**† κατα-τομή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in Sm.: Je 48 (31):37 (κατατέμνω is used in LXX of forbidden mutilations: Le 21:5, al.);]
1. incision.
2. excision, concision, mutilation: in sarcasm, by paronomasia, in contrast to (true) περιτομή (Phl 3:3), of Judaizing Christians, Phl 3:2 (v. Lft., in l.; Cremer, 883).†