περιτομή

peritomhv peritomhv,
peritomh'",
hJ (
peritevmnw), circumcision (on which see
peritevmnw); a. properly,
a. the act or rite of circumcision: f; ; ; ; ;
oiJ
ejk
th'"
peritomh'" (see
ejk, II. 7), the circumcised, they of the circumcision, used of Jews, ; of Christians gathered from among the Jews, ; ; ;
oiJ
o[nte"
ejk
peritomh'", .
b. the state of circumcision, the being circumcised: ;; ; ; ; ;
ejn
peritomhv
w[n, circumcised, .
g. by metonymy, `the circumcision' for
oiJ
peritmhqevnte" the circumcised, i. e. Jews: ; , ; ; ; ;
oiJ
ejk
peritomh'"
pistoiv, Christian converts from among the Jews, Jewish Christians, . b. metaphorically,
a. of Christians: (
hJmei'"
ejsmen)
hJ
peritomhv, separated from the unclean multitude and truly consecrated to God, ((where see Lightfoot)).
b.
hJ
peritomhv
ajceiropoivhto", the extinction of the passions and the removal of spiritual impurity (see
peritevmnw, at the end), a;
hJ
peritomhv
kardiva" in denotes the same thing;
peritomhv
tou'
Cristou', of which Christ is the author, b. (The noun
peritomhv occurs three times in the O. T., viz. ; ; for hl;Wm, ; besides in Philo, whose tract
periv
peritomh'" is found in Mangey's edition 2, pp. 210-212 (Richter's edition 4, pp. 282-284); Josephus, Antiquities 1, 10, 5; (13, 11 at the end; contra Apion 2, 13, 1, 6); plural, Antiquities 1, 12, 2.)*