# G4059 περιτέμνω

περιτέμνω (peritémnō), Strong’s G4059: to cut around, i.e. (specially) to circumcise KJV: circumcise. Occurs 50 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G4059 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*peritémnō* — to cut around, i.e. (specially) to circumcise

KJV: circumcise

Built from [περί perí](https://besorah.bible/word/G4012) (through) + [τομώτερος tomṓteros](https://besorah.bible/word/G5114) (more comprehensive or decisive than G2875)

Occurs 50 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 1:59](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=59) — On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zechariah, after the name of his…
- [Luke 2:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/2?v=21) — When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Yeshua, which was given by the…
- [John 7:22](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/7?v=22) — Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
- [Acts 7:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/7?v=8) — He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day…
- [Acts 15:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/15?v=5) — But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command…
- [Acts 16:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/16?v=3) — Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts…
- [Acts 21:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/21?v=21) — They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling…
- [1 Corinthians 7:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/7?v=18) — Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision?…
- [Galatians 2:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/galatians/2?v=3) — But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
- [Galatians 5:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/galatians/5?v=2) — Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Messiah will profit you nothing.