κατα-τομή, -ῆς, ἡ [in Sm: Jer.31:37 (κατατέμνω is used in LXX of forbidden mutilations: Lev.21:5, al.);] 1) incision. 2)
excision, concision, mutilation: in sarcasm, by paronomasia, in contrast to (true) περιτομή (v3), of Judaizing Christians, Php.3:2 (see Lft, in l; Cremer, 883). (
AS)