Romans 2:25
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סָכַן
çâkan
to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
פָּרַץ
pârats
to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
ἀκροβυστία
akrobystía
the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּרַץ pârats
to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
Study H6555 →סָכַן çâkan
to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
Study H5532 →ἀκροβυστία akrobystía
the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person
Study G203 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →Cross References
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because...
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
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