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G564 ἀπερίτμητος (aperítmētos)
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ἀπερίτμητος, ον Adj uncircumcised, unclean

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of 4059; uncircumcised (figuratively)

KJV Usage: uncircumcised

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + τομός

88.224 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Stubbornness

Collocation: ἀπερίτμητος καρδίᾳ καὶ τοῖς ὠσίν

stubborn, completely unyielding (an idiom, literally: uncircumcised in heart and ears) pertaining to being obdurate and obstinate In the contexts illustrated by σκληροτράχηλος, ἀπερίτμητος καρδίᾳ καὶ τοῖς ὠσίν, and σκληροκαρδία, the focus of the stubbornness and obstinacy is the unwillingness to be taught or to understand.

ACT 7:51

1 The series of expressions in 88.224 appears to differ somewhat in intensity from σκληρότης stubbornness (88.223).

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀπερίτμητος aperitmētos 1x

pr. uncircumcised; met. uncircumcised in respect of untowardness and obduracy, Acts 7:51*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† ἀ-περί-τμητος, -ον

(< περιτέμνω), [in LXX chiefly for עָרֵל;]

uncircumcised; metaph. (τ.) καρδίαις (cf. Je 9:26, al.): Ac 7:51. (ἄσημος, found in π., appears to have been the word used by Greek-speaking Egyptians: v. Deiss., BS, 153; cf. also Cremer, 885; MM, s.v.)†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀπερίτμητος. On the possibility that this harsh word may have been coined by the Greek Jews of Alexandria to express the contempt with which they regarded the uncircumcised, see Deissmann BS, p. 153. Of course it must be remembered that περιτέμνω itself is familiar in papyri, in connexion with the circumcision of priests in Egyptian temples: see Otto Priester i. p. 214.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀπερίτμητος (aperitmētos) — uncircumcised. ἀπερί-τμητος, ον, uncircumcised, [LXX+1st c.AD+]

II. not clipped or circumscribed, φύσις[Refs 1st c.AD+]

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