verb

epispemō

Greekἐπισπάομαι (epispaomai)

Strong’sG1986

I become uncircumcised

stem episp-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

become uncircumcised1×

What it means

ἐπι-σπάω, -ῶ

[in LXX: Is 5:18 (מָשַׁךְ), etc.;]

to draw on: mid., in peculiar sense of effacing signs of Judaism (cf. I Mac 1:15, FlJ, Ant., xii, 5, i; v. Thayer, s.v.), to become as uncircumcised: I Co 7:18.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1986 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-spah'-om-ahee

to draw over, i.e. (with G203 implied) efface the mark of circumcision (by recovering with the foreskin)

Fromfrom G1909 and G4685;

King Jamesbecome uncircumcised.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
epispetōrἐπισπάσθω	happening now · he/she/itpresent middle imperative 3rd person singular	become uncircumcised	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	epispemō	epispeme	epispemi	epispema	epispemē	epispemelē
you 2nd person singular	epispesō	epispese	epispesi	epispesa	epispesē	epispeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epispetō	epispete	epispeti	epispeta	epispetē	epispetelē
we 1st person plural	epispenō	epispene	epispeni	epispena	epispenē	epispenelē
ye 2nd person plural	epispevō	epispeve	epispevi	epispeva	epispevē	epispevelē
they 3rd person plural	epispelō	epispele	epispeli	epispela	epispelē	epispelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	epispemeiō	epispemeia	epispemeiē
you 2nd person singular	epispeseiō	epispeseia	epispeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epispeteiō	epispeteia	epispeteiē
we 1st person plural	epispeneiō	epispeneia	epispeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	epispeveiō	epispeveia	epispeveiē
they 3rd person plural	epispeleiō	epispeleia	epispeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	epispesōr	epispesar	epispesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epispetōr1×ἐπισπάσθω	epispetar	epispetēr
ye 2nd person plural	epispevōr	epispevar	epispevēr
they 3rd person plural	epispelōr	epispelar	epispelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	epispemoiō	epispemoia
you 2nd person singular	epispesoiō	epispesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epispetoiō	epispetoia
we 1st person plural	epispenoiō	epispenoia
ye 2nd person plural	epispevoiō	epispevoia
they 3rd person plural	epispeloiō	epispeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	episperō	episperi	epispera	episperē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	episperōtos	episperitos	episperatos	episperētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

epispstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

episp is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epispetōr“become uncircumcised”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle imperative 3rd person singular1×

1 Corinthians 7:18“become uncircumcised”peritemnirētos tinos kalita? mē epispetōr; en akrobustia kalitē tinos? mē peritemnitōr.Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.