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circumcising

Meaning of “circumcising”

Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of circumcise, meaning to cut off the foreskin as the commanded sign of the covenant. Sense 2: Figuratively, to remove hardness or uncleanness of heart.

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First occurrence: Joshua 5:8

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “circumcising”

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Joshua 5:8
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 5:8 · retained source text

And it came to passe when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the campe, till they were whole.

1611 marginal noteHeb. when the people had made an end to be circumcised.

Luke 2:21
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 2:21 · retained source text

And when eight dayes were accomplished for the circumcising of the childe, his name was called Iesus, which was so named of the Angel before he was conceiued in the wombe.

1611 marginal noteGen. 17.12.

1611 marginal noteMat. 1.21.

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