G1986: ἐπισπάομαι
epispáomai · “to uncircumcise”
Definition
to draw over, i.e. (with G203 (ἀκροβυστία) implied) efface the mark of circumcision (by recovering with the foreskin)
KJV translates it as: become uncircumcised
Extended definition
ἐπι-σπάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Isa.5:18 (מָשַׁךְ), etc. ;]
to draw on: mid., in peculiar sense of effacing signs of Judaism (cf. 1Ma.1:15, FlJ, Ant., xii, 5, i; see Thayer, see word), to become as uncircumcised: 1Co.7:18.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Isa.5:18 (מָשַׁךְ), etc. ;]
to draw on: mid., in peculiar sense of effacing signs of Judaism (cf. 1Ma.1:15, FlJ, Ant., xii, 5, i; see Thayer, see word), to become as uncircumcised: 1Co.7:18.†
(AS)
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How G1986 is translated
- he should become uncircumcised; ×1
Bible verses with G1986 (epispáomai)
Epispáomai appears in 1 verse.
- 1 Corinthians 7:18
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.