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Strong's #4059 - περιτέμνω
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περιτέμνω,
Ep. and Ion. περιτειχ-τάμνω,
cut or clip round about, οἴνας περιταμνέμεν prune them, Hes. Op. 570; [ τὴν κεφαλὴν] π. κύκλῳ περὶ τὰ ὦτα Hdt. 4.64; of a goldsmith, CPR 22.6 (ii A. D.): — Med., βραχίονας περιτάμνονται make incisions all over their arms, Hdt. 4.71: — Pass., to be cut up, of fish, Arist. Mir. 835a19 .
2. of circumcision, τῶν ἐπιγινομένων οὐ περιτάμνουσι τὰ αἰδοῖα Hdt. 2.104, cf. D.C. 79.11; π. τοὺς παῖδας D.S. 1.28, cf. LXX John 5:2, al., PCair.Zen. 76.13 (iii B. C.), etc.: — Med., περιτάμνονται τὰ αἰδοῖα Hdt. 2.36, 104, cf. D.S. 3.32; περιετέμοντο τὴν σάρκα LXX Genesis 34:24 : abs., practise circumcision, Hdt. 2.104: — Pass., LXX Genesis 17:10,al.
3. cut off the extremities, τὰ ὦτα καὶ τὴν ῥῖνα Hdt. 2.162; τοὺς μαστούς D.C. 62.7; τὰ περιττά Luc. Anach. 20: — Pass., περιτάμνεσθαι γῆν to be curtailed of certain land, Hdt. 4.159; πᾶσαν . . περιτεμνόμενον σοφίαν E. Fr. 473 (anap.).
II cut off and hem in all round: — Med., βοῦς περιταμνόμενον cutting off cattle for oneself, 'lifling' cattle, Od. 11.402, 24.112: — Pass., to be cut off, ἅρματα π. ὑπὸ τῶν ἱππέων X. Cyr. 5.4.8 .
περι -τέμνω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4135;]
(Ion., Epic. and late writers),
to cut around (Hdt.), hence, to circumcise (Papyri τὰ αἰδοῖα , Hdt.) : Luke 1:59; Luke 2:21, John 7:22, Acts 7:8; Acts 15:5; Acts 16:3; Acts 21:21. Pass. and mid., to be circumcised, receive circumcision: Acts 15:1, 1 Corinthians 7:18, Galatians 2:3; Galatians 5:2-3; Galatians 6:12-13 Metaph. (cf. Deuteronomy 10:16, Jeremiah 4:4, al.), Colossians 2:11 (v. Deiss., BS, 151 f.; MM, xix).†
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";whence"; : P Oxy II. 237viii. 33 (A.D. 186) δηλοῦντες πόθεν ἕκαστος τῶν ὑπαρχόντων καταβ ̣ε ̣βηκεν εἰς αὑτοὺς ἡ κτῆσ íε ýις, ";severally declaring the sources from which the property acquired has come into their possession"; (Edd.). For the enclitic ποθέν, cf. P Tebt II. 423.23 (early iii/A.D.) δή [λω ]σόν μοι ταχ ̣[έως ] ἵνα π ̣[έμ ]ψω π ̣ο ̣θ ̣ὲν αὐτοῖς μέτρ [α τιν ]̣α, ";tell me at once in order that I may send a few measures to them from somewhere"; (Edd.), and for πόθεν = ";how,"; see Mark 12:37, John 1:48; John 6:5 (Field Notes, p. 91).
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