Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Circumcise’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Circumcise’ occurs 69 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 17:10 This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall be circumcised.Genesis 17:10
Genesis 17:11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, so that it may be a sign of the covenant between me and you.Genesis 17:11
Genesis 17:12 An infant of eight days will be circumcised among you, every male in your generations. So also servants born to you, as well as those bought, shall be circumcised, even those who are not of your stock.Genesis 17:12
Genesis 17:14 The male, the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised, that soul shall be eliminated from his people. For he has made my covenant void.”Genesis 17:14
Genesis 17:23 Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day, just as God had instructed him.Genesis 17:23
Genesis 17:24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.Genesis 17:24
Genesis 17:25 And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision.Genesis 17:25
Genesis 17:26 On the very same day, Abraham was circumcised with his son Ishmael.Genesis 17:26
Genesis 17:27 And all the men of his house, those born in his house, as well as those who were bought, even the foreigners, were circumcised with him.Genesis 17:27
Genesis 21:4 And he circumcised him on the eighth day, just as God had instructed him,Genesis 21:4
Genesis 34:15 But we may succeed in this, so as to be allied with you, if you are willing to become like us, and if all the male sex among you will be circumcised.Genesis 34:15
Genesis 34:17 But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and withdraw.”Genesis 34:17
Genesis 34:22 There is one thing that prevents so great a good: whether we will circumcise our males, imitating the ritual of their nation.Genesis 34:22
Genesis 34:24 And they all agreed to circumcise every one of the males.Genesis 34:24
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Genesis: 14
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 4:25 For this reason, Zipporah took a very sharp stone, and she circumcised the foreskin of her son, and she touched his feet, and she said, “You are a bloody spouse to me.”Exodus 4:25
Exodus 4:26 And he released him, after she had said, “You are a bloody spouse,” because of the circumcision.Exodus 4:26
Exodus 12:44 But every bought servant shall be circumcised, and so he may eat from it.Exodus 12:44
Exodus 12:48 And if any sojourner will be willing to cross over into your settlement, and to keep the Passover of the Lord, all his males shall first be circumcised, and then he shall celebrate the rite. And he shall be just like a native of the land. But if any man is not circumcised, he shall not eat from it.Exodus 12:48
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Exodus: 4
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 12:3 And on the eighth day, the little infant shall be circumcised.Leviticus 12:3
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Leviticus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 10:16 Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and no longer stiffen your neck.Deuteronomy 10:16
Deuteronomy 30:6 The Lord your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, so that you may love the Lord your God with your entire heart and with your entire soul, so that you may be able to live.Deuteronomy 30:6
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 5:2 So at that time, the Lord said to Joshua: “Make for yourself knives of stone, and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.”Joshua 5:2
Joshua 5:3 He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.Joshua 5:3
Joshua 5:4 Now this is the reason for the second circumcision: All the people who departed from Egypt of the male gender, all the men fit for war, died in the desert during the very long wandering way;Joshua 5:4
Joshua 5:5 all these had been circumcised. But the people who were born in the desert,Joshua 5:5
Joshua 5:7 The sons of these ones succeeded to the place of their fathers, and they were circumcised by Joshua. For they were uncircumcised, just as they had been born, and no one had circumcised them along the way.Joshua 5:7
Joshua 5:8 Then, after they were all circumcised, they remained in the same place of the camp until they were healed.Joshua 5:8
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Joshua: 6
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 4:4 Be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskins from your hearts, O men of Judah, O inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise my indignation may burst forth and flare up like a fire. And then there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the wickedness of your thoughts.Jeremiah 4:4
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Jeremiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Luke
Luke 1:59 And it happened that, on the eighth day, they arrived to circumcise the boy, and they called him by his father’s name, Zechariah.Luke 1:59
Luke 2:21 And after eight days were ended, so that the boy would be circumcised, his name was called JESUS, just as he was called by the Angel before he was conceived in the womb.Luke 2:21
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Luke: 2
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book John
John 7:22 For Moses gave you circumcision, (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers) and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.John 7:22
John 7:23 If a man can receive circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you indignant toward me, because I have made a man whole on the Sabbath?John 7:23
Number of the word / term Circumcise in John: 2
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Acts
Acts 7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he conceived Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac conceived Jacob, and Jacob, the twelve Patriarchs.Acts 7:8
Acts 10:45 And the faithful of the circumcision, who had arrived with Peter, were astonished that the grace of the Holy Spirit was also poured out upon the Gentiles.Acts 10:45
Acts 11:2 Then, when Peter had gone up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision argued against him,Acts 11:2
Acts 15:1 And certain ones, descending from Judea, were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”Acts 15:1
Acts 15:5 But some from the sect of the Pharisees, those who were believers, rose up saying, “It is necessary for them to be circumcised and to be instructed to keep the Law of Moses.”Acts 15:5
