are not only circumcised but also who walk in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham while uncircumcised.

• Romans 15:8

  For I say that the Messiah has become a servant of the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

• 1 Corinthians 7:19

  Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.

• Galatians 2:7

  On the contrary, seeing that I had been entrusted with the good news of the uncircumcision, just as Peter with that of the circumcision

• Galatians 2:8

  (for the one who worked in Peter for the apostleship of the circumcision worked also in me for the nations),

• Galatians 2:9

  and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were considered to be pillars, gave to me and to Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, so that we should go to the nations and they to the circumcision.

• Galatians 2:12

  For before certain people came from James, he was eating with people of the nations; but when they came, he began drawing back and separating himself, fearing those of the circumcision.

• Galatians 5:6

  For in the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is worth anything, but faith working through love.

• Galatians 5:11

  But I, brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.

• Galatians 6:15

  For neither circumcision is anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

• Ephesians 2:11

  Therefore remember that once you, the nations in the flesh, who were called “uncircumcision” by what is called “circumcision,” in the flesh, made by hands—

• Philippians 3:3

  For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and boast in the Messiah Jesus and do not put confidence in the flesh,

• Philippians 3:5

  circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

• Colossians 2:11

  In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, in the stripping off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of the Messiah,

• Colossians 3:11

  where there is no Greek or Jew, circumcision or uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free, but the Messiah is all and in all.

• Colossians 4:11

  and Jesus who is called Justus. These are of the circumcision; these alone are fellow workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.

• Titus 1:10

  For there are many rebellious people, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

And 4 more times.