Strong's Concordance epispaomai: I become uncircumcised Original Word: ἐπισπάομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epispaomai Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-spah'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I become uncircumcised Definition: (lit: I draw over), mid: I become as uncircumcised. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1986: ἐπισπάωἐπισπάω, ἐπίσπω: from Aeschylus down; to draw on: μή ἐπισπάσθω, namely, ἀκροβυστίαν, let him not draw on his foreskin (Hesychius μή ἐπισπάσθω. Μή ἑλκυέτω τό δέρμα) (A. V. let him not become uncircumcised), 1 Corinthians 7:18. From the days of Antiochus Epiphanes ( STRONGS NT 1986a: ἐπισπείρωἐπισπείρω: 1 aorist ἐπεσπειρα; to sow above or besides: Matthew 13:25 L T Tr WH. (Herodotus, Theophrastus, (others).) From epi and spao; to draw over, i.e. (with akrobustia implied) efface the mark of circumcision (by recovering with the foreskin) -- become uncircumcised. see GREEK epi see GREEK spao see GREEK akrobustia Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 19861 Occurrence ἐπισπάσθω — 1 Occ. 1 Corinthians 7:18 V-PMM/P-3S GRK: ἐκλήθη μὴ ἐπισπάσθω ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ NAS: [when he was already] circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone KJV: not become uncircumcised. Is INT: was called not let him be uncircumcised in uncircumcision |