† περι-τομή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< περιτέμνω), [in LXX: Ge 17:13, Ex 4:25, 26 (מוּל ni., מוּלָה), Je 11:16*;]
circumcision;
(a) of the rite itself: Jo 7:22, 23, Ac 7:8, Ro 4:11, Ga 5:11, Phl 3:5;
(b) of the state of circumcision: Ro 2:25-283:1, I Co 7:19, Ga 5:6 6:15, Col 3:11; ἐν π. ὤν, Ro 4:10;
(c) by meton., ἡ π. = οἱ περιτμηθέντες, the circumcised: Ro 3:304:9, 1215:8, Ga 2:7-9, Eph 2:11; οἱ ἐκ τῆς π., of Jews, Ro 4:12; of Jewish Christians, Ac 11:2, Ga 2:12, Tit 1:10; οἱ ἐκ π. πιστοί, Ac 10:45; οἱ ὄντες ἐκ π., Col 4:11. Metaph., Ro 2:29, Col 2:11, Phl 3:3.†