Strong G1986ἐπισπάω
to uncircumcise
- Transliteration
- epispaomai
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-spah'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπι-σπάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Isa.5:18 (מָשַׁךְ), etc.;]
to draw on: mid., in peculiar sense of effacing signs of Judaism (cf. 1Ma.1:15, FlJ, Ant., xii, 5, i; see Thayer, see word), to become as uncircumcised: 1Co.7:18.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Isa.5:18 (מָשַׁךְ), etc.;]
to draw on: mid., in peculiar sense of effacing signs of Judaism (cf. 1Ma.1:15, FlJ, Ant., xii, 5, i; see Thayer, see word), to become as uncircumcised: 1Co.7:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1986 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- become1
- let1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 7:18Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπι-σπάω,
draw or drag after one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ)]; ἦγ᾽ ἐπισπάσας κόμης by the hair, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 116, compare “Tr.” 882, “Andr.” 710)]:— middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.14:)] —passive, ἐπισπασθῆναι τῇ χειρί with the hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130.)]
2. metaphorically, bring on, cause, τοσόνδε πλῆθος πημάτων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 477.)]
3. pull to, τὴν θύραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.36)]; compare ἐπισπαστήρ: ἐπισπασθέντος τοῦ βρόχου being drawn tight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.139.)]
4. attract, gain, win, πέποιθα τοῦτ᾽ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 769)]:—frequently in middle, ἐπισπᾶσθαι κέρδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72; εὔνοιαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.98.9; χάριν “SIG” 685.40 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC))]; ἔχθραν [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.340 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus))]; welcome, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.384)]; ἐπισπᾶσθαι πώγωνα get one a beard, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 16)]; induce, ὕπνον ἐκπώμασιν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 56.26)]; attract, σίδηρον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 1.)]
5. draw on, allure, persuade, τὴν ψυχήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 420a)]:—middle, ὁ λόγος.. ἂν ἐπισπάσαιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.44, compare 5.111)]; ἐ. ἡ πέρδιξ [τὸν θηρεύοντα] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 613b19)]; θάτερον παρεμπῖπτον ἐπεσπάσατο.. τὸ ἕτερον ἐπινόημα induced, provoked, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 137)] G.: c.infinitive, induce to do, ἐπισπάσασθαι [ἂν] αὐτοὺς ἡγεῖτο προθυμήσεσθαι he thought it would induce, invite them to make the venture, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9)]; ἐπισπᾶσθαί τινα ἐμπλησθῆναι δακρύων τὰ ὄμματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.10; ἐ. τοὺσπολεμίους ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτόν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 18, compare “Mar.” 11, 21, 26)]; but τοὺς πολεμίους εἰς τόπους allure, entice, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.110.2, etc.:)] —passive, ἐπισπώμενον εἰς τἀναντία πολλάκις ἅμα though often he is being drawn in opposite directionsatonce, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 863e)]; φοβοῦμαι μὴ πάντες.. ἐπισπασθῶσιν πέρα τοῦ συμφέροντος [πολεμῆσαι] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.19; πολύ τι μᾶλλον ἐπεσπάσμεθα “OGI” 223.18 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐπεσπάσθην φιλονεικεῖν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1055.23F.)]
6. middle, absorb, τὰ σιτία -σπᾶται τὴν ὑγρότητα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 868b30; τὰ ἐριναστὰ [σῦκα] ἐ. τὸν ὀπόν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.9.12)]; quaff, of a drinker, ἀπνευστὶ ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.500, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 5.4)]; of infants, suck, γάλα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.88)]; of cupping instruments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 22)]; draw in, πνεῦμα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.13)]:—passive, of air, to be sucked in, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 931b22.)]
7. middle, draw in, call in, Πύρρον [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.6.5)]; φυλακὴν καὶ βοήθειαν παρά τινος[Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. work] 7.6; μάρτυρας -ᾶται τοὺς μουσικούς 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.1425.8)]:—passive, to be called in, forced to work, εἴς τι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.4 (2nd c.BC).)]
8. in passive, of the sea, ἐπισπωμένη βιαιότερον returning with a rush after having retired, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89.)]
