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Strong's G4059 περιτέμνω (peritemno)

Peritemno means “circumcise” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4059 — middad (“be gone”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4059
Language Greek
Linked Usages 53
Books 17

Strong's G4059 Quick Answer

Strong's G4059 περιτέμνω (peritemno) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. peritemno (per-ee-tem'-no) v. 1. to cut around 2. (specially) to circumcise It has 53 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include circumcise. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
peritemno (per-ee-tem'-no) v. 1. to cut around 2. (specially) to circumcise
Usage
53 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
circumcise

Meaning and Definition

peritemno (per-ee-tem'-no) v. 1. to cut around 2. (specially) to circumcise [from G4012 and the base of G5114] KJV: circumcise Root(s): G4012, G5114

Original Word
περιτέμνω
Transliteration
peritemno
Derivation
Root: τομώτερος R1: 4012 R2: 5114
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4059. 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)

to circumcise

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G4059 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render peritemno, 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.

circumcise Luke 1:59

How Strong's G4059 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New 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 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 30 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 G4059 (περιτέμνω) appears 39 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4059 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 G4059 in the New Testament

16 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 1:59 KJV

And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

Luke 2:21 KJV

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

John 7:22 KJV

Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

Strong's G4059 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

30 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 17:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And this is the covenant which thou shalt fully keep between me and you, and between thy seed after thee for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.

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 17:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and the servant born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed.

Strong's G4059 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 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 1:60 Septuagint / Brenton

At which time according to the commandment they put to death certain women, that had caused their children to be circumcised.

1 Maccabees 1:61 Septuagint / Brenton

And they hanged the infants about their necks, and rifled their houses, and slew them that had circumcised them.

Usage Excerpts

First 53 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4059.

Genesis 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this is the covenant which thou shalt fully keep between me and you, and between thy seed after thee for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.
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 17:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and the servant born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed.
Genesis 17:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with money shall be surely circumcised, and my covenant shall be on your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
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 17:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And at the period of that day, Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son,
Genesis 17:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with money of foreign nations.
Genesis 21:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as God commanded him.
Genesis 34:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Only on these terms will we conform to you, and dwell among you, if ye also will be as we are, in that every male of you be circumcised.
Genesis 34:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if ye will not hearken to us to be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart.
Genesis 34:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Only on these terms will the men conform to us to dwell with us so as to be one people, if every male of us be circumcised, as they also are circumcised.
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:
Exodus 12:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every slave or servant bought with money—him thou shalt circumcise, and then shall he eat of it.
Exodus 12:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if any proselyte shall come to you to keep the Passover to the Lord, thou shalt circumcise every male of him, and then shall he approach to sacrifice it, and he shall be even as the original inhabitant of the land; no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
Leviticus 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the eighth day she shall circumcise the flesh of his foreskin.
Deuteronomy 10:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore ye shall circumcise the hardness of your heart, and ye shall not harden your neck.
Joshua 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And about this time the Lord said to Joshua, Make thee stone knives of sharp stone, and sit down and circumcise the children of Israel the second time.
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.
Joshua 5:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
all these Joshua circumcised; for forty and two years Israel wandered in the wilderness of Mabdaris—
Joshua 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in their place he raised up their sons, whom Joshua circumcised, because they were uncircumcised, having been born by the way.
Joshua 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they had been circumcised they rested continuing there in the camp till they were healed.
Joshua 21:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and their suburbs round about these cities: a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities:
Joshua 24:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they buried him by the borders of his inheritance in Timnath-serah in the mount of Ephraim, northward of the mount of Gilead:
Esther 8:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Jeremiah 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Circumcise yourselves to your God, and circumcise your hardness of heart, ye men of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my wrath go forth as fire, and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your devices.
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;
Luke 1:59 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
Luke 2:21 New Testament, KJV
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
John 7:22 New Testament, KJV
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
Acts 7:8 New Testament, KJV
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
Acts 15:1 New Testament, KJV
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
Acts 15:5 New Testament, KJV
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
Acts 15:24 New Testament, KJV
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
Acts 16:3 New Testament, KJV
Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
Acts 21:21 New Testament, KJV
And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
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.
Galatians 2:3 New Testament, KJV
But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
Galatians 5:2 New Testament, KJV
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Galatians 5:3 New Testament, KJV
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Galatians 6:12 New Testament, KJV
As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
Galatians 6:13 New Testament, KJV
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
Colossians 2:11 New Testament, KJV
In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
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 1:60 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
At which time according to the commandment they put to death certain women, that had caused their children to be circumcised.
1 Maccabees 1:61 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And they hanged the infants about their necks, and rifled their houses, and slew them that had circumcised them.
1 Maccabees 2:46 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and what children soever they found within the coast of Israel uncircumcised, those they circumcised valiantly.
2 Maccabees 6:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For there were two women brought, who had circumcised their children; whom when they had openly led round about the city, the babes hanging at their breasts, they cast them down headlong from the wall.
4 Maccabees 4:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for even women, because they continued to circumcise their children, were flung down a precipice along with them, knowing beforehand of the punishment.
4 Maccabees 9:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And although the framework of his bones was now destroyed, the high-minded and Abrahamic youth did not groan.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4059, grouped by book.

Genesis 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 6 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Galatians 5 usages, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4059 FAQ

What does peritemno (περιτέμνω) mean?

Peritemno (Strong's G4059) is a Greek word most simply glossed "circumcise". peritemno (per-ee-tem'-no) v. 1. to cut around 2. (specially) to circumcise

How many times is peritemno (περιτέμνω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 53 linked usages for Strong's G4059 across 17 books.

Where can I study peritemno (περιτέμνω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4059 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate peritemno (περιτέμνω)?

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

Does Strong's G4059 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 30 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4059, with linked reader references where each row is available.