ἐπισπάομαιepispáomai

to draw over, i.e. (with G203 (ἀκροβυστία) implied) efface the mark of circumcision (by recovering with the foreskin)

Greek (New Testament) · G1986

Meanings

to draw on: middle, in peculiar sense of effacing signs of Judaism (cf. 1 Maccabees 1:15, FlJ, Ant., xii, 5, i; see Thayer, under that word), to become as uncircumcised: 1 Corinthians 7:18.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:18 For instance, a man who was circumcised before he became a believer should not try to reverse it. And the man who was uncircumcised when he became a believer should not be circumcised now.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.