ἐπισπάομαι
epispáomai
“to draw over, i.e. (with G203 (ἀκροβυστία) implied) efface the mark of circumcision (by recovering with the foreskin)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to draw over, i.e. (with G203 (ἀκροβυστία) implied) efface the mark of circumcision (by recovering with the foreskin)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to draw upon or after; in NT mid. to obliterate circumcision by artificial extension of the foreskin, 1 Cor. 7:18*
Translated in KJV as
become uncircumcised
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