Acts 16:3 Paul wanted this man to travel with him, and taking him, he circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places. For they all knew that his father was a Gentile.Acts 16:3
Acts 21:21 Now they have heard about you, that you are teaching those Jews who are among the Gentiles to withdraw from Moses, telling them that they should not circumcise their sons, nor act according to custom.Acts 21:21
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Acts: 7
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Romans
Romans 2:25 Certainly, circumcision is beneficial, if you observe the law. But if you are a betrayer of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.Romans 2:25
Romans 2:26 And so, if the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this lack of circumcision be counted as circumcision?Romans 2:26
Romans 2:27 And that which is by nature uncircumcised, if it fulfills the law, should it not judge you, who by the letter and by circumcision are a betrayer of the law?Romans 2:27
Romans 2:28 For a Jew is not he who seems so outwardly. Neither is circumcision that which seems so outwardly, in the flesh.Romans 2:28
Romans 2:29 But a Jew is he who is so inwardly. And circumcision of the heart is in the spirit, not in the letter. For its praise is not of men, but of God.Romans 2:29
Romans 3:30 For One is the God who justifies circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith.Romans 3:30
Romans 4:9 Does this blessedness, then, remain only in the circumcised, or is it even in the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was reputed to Abraham unto justice.Romans 4:9
Romans 4:10 But then how was it reputed? In circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.Romans 4:10
Romans 4:11 For he received the sign of circumcision as a symbol of the justice of that faith which exists apart from circumcision, so that he might be the father of all those who believe while uncircumcised, so that it might also be reputed to them unto justice,Romans 4:11
Romans 4:12 and he might be the father of circumcision, not only for those who are of circumcision, but even for those who follow the footsteps of that faith which is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.Romans 4:12
Romans 15:8 For I declare that Christ Jesus was the minister of circumcision because of the truth of God, so as to confirm the promises to the fathers,Romans 15:8
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Romans: 11
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 7:18 Has any circumcised man been called? Let him not cover his circumcision. Has any uncircumcised man been called? Let him not be circumcised.1 Corinthians 7:18
Number of the word / term Circumcise in 1 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 2:3 But even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Gentile, was not compelled to be circumcised,Galatians 2:3
Galatians 2:7 But it was to the contrary, since they had seen that the Gospel to the uncircumcised was entrusted to me, just as the Gospel to the circumcised was entrusted to Peter.Galatians 2:7
Galatians 2:8 For he who was working the Apostleship to the circumcised in Peter, was also working in me among the Gentiles.Galatians 2:8
Galatians 2:9 And so, when they had acknowledged the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who seemed like pillars, gave to me and to Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we would go to the Gentiles, while they went to the circumcised,Galatians 2:9
Galatians 2:12 For before certain ones arrived from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they had arrived, he drew apart and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.Galatians 2:12
Galatians 5:2 Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if you have been circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.Galatians 5:2
Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails over anything, but only faith which works through charity.Galatians 5:6
Galatians 5:11 And as for me, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still suffering persecution? For then the scandal of the Cross would be made empty.Galatians 5:11
Galatians 6:12 For as many of you as they desire to please in the flesh, they compel to be circumcised, but only so that they might not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ.Galatians 6:12
Galatians 6:13 And yet, neither do they themselves, who are circumcised, keep the law. Instead, they want you to be circumcised, so that they may glory in your flesh.Galatians 6:13
Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails in any way, but instead there is a new creature.Galatians 6:15
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Galatians: 11
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 2:11 Because of this, be mindful that, in times past, you were Gentiles in the flesh, and that you were called uncircumcised by those who are called circumcised in the flesh, something done by man,Ephesians 2:11
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Ephesians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Philippians
Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcised, we who serve God in the Spirit and who glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh.Philippians 3:3
Philippians 3:5 For I was circumcised on the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew among Hebrews. According to the law, I was a Pharisee;Philippians 3:5
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Philippians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Colossians
Colossians 2:11 In him also, you have been circumcised with a circumcision not made by hand, not by the despoiling of the body of flesh, but by the circumcision of Christ.Colossians 2:11
Colossians 3:11 where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, servant nor free. Instead, Christ is everything, in everyone.Colossians 3:11
Colossians 4:11 and Jesus, who is called Justus, and those who are of the circumcision. These alone are my assistants, unto the kingdom of God; they have been a consolation to me.Colossians 4:11
Number of the word / term Circumcise in Colossians: 3
Bible passages with ‘Circumcise’ in the book Titus
Titus 1:10 For there are, indeed, many who are disobedient, who speak empty words, and who deceive, especially those who are of the circumcision.Titus 1:10
Number of the word / term ‘Circumcise’ in Titus: 1
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