ἀκροβυστία akrobustia · G0203
uncircumcision
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἀκρο-βυστία, ἡ, ; foreskin, []; II state of having the foreskin, uncircumcision, []; II.2 collective, the uncircumcised, []buśtu 'pudenda', Heb. bōsheth 'shame': wrongly derived from ἄκρος, βύω by []
Where it's used 20 times
Acts 11:3 · Romans 2:25 · Romans 2:26 · Romans 2:27 · Romans 3:30 · Romans 4:9 · Romans 4:10 · Romans 4:11 · Romans 4:12 · 1 Corinthians 7:18 · 1 Corinthians 7:19 · Galatians 2:7 · Galatians 5:6 · Galatians 6:15 · Ephesians 2:11 · Colossians 2:13 · Colossians 3:11 … and 3 more
Source: TBESG G0203; TFLSJ G0203
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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