Strong’s G203 · Greek

ἀκροβυστία
akrobystía

Definition

the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person

Etymology

from G206 (ἄκρον) and probably a modified form of (the penis or male sexual organ);

Where the KJV renders it

  • not circumcised
  • uncircumcised (with G2192 (ἔχω))
  • uncircumcision

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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