Lexicon aperitmétos: uncircumcised Original Word: ἀπερίτμητος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: aperitmétos Phonetic Spelling: (ap-er-eet'-may-tos) Short Definition: uncircumcised, unclean Definition: uncircumcised. HELPS word-Studies 564 aperítmētos (from 1 /A "without" and 4059 /peritémnō, "circumcise") – properly, "not cut around," referring to an uncircumcised male organ. 564 /aperítmētos ("uncircumcised") signifies "alienated from God" (rebelliously opposed to Him). 564 (aperítmētos), only used at Ac 7:51, figuratively refers to the unsaved – i.e. people standing outside (disobedient to) God's covenant. [564 (aperítmētos) literally refers to an uncircumcised foreskin, which stands for "being outside of God's covenant" – i.e. without the promise of His salvation.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and peritemnóDefinitionuncircumcised NASB Translationuncircumcised (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 564: ἀπερίτμητοςἀπερίτμητος, ἀπεριτμητον ( περιτέμνω), uncircumcised; metaphorically, ἀπερίτμητοι τῇ καρδία ( Jeremiah 9:26; Ezekiel 44:7) καί τοῖς ὠσί ( Jeremiah 6:10) whose heart and ears are covered, i. e. whose soul and senses are closed to divine admonitions, obdurate, Acts 7:51. (Often in the Sept. for עָרֵל; 1 Macc. 1:48 1 Macc. 2:46; ( Philo de migr. Abr. § 39); Plutarch, am. prol. 3.)
Strong's uncircumcised. From a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of peritemno; uncircumcised (figuratively) -- uncircumcised. see GREEK a see GREEK peritemno |
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