Definition:
περι-τέμνω [in LXX chiefly for מוּל;] (Ion, Epic. and late writers), to cut around (Hdt.), hence, to circumcise (π. τὰ αἰδοῖα, Hdt.): Luk.1:59 2:21, Jhn.7:22, Act.7:8 15:5 16:3 21:21. Pass. and mid, to be circumcised, receive circumcision: Act.15:1, 1Co.7:18, Gal.2:3 5:2-3 6:12-13 Metaphorical (cf. Deu.10:16, Jer.4:4, al.), Col.2:11 (see Deiss, BS, 151 f; MM, xix). (AS)
Definition:
περιτέμνω,
Epic dialect and
Ionic dialect περι-τάμνω,
cut or
clip round about, οἴνας περιταμνέμεν
prune them, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a goldsmith, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] —
middle, βραχίονας περιτάμνονται
make incisions all over their arms, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
to be cut up, of fish, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2) of circumcision, τῶν ἐπιγινομένων οὐ περιτάμνουσι τὰ αἰδοῖα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τοὺς παῖδας [
LXX+3rd c.BC+], etc:—
middle, περιτάμνονται τὰ αἰδοῖα [
LXX+5th c.BC+]:
absolutely,
practise circumcision, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive, [
LXX]
3)
cut off the extremities, τὰ ὦτα καὶ τὴν ῥῖνα [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
passive, περιτάμνεσθαι γῆν
to be curtailed of certain land, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
cut off and hem in all round:—
middle, βοῦς περιταμνόμενον
cutting off cattle
for oneself, 'lifling' cattle, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
passive,
to be cut off, ἅρματα π. ὑπὸ τῶν ἱππέων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]