Uncircumcision

† עָרֵל35 adj. having foreskin, i.e. uncircumcised;—ע׳ Ex 12:48 + 5 times; cstr. עֶ֫רֶל Ez 44:9(×2); עֲרַל Ex 6:12, 30; f. עֲרֵלָה Je 6:10; pl. עֲרֵלִים Lv 19:23 + 20 times; cstr. עַרְלֵי Je 9:25 + 2 times;—uncircumcised person Ex 12:48; Jos 5:7 (P), Philistines Ju 14:3; 15:18; 1 S 14:6; 17:26, 36; 31:4; 2 S 1:20; 1 Ch 10:4; of other nations Is 52:1; Je 9:25, especially as slain Ez 28:10; 31:18; 32:19 + 9 times 32; in v 27 read מֵעוֹלָם so Hi and most (v. on meaning Toy 31:18); עָרֵל זָכֶר uncircumcised male Gn 17:14 (P); ע׳ בָּשָׂר Ez 44:7, 9 uncircumcised of flesh; fig. of fruit trees Lv 19:23 (cf. [עָרַל] supr.); ע׳ שְׂפָתַיִם fig. of incapacity to speak Ex 6:12, 30; of character, ע׳ לב Je 9:25; Ez 44:7, 9, cf. לִבָבָם הֶעָרֵל Lv 26:41 (H), עֲרֵלָה אָזְנָם Je 6:10 their ear is uncircumcised (unreceptive).

ἀκρο-βυστία, ἡ, foreskin, LXX+1st c.AD+ __II state of having the foreskin, uncircumcision, NT __II.2 collective, the uncircumcised, Refsbuśtu 'pudenda', Heb. bōsheth 'shame': wrongly derived from ἄκρος, βύω by Refs

† [עָרַל] vb. denom. count as foreskin, i.e. as uncircumcised;— Qal Pf. 2 mpl., c. acc. cogn. וַעֲרַלְתֶּם עָרְלָתוֹ Lv 19:23 ye shall regard its fruit as uncircumcised, and not eat it (for three years) (> SS remove its foreskin (its fruit), as 𝔙, cf. 𝔊 περικαθαριεῖτε τὴν ἀκαθαρσίαν αὐτοῦ). Niph. Imv. הֵעָרֵל Hb 2:16 be counted uncircumcised, i.e. be object of mockery; but dub., read probably הֵרָעֵל reel (𝔊 𝔖 We Now BuhlLex).

ἀπερί-τμητος, ον, uncircumcised, LXX+1st c.AD+ __II not clipped or circumscribed, φύσιςRefs 1st c.AD+