1 Corinthians 7:18
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
מוּל
mûwl
to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
הָיָה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
עָרֵל
ʻârêl
uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
ἀκροβυστία
akrobystía
the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
מוּל
mûwl
to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
Key Terms in This Verse
ἀκροβυστία akrobystía
the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person
Study G203 →מוּל mûwl
to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
Study H4135 →מוּל mûwl
to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
Study H4135 →עָרֵל ʻârêl
uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
Study H6189 →הָיָה hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Study H1961 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandme...
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
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