to circumcise

from περί and the base of τομώτερος; to cut around, i.e. (specially) to circumcise:--circumcise.

a primitive root; to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy; circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs.