Strong's Number 4061

The Linked Word Project

Transliteration:

peritome {per-it-om-ay'}

Word Origin:

from 4059

TDNT:

6:72,831

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Usage in the KJV:

circumcision 35, circumcised 1

Total: 36

Definition:

circumcised
1. 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
2. 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