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circumcise Definition

cir·cum·cise (sʉr′kəm sīz′)

transitive verb -·cised′, -·cis′·ing

    1. to cut off all or part of the foreskin of (a male)
    2. to cut off the labia minora or clitoris of (a female)
  2. 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.