circumcise Definition
cir·cum·cise (sʉr′kəm sīz′)
transitive verb -·cised′, -·cis′·ing
- to cut off all or part of the foreskin of (a male)
- to cut off the labia minora or clitoris of (a female)
- Archaic to cleanse from sin; purify
Etymology: ME circumcisen < OFr circonciser < L circumcisus, pp. of circumcidere, to cut around, in LL(Ec), to circumcise < circum, around + caedere, to cut: see -cide
circumcise Usage Examples
Object
- heart: They will worship God from their redeemed, circumcised hearts, because they were ready for the Lord's return.
- man: HIV / AIDS: Research into whether HIV is less likely in circumcised men has produced mixed evidence.
- woman: However, circumcised women were significantly more likely than uncircumcised women to report symptoms of reproductive tract infections.
- child: Crime was the common one then brought against Jews, usually ill-founded, of circumcising a Christian child.
- day: Most of the men circumcised that day would have been much older.
- boy: Circumcise every baby boy whether he is born in your family or bought as a slave.
Subject
faith: Yes, of Gentiles also, since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
Modifying Another Word
- not: Perhaps Johannes knows for certain that David is not circumcised.
- forcibly: All the male and female adults and children who have converted to Islam have been forcibly circumcised by the Muslim militants.
- still: Harold Rosen, Emeritus Professor of English at the Institute of Education, talks and reads from his recent book Are you still circumcised?
- also: The vast majority of Jews and Moslems throughout the world also circumcise their sons for cultural and religious reasons with few apparent problems.
- only: But only circumcised Jews could be accepted for repentance and baptism.
- n't: And more than that, those are n't circumcised are specifically excluded from the covenant.
Used with why or when
- when: If a man was already circumcised when he was called, he should not undo his circumcision.
- who: And Paul is not like the circumcised who boast about their fastidious attention to the Law.
Present participle complement
accord: When He was eight days old, He was circumcised according to Jewish law ( Luke 2:21 ).
Preposition: in
- flesh: And an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, his soul shall be cut off from his people.
- accordance: The first Christian leaders were all Jewish people who had been circumcised in accordance with their religion.
- heart: The Lord says that only the circumcised in heart may enter in.
Preposition: by
faith: Yes, of Gentiles also, since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
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