Definition

uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)

Etymology

from H6188 (עָרֵל); properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically,

Where the KJV renders it

• uncircumcised (person)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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