II. overturn: hence proverbial, ὅλην τὴν ἅμαξαν ἐπεσπάσω you have `upset the apple-cart', [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 32.)]
III. middle, draw the prepuce forward, become as if uncircumcised, μὴ ἐπισπάσθω [NT (NT.1Cor.7.18)]; of the nurse, ἐπισπάσθω τὴν ἀκροποσθίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.113.)]
draw or drag after one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ)]; ἦγ᾽ ἐπισπάσας κόμης by the hair, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 116, compare “Tr.” 882, “Andr.” 710)]:— middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.14:)] —passive, ἐπισπασθῆναι τῇ χειρί with the hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130.)]
2. metaphorically, bring on, cause, τοσόνδε πλῆθος πημάτων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 477.)]
3. pull to, τὴν θύραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.36)]; compare ἐπισπαστήρ: ἐπισπασθέντος τοῦ βρόχου being drawn tight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.139.)]
4. attract, gain, win, πέποιθα τοῦτ᾽ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 769)]:—frequently in middle, ἐπισπᾶσθαι κέρδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72; εὔνοιαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.98.9; χάριν “SIG” 685.40 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC))]; ἔχθραν [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.340 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus))]; welcome, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.384)]; ἐπισπᾶσθαι πώγωνα get one a beard, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 16)]; induce, ὕπνον ἐκπώμασιν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 56.26)]; attract, σίδηρον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 1.)]
5. draw on, allure, persuade, τὴν ψυχήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 420a)]:—middle, ὁ λόγος.. ἂν ἐπισπάσαιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.44, compare 5.111)]; ἐ. ἡ πέρδιξ [τὸν θηρεύοντα] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 613b19)]; θάτερον παρεμπῖπτον ἐπεσπάσατο.. τὸ ἕτερον ἐπινόημα induced, provoked, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 137)] G.: c.infinitive, induce to do, ἐπισπάσασθαι [ἂν] αὐτοὺς ἡγεῖτο προθυμήσεσθαι he thought it would induce, invite them to make the venture, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9)]; ἐπισπᾶσθαί τινα ἐμπλησθῆναι δακρύων τὰ ὄμματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.10; ἐ. τοὺσπολεμίους ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτόν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 18, compare “Mar.” 11, 21, 26)]; but τοὺς πολεμίους εἰς τόπους allure, entice, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.110.2, etc.:)] —passive, ἐπισπώμενον εἰς τἀναντία πολλάκις ἅμα though often he is being drawn in opposite directionsatonce, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 863e)]; φοβοῦμαι μὴ πάντες.. ἐπισπασθῶσιν πέρα τοῦ συμφέροντος [πολεμῆσαι] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.19; πολύ τι μᾶλλον ἐπεσπάσμεθα “OGI” 223.18 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐπεσπάσθην φιλονεικεῖν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1055.23F.)]
6. middle, absorb, τὰ σιτία -σπᾶται τὴν ὑγρότητα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 868b30; τὰ ἐριναστὰ [σῦκα] ἐ. τὸν ὀπόν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.9.12)]; quaff, of a drinker, ἀπνευστὶ ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.500, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 5.4)]; of infants, suck, γάλα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.88)]; of cupping instruments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 22)]; draw in, πνεῦμα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.13)]:—passive, of air, to be sucked in, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 931b22.)]
7. middle, draw in, call in, Πύρρον [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.6.5)]; φυλακὴν καὶ βοήθειαν παρά τινος[Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. work] 7.6; μάρτυρας -ᾶται τοὺς μουσικούς 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.1425.8)]:—passive, to be called in, forced to work, εἴς τι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.4 (2nd c.BC).)]
8. in passive, of the sea, ἐπισπωμένη βιαιότερον returning with a rush after having retired, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89.)]
II. overturn: hence proverbial, ὅλην τὴν ἅμαξαν ἐπεσπάσω you have `upset the apple-cart', [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 32.)]
III. middle, draw the prepuce forward, become as if uncircumcised, μὴ ἐπισπάσθω [NT (NT.1Cor.7.18)]; of the nurse, ἐπισπάσθω τὴν ἀκροποσθίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.113.)]