4059. peritemno -- to cut around, circumcise
... cutting off the "old life," in favor of the which is ( Seed). This starts with being
into God's family (personally entering His covenant). Word Origin from ...
/greek/4059.htm - 8kLuke 8:11
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
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1 Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and stays for ever.
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