Word study · lex.G203

ἀκροβυστία akrobystia

uncircumcision · foreskin · the uncircumcised

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The foreskin; hence uncircumcision as a state, and by metonymy the uncircumcised (Gentiles). In Rom 2:25–27 both senses appear: the state (2:25) and the uncircumcised person (2:26–27). See note.language.Rom.2.25.peritome-ophelei.

NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 17

Acts 11:3 Rom 2:25 Rom 2:26 Rom 2:27 Rom 3:30 Rom 4:9 Rom 4:10 Rom 4:11 Rom 4:12 1 Cor 7:18 1 Cor 7:19 Gal 2:7 Gal 5:6 Gal 6:15 Eph 2:11 Col 2:13 Col 3:11

Senses

1. uncircumcision Rom 2:25, Rom 2:26, Rom 2:27, Rom 3:30, Rom 4:9

Περιτομὴ μὲν γὰρ ὠφελεῖ ἐὰν νόμον πράσσῃς Rom 2:25; Rom 3:1

τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ νόμου φυλάσσῃ … εἰς περιτομὴν λογισθήσεται Rom 2:26

ἡ ἐκ φύσεως ἀκροβυστία … σὲ τὸν διὰ γράμματος καὶ περιτομῆς Rom 2:27

Boasting excluded, justification by faith apart from works of the law, the one God, and the law upheld (Romans 3:27–31) Rom 3:27–31

Righteousness credited before circumcision; the sign and seal; the father of all who believe (Romans 4:9–12) Rom 4:9–12

σημεῖον ἔλαβεν περιτομῆς, σφραγῖδα τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῆς πίστεως (4:11–12) Rom 4:11; Rom 4:12

ἀκροβυστία akrobystia

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NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 17

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Romans

Views · Rom 2:25