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Strong's Number G4061

περιτομή

peritome · per-it-om-ay'

Transliteration:

peritome{per-it-om-ay'}

Word Origin:

from 4059

TDNT:

6:72,831

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

circumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

circumcision 35, circumcised 1

Total: 36
Occurs 36 times in the Greek text.

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