Words the Bible translates as uncircumcised
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- aperitmētosἀπερίτμητοςuncircumcisednot studied yet
- arelעָרֵלuncircumcised: having the foreskin intact, and so outside the covenant sign; by extension, a body part left closed and a young tree's fruit left off-limits
- orlahעׇרְלָהforeskin: the fold of skin cut away in circumcision, and more broadly any natural covering that seals a thing off from the use it was made for
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