Strong’s G4061 · Greek

περιτομή
peritomḗ

Definition

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

Etymology

from G4059 (περιτέμνω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • X circumcised
  • circumcision

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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