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Strong’s G1986 · Greek

ἐπισπάομαι

epispáomai · ep-ee-spah'-om-ahee

Origin from ἐπί (G1909) and σπάω (G4685);

Meaning to draw over, i.e. (with ἀκροβυστία (G203) implied) efface the mark of circumcision (by recovering with the foreskin)

In the King James Version become uncircumcised.

In 1 verse of the King James Version

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:18Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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