to uncircumcise

Greek Verb

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)

to uncircumcise

Greek Verb

ἐπι-σπάω, draw or drag after one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦγ᾽ ἐπισπάσας κόμης by the hair, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἐπισπασθῆναι τῇ χειρί with the hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2). metaphorically, bring on, cause, τοσόνδε πλῆθος πημάτων [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3). pull to, τὴν θύραν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἐπισπαστήρ: ἐπισπασθέντος τοῦ βρόχου being drawn tight, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 4). attract, gain, win, πέποιθα τοῦτ᾽ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—frequently in middle, ἐπισπᾶσθαι κέρδος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχθραν [Refs 6th c.AD+]; welcome, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐπισπᾶσθαι πώγωνα get one a beard, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; induce, ὕπνον ἐκπώμασιν [Refs 4th c.AD+]; attract, σίδηρον [Refs 1st c.BC+] 5). draw on, allure, persuade, τὴν ψυχήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ὁ λόγος. ἂν ἐπισπάσαιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἡ πέρδιξ [τὸν θηρεύοντα] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θάτερον παρεμπῖπτον ἐπεσπάσατο. τὸ ἕτερον ἐπινόημα induced, provoked, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 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+]; ἐπισπᾶσθαί τινα ἐμπλησθῆναι δακρύων τὰ ὄμματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τοὺς πολεμίους εἰς τόπους allure, entice, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive, ἐπισπώμενον εἰς τἀναντία πολλάκις ἅμα though often he is being drawn in opposite directionsatonce, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φοβοῦμαι μὴ πάντες. ἐπισπασθῶσιν πέρα τοῦ συμφέροντος [πολεμῆσαι] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπεσπάσθην φιλονεικεῖν [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 6). middle, absorb, τὰ σιτία -σπᾶται τὴν ὑγρότητα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; quaff, of a drinker, ἀπνευστὶ ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of infants, suck, γάλα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of cupping instruments, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; draw in, πνεῦμα [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, of air, to be sucked in, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 7). middle, draw in, call in, Πύρρον [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; φυλακὴν καὶ βοήθειαν παρά τινος[Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, to be called in, forced to work, εἴς τι [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 8). in passive, of the sea, ἐπισπωμένη βιαιότερον returning with a rush after having retired, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II). overturn: hence proverbial, ὅλην τὴν ἅμαξαν ἐπεσπάσω you have `upset the apple-cart', [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III). middle, draw the prepuce forward, become as if uncircumcised, μὴ ἐπισπάσθω [NT]; of the nurse, ἐπισπάσθω τὴν ἀκροποσθίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

to draw over, i.e. (with g203 (ἀκροβυστία) implied) efface the mark of circumcision (by recovering with the foreskin); become uncircumcised; from g1909 (ἐπί) and g4685 (σπάω)