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.