περιτομή: Difference between revisions

|txtha=περιτομῆς, ἡ ([[περιτέμνω]]), circumcision (on [[which]] [[see]] [[περιτέμνω]]);<br /><b class="num">a.</b> [[properly]], α. the [[act]] or [[rite]] of circumcision: οἱ ἐκ τῆς περιτομῆς ([[see]] ἐκ, II:7), the circumcised, [[they]] of the circumcision, used of Jews, οἱ ὄντες ἐκ περιτομῆς, β. the [[state]] of circumcision, the [[being]] circumcised: ἐν [[περιτομή]] ὤν, circumcised, γ. by metonymy, 'the circumcision' for οἱ περιτμηθέντες the circumcised, i. e. Jews: οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς πιστοί, Christian converts from [[among]] the Jews, Jewish Christians, α. of Christians: ([[ἡμεῖς]] ἐσμεν) ἡ [[περιτομή]], separated from the [[unclean]] [[multitude]] and [[truly]] [[consecrated]] to God, Lightfoot)). β. ἡ [[περιτομή]] [[ἀχειροποίητος]], the [[extinction]] of the passions and the [[removal]] of [[spiritual]] [[impurity]] ([[see]] [[περιτέμνω]], at the [[end]]), ἡ [[περιτομή]] καρδίας in [[περιτομή]] τοῦ Χριστοῦ, of [[which]] Christ is the [[author]], [[περιτομή]] occurs [[three]] times in the O. T., viz. מוּלָה, [[Philo]], whose [[tract]] [[περί]] περιτομῆς is [[found]] in Mangey's edition 2, pp. 210-212 (Richter's edition 4, pp. 282-284); Josephus, Antiquities 1,10, 5; (13,11at the [[end]]; contra Apion 2,13, 1,6); plural, Antiquities 1,12, 2.)