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Strong's G203 ἀκροβυστία (akrobystia)

Akrobystia means “not circumcised” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H203 — on in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G203
Language Greek
Linked Usages 33
Books 15

Strong's G203 Quick Answer

Strong's G203 ἀκροβυστία (akrobustia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. akrobustia (ak-roh-boos-tee'-ah) n. 1. the foreskin 2. (by implication) an uncircumcised gentile It has 33 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include uncircumcised. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
akrobustia (ak-roh-boos-tee'-ah) n. 1. the foreskin 2. (by implication) an uncircumcised gentile
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
uncircumcised

Meaning and Definition

akrobustia (ak-roh-boos-tee'-ah) n. 1. the foreskin 2. (by implication) an uncircumcised gentile 3. (figuratively) unregenerate state or person [from G206 and probably a modified form of posthe "the penis" (male sexual organ)] KJV: not circumcised, uncircumcised (with G2192), uncircumcision Root(s): G206 See also: G2192

Original Word
ἀκροβυστία
Transliteration
akrobustia
Derivation
Root: ἄκρον R1: 206
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G203. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

uncircumcision

Usage: 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: Act.11:3, Rom.2:25-27 3:30 4:10-12, 1Co.7:18-19, Gal.5:6 6:15, Col.2:13 3:11 By meton., the uncircumcised: Rom.4:9, Gal.2:7, Eph.2:11.† (AS)

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How Strong's G203 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render akrobustia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

uncircumcised Acts 11:3

How Strong's G203 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G203 (ἀκροβυστία) appears 16 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G203 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G203 in the New Testament

17 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 11:3 KJV

Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

Romans 2:25 KJV

For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

Romans 2:26 KJV

Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

Strong's G203 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

14 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 17:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you.

Genesis 17:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my covenant.

Genesis 17:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all his homeborn servants, and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraham, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time of that day, according as God spoke to him.

Strong's G203 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 14:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And when Achior had seen all that the God of Israel had done, he believed in God greatly, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined unto the house of Israel unto this day.

1 Maccabees 1:15 Septuagint / Brenton

and made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathen, and were sold to do mischief.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G203.

Genesis 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you.
Genesis 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my covenant.
Genesis 17:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all his homeborn servants, and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraham, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time of that day, according as God spoke to him.
Genesis 17:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 34:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, said to them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us.
Genesis 34:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all that went in at the gate of their city hearkened to Hamor and Shechem his son, and they were circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin every male.
Exodus 4:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Zipporah having taken a stone cut off the foreskin of her son, and fell at his feet and said, The blood of the circumcision of my son is staunched:
Leviticus 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the eighth day she shall circumcise the flesh of his foreskin.
Joshua 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua made sharp knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called the Hill of Foreskins.
1 Kingdoms 18:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said, Thus shall ye speak to David, The king wants no gift but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the king’s enemies. Now Saul thought to cast him into the hands of the Philistines.
1 Kingdoms 18:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David arose, and went, he and his men, and smote among the Philistines a hundred men: and he brought their foreskins, and he becomes the king’s son-in-law, and Saul gives him Michal his daughter to wife.
2 Kingdoms 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, saying, Restore me my wife Michal, whom I took for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
Jeremiah 9:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will visit upon all the circumcised their uncircumcision;
Acts 11:3 New Testament, KJV
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
Romans 2:25 New Testament, KJV
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Romans 2:26 New Testament, KJV
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
Romans 2:27 New Testament, KJV
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
Romans 3:30 New Testament, KJV
Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Romans 4:9 New Testament, KJV
Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Romans 4:10 New Testament, KJV
How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Romans 4:11 New Testament, KJV
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Romans 4:12 New Testament, KJV
And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
1 Corinthians 7:18 New Testament, KJV
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
1 Corinthians 7:19 New Testament, KJV
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Galatians 2:7 New Testament, KJV
But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
Galatians 5:6 New Testament, KJV
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Galatians 6:15 New Testament, KJV
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Ephesians 2:11 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Colossians 2:13 New Testament, KJV
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Colossians 3:11 New Testament, KJV
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Judith 14:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Achior had seen all that the God of Israel had done, he believed in God greatly, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined unto the house of Israel unto this day.
1 Maccabees 1:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathen, and were sold to do mischief.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G203, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 8 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Galatians 3 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 2 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G203 FAQ

What does akrobystia (ἀκροβυστία) mean?

Akrobystia (Strong's G203) is a Greek word most simply glossed "not circumcised". akrobustia (ak-roh-boos-tee'-ah) n. 1. the foreskin 2. (by implication) an uncircumcised gentile

How many times is akrobystia (ἀκροβυστία) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G203 across 15 books.

Where can I study akrobystia (ἀκροβυστία) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G203 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate akrobystia (ἀκροβυστία)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as uncircumcised. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G203 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 14 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G203, with linked reader references where each row is available.