ἀκροβυστία

akrobustiauncircumcisionHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine20 occurrences6 books17 verses

Definition

ἀκροβυστία, -ας, ή

(perh. an Alexandrian form of cl. ἀκροποσθία; cf. MM, VGT, see word) [in LXX for עׇרְלָה ;]

the prepuce, foreskin (LXX), hence abstr., uncircumcision: Acts 11:3, Romans 2:25-27; 3:30; 4:10-12, 1 Corinthians 7:18-19, Galatians 5:6; 6:15, Colossians 2:13; 3:11 By meton., the uncircumcised: Romans 4:9, Galatians 2:7, Ephesians 2:11.

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

20 total
  1. Acts 11:3ἀκροβυστίαν · uncircumcised
    …and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
  2. Romans 2:25ἀκροβυστία · uncircumcision
    Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
  3. Romans 2:26ἀκροβυστία · a man who is not circumcised; ἀκροβυστία · uncircumcision
    If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
  4. Romans 2:27ἀκροβυστία · uncircumcised
    The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
  5. Romans 3:30ἀκροβυστίαν · [the] uncircumcised
    …since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
  6. Romans 4:9ἀκροβυστίαν · uncircumcised
    Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
  7. Romans 4:10ἀκροβυστίᾳ · [before]; ἀκροβυστίᾳ · [before]
    In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.
  8. Romans 4:11ἀκροβυστίᾳ · [he was still] uncircumcised; ἀκροβυστίας · are not circumcised
    And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
  9. Romans 4:12ἀκροβυστίᾳ · had before he was circumcised
    And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
  10. 1 Corinthians 7:18ἀκροβυστίᾳ · still uncircumcised
    Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
  11. 1 Corinthians 7:19ἀκροβυστία · uncircumcision
    Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
  12. Galatians 2:7ἀκροβυστίας · uncircumcised
    On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
  13. Galatians 5:6ἀκροβυστία · uncircumcision
    For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.
  14. Galatians 6:15ἀκροβυστία · uncircumcision
    For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
  15. Ephesians 2:11ἀκροβυστία · uncircumcised
    Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
  16. Colossians 2:13ἀκροβυστίᾳ · uncircumcision
    When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
  17. Colossians 3:11ἀκροβυστία · uncircumcised
    Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.