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Example sentences for "circumcise"

Lexicographically close words:
circumambient; circumambulate; circumambulated; circumambulating; circumambulation; circumcised; circumcising; circumcision; circumference; circumferences
  1. At that time the Lord said to Josue: Make thee knives of stone, and circumcise the second time the children of Israel.

  2. And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child: and they called him by his father's name Zachary.

  3. Now they have heard of thee that thou teachest those Jews, who are among the Gentiles to depart from Moses: saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor walk according to the custom.

  4. And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you.

  5. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.

  6. Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers): and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man.

  7. One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.

  8. The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed: that thou mayst love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayst live.

  9. With his contempt of formalism, I hardly know of a greater trial of patience than he must have had in consenting to circumcise Timothy.

  10. I suppose it means that God told Abraham to circumcise his children, and infant baptism comes in the place of it, and we must do it if we are Abraham's spiritual children.

  11. God was angry with Moses for delaying, if not neglecting, to circumcise his child.

  12. He said that he wanted him to go with him to a village twelve miles distant from the town, to circumcise a young child that would be eight days old in the morning.

  13. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child.

  14. Moses gave you circumcision, which was handed down to him, and you circumcise a man on the sabbath day.

  15. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.

  16. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

  17. And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him 60 Zacharias, after the name of his father.

  18. For this cause hath Moses given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath 23 ye circumcise a man [see Gen.

  19. Then arose there up certain of the sect of the pharisees, which did believe saying that it was needful to circumcise them and to enjoin them to keep the law of Moses.

  20. And they are informed of thee that thou teachest all the jewes which are among the gentiles to forsake Moses, and sayest that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to live after the customs.

  21. And yet ye on the saboth day circumcise a man.

  22. So I said to him, "Go, circumcise them, and I will see the Khalif and tell him.

  23. And again he saith, Circumcise the hardness of your heart, and harden not your neck.

  24. And again, Circumcise your hearts, saith the Lord.

  25. For thus God bespeaks them; Thus saith the Lord your God, (Here I find the new law) Sow not among thorns; but circumcise yourselves to the Lord your God.

  26. In the Maldivia islands they circumcise their children at the age of seven; and previous to this operation they bathe them in the sea for six or seven hours, in order to render their skin more soft.

  27. But there arose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.

  28. Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying, that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.

  29. But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

  30. But it is a promise, "The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed to love the Lord.

  31. So said I to him:—Go circumcise them and I will see the Caliph and tell him.

  32. They all circumcise and principally knock out the two front teeth of the upper jaw.

  33. Had a visit from a number of natives, they do not appear so shy as usual; they do not circumcise but have one or two teeth out in front of upper jaw.

  34. The edict forbidding the Jews to circumcise their children, was so hateful to them, that in spite of the warnings given them by former sufferings, they again revolted.

  35. Adrian became Emperor; he forbade the Jews to circumcise their children, and sent strangers to settle in the land of Judaea, and rebuild the city of Jerusalem, which he meant to ornament in the Roman style, and call by some Roman name.

  36. And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

  37. To conclude, Paul refused to circumcise Titus for the reason that the false apostles wanted to compel him to circumcise Titus.

  38. Not only do they circumcise the males but also the women, girls, or dalagas, [an operation] which they call sonad.

  39. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

  40. At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

  41. And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

  42. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

  43. Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

  44. Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

  45. To your God(196) circumcise ye, 4 Off from your heart with the foreskin!

  46. To your God(198) circumcise ye, Off from your heart with the foreskin!

  47. He also commanded them not to circumcise their sons, and threatened to punish any that should be found to have transgressed his injunction.

  48. He says withal [27] that the Ethiopians learned to circumcise their privy parts from the Egyptians, with this addition, that the Phoenicians and Syrians that live in Palestine confess that they learned it of the Egyptians.

  49. But the logic of facts does not convince obstinate theorists, and so the Judaising party persisted in their 'It is needful to circumcise them.

  50. You may display the fairest graces of Christian character before them, and you get no answer but the reiteration of 'It is needful to circumcise you.

  51. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him Zechariah after his father, 60 but his mother said, "No; he shall be called John.

  52. Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.


  53. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "circumcise" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.