Strong's Concordance akrobustia: the prepuce, foreskin, hence uncircumcision Original Word: ἀκροβυστία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: akrobustia Phonetic Spelling: (ak-rob-oos-tee'-ah) Definition: the prepuce, foreskin, uncircumcision Usage: (a technical word of Jewish use) foreskin, prepuce: used sometimes as a slang term by Jews, of Gentiles. HELPS Word-studies 203 akrobystía – properly, uncircumcised; (figuratively) a person outside of God's covenant, i.e. who does not belong to the Seed (Christ, the Messiah). Physical circumcision is the visible sign of God's covenant, representing the opportunity from God to belong to Him by personally receiving His offer of salvation – through the Seed (Jesus Christ, the Messiah). [203 /akrobystía literally means "what covers the extreme end," referring to the part of the male foreskin not removed by circumcision. The duty of physical circumcision of course did not relate to women.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definition the prepuce, foreskin, hence uncircumcision NASB Translation uncircumcised (10), uncircumcised man (1), uncircumcision (8), without being circumcised (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 203: ἀκροβυστίαἀκροβυστία, (ας, ἡ (a word unknown to the Greeks, who used ἡ ἀκροποσθία and τό ἀκροπόσθιον, from πόσθη i. e.membrum virile. Accordingly it is likely that τήν a. properly: Acts 11:3; Romans 2:25, 26{b}; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:15; Colossians 3:11; (Judith 14:10; 1 Macc. 1:15); ἐ b. by metonyny, of the abstract for the concrete, having the foreskin is equiv. to a Gentile: Romans 2:26{a}; c. in a transferred sense: ἡ ἀκροβυστία From akron and probably a modified form of posthe (the penis or male sexual organ); the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. Gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person -- not circumcised, uncircumcised (with echo), uncircumcision. see GREEK akron see GREEK echo Englishman's Concordance Acts 11:3 N-AFSGRK: NAS: You went to uncircumcised men KJV: to men uncircumcised, and didst eat INT: to men uncircumcision having and Romans 2:25 N-NFS Romans 2:26 N-NFS Romans 2:26 N-NFS Romans 2:27 N-NFS Romans 3:30 N-AFS Romans 4:9 N-AFS Romans 4:10 N-DFS Romans 4:10 N-DFS Romans 4:11 N-DFS Romans 4:11 N-GFS Romans 4:12 N-DFS 1 Corinthians 7:18 N-DFS 1 Corinthians 7:19 N-NFS Galatians 2:7 N-GFS Galatians 5:6 N-NFS Galatians 6:15 N-NFS Ephesians 2:11 N-NFS Colossians 2:13 N-DFS Colossians 3:11 N-NFS Strong's Greek 203 |