Akrobystía — G203

G203 · Greek — ἀκροβυστία

Pronunciation: ak-rob-oos-tee'-ah

Definition

feminine noun

the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person

  1. properly
  2. by metonyny, of the abstract for the concrete, having the foreskin is equiv. to a Gentile
  3. in a transferred sense

Usually translated as

uncircumcised, not circumcised

Origin

from G206 and probably a modified form of pósthē (the penis or male sexual organ)

Occurrences

Akrobystía occurs 20 times in 17 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), Romans (8), 1 Corinthians (2), Galatians (3), Ephesians (1), Colossians (2)

Strong's Lexicon — A