The corpus record

ἀκρο-βυστία

akrobustia · ἡ

foreskin, state of having the foreskin, uncircumcision, the uncircumcised

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Where it lives

Romans 11 · 15.68/10k
Galatians 3 · 13.73/10k
Colossians 2 · 12.91/10k
Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
1 Corinthians 2 · 2.96/10k
Genesis 7 · 2.33/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Regnorum I 2 · 1.08/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Acts 1 · 0.56/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀκρο-βυστία · akro-bystia — LSJ

foreskin

foreskin, LXX Ge. 17.11, al., Ph. Fr. 49 H., Act.Ap. 11.3.

II state of having the foreskin, uncircumcision

state of having the foreskin, uncircumcision, Ep.Rom. 2.25, etc.

2 the uncircumcised

collect., the uncircumcised, ib. 2.26, 3.30, etc. (Prob. from ἄκρος and a Semitic root, cf. Bab. buśtu ‘pudenda’, Heb. bōsheth ‘shameʼ: wrongly derived from ἄκρος, βύω by EM 53.48.)

In the wild

ἀκροβυστίᾳ · akrobystiai New Testament, 1 Corinthians 7.18 (DIORISIS sentence 173)
ἀκροβυστία · akrobystia New Testament, 1 Corinthians 7.19 (DIORISIS sentence 175)
ἀκροβυστίαν · akrobystian New Testament, Acts 11.2 (DIORISIS sentence 378)
ἀκροβυστίᾳ · akrobystiai New Testament, Colossians 2.13 (DIORISIS sentence 20)
ἀκροβυστία · akrobystia New Testament, Colossians 3.9 (DIORISIS sentence 34)
ἀκροβυστία · akrobystia New Testament, Ephesians 2.11 (DIORISIS sentence 15)

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Where it came from

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