So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 4:26 · retained source text
So he let him goe: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the Circumcision.
KJV dictionary & concordance
circumcision
Meaning of “circumcision”
Sense 1: The cutting off of the foreskin. Sense 2: Persons identified with that bodily sign.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616
36 occurrences32 verses10 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 4:26
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “circumcision”
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.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 7:22 · retained source text
Moses therefore gaue vnto you Circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers) and yee on the Sabbath day circumcise a man.
1611 marginal noteLeui. 12.3.
1611 marginal noteGen. 17.10
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 7:23 · retained source text
If a man on the Sabbath day receiue circumcision, that the Lawe of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I haue made a man euery whit whole on the Sabbath day?
1611 marginal noteOr, without breaking the Law of Moses.
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.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 7:8 · retained source text
And he gaue him the couenant of Circumcision: and so Abraham begate Isaac, and circumcised him the eight day: and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob begate the twelue Patriarchs.
1611 marginal noteGen. 17.9.
1611 marginal noteGen. 21.3.
1611 marginal noteGene. 25.26.
1611 marginal noteGen. 29.31.
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 10:45 · retained source text
And they of the circumcision which beleeued, were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was powred out the gift of the holy Ghost.
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 11:2 · retained source text
And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 2:25 · retained source text
For Circumcision verily profiteth if thou keepe the Law: but if thou be a breaker of the Law, thy Circumcision is made vncircumcision.
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 2:26 · retained source text
Therefore, if the vncircumcision keepe the righteousnesse of the Law, shall not his vncircumcision be counted for Circumcision?
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?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 2:27 · retained source text
And shall not vncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the Law, iudge thee, who by the letter, and Circumcision, doest transgresse the Law?
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 2:28 · retained source text
For hee is not a Iew, which is one outwardly, neither is that Circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Complete reference index — all 32 verses
Exodus 4:26John 7:22John 7:23Acts 7:8Acts 10:45Acts 11:2Romans 2:25Romans 2:26Romans 2:27Romans 2:28Romans 2:29Romans 3:1Romans 3:30Romans 4:9Romans 4:10Romans 4:11Romans 4:12Romans 15:81 Corinthians 7:19Galatians 2:7Galatians 2:8Galatians 2:9Galatians 2:12Galatians 5:6Galatians 5:11Galatians 6:15Ephesians 2:11Philippians 3:3Colossians 2:11Colossians 3:11Colossians 4:11Titus 1:10
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Bullokar 1616
Open source edition ↗A cutting off of the foreskin.