Greek Dictionary (Lexicon-Concordance)Key Word Studies (Translations-Definitions-Meanings)» G1986 «#1986 ἐπισπάομαι epispaomai {ep-ee-spah'-om-ahee} from G1909 and G4685; TDNT - n/a; v Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)1) to draw on (let him not draw on his foreskin) From the days of Antiochus Epiphanes [B.C. 175-164] down, there had been Jews who, in order to conceal from heathen persecutors or scoffers the external sign of their nationality, circumcision, sought artificially to compel nature to reproduce the prepuce, by extending or drawing forward with an iron instrument the remnant of it still left, so as to cover the glands. Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)
From G1909 and G4685; to draw over, that is, (with G0203 implied) efface the mark of circumcision (by recovering with the foreskin):become uncircumcised.
Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)
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