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In the biblical context, the foreskin holds significant theological and cultural importance, particularly in relation to the covenant between God and Abraham, as well as the practice of circumcision among the Israelites.<br><br><b>Biblical References and Significance</b><br><br>1. <b>Covenant with Abraham</b>: The foreskin is first mentioned in the context of God's covenant with Abraham. In <a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10-11</a> , God commands Abraham, "This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised. You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between Me and you." The removal of the foreskin through circumcision serves as a physical sign of the covenant, symbolizing the Israelites' unique relationship with God and their commitment to His laws.<br><br>2. <b>Cultural and Religious Practice</b>: Circumcision, the removal of the foreskin, became a defining practice for the Jewish people, distinguishing them from surrounding nations. It was typically performed on the eighth day after a male child's birth, as instructed in <a href="/leviticus/12-3.htm">Leviticus 12:3</a> : "On the eighth day, the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised." This rite of passage was not only a physical act but also a spiritual one, representing purity and dedication to God.<br><br>3. <b>Symbolism and Spiritual Meaning</b>: Beyond its physical implications, the foreskin and its removal carry deeper spiritual symbolism. In <a href="/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16</a> , Moses exhorts the Israelites, "Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more." Here, the foreskin represents the barrier of sin and disobedience that separates individuals from God. The call to "circumcise your hearts" emphasizes the need for inner transformation and repentance, aligning one's heart with God's will.<br><br>4. <b>New Testament Perspective</b>: In the New Testament, the physical act of circumcision is reinterpreted in light of Christ's redemptive work. The Apostle Paul addresses the issue in <a href="/romans/2-28.htm">Romans 2:28-29</a> , stating, "A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code." This shift highlights the transition from the Old Covenant's physical requirements to the New Covenant's emphasis on spiritual renewal and faith in Christ.<br><br>5. <b>Controversy and Debate</b>: The early Christian church faced significant debate over the necessity of circumcision for Gentile converts. The Jerusalem Council, as recorded in <a href="/bsb/acts/15.htm">Acts 15</a>, ultimately decided that circumcision was not required for salvation, affirming that faith in Jesus Christ was sufficient for both Jews and Gentiles. This decision underscored the universality of the Gospel and the breaking down of barriers between different ethnic and cultural groups.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The concept of the foreskin in the Bible is deeply intertwined with themes of covenant, identity, and spiritual transformation. While its physical removal through circumcision was a critical aspect of Jewish identity under the Old Covenant, the New Testament redefines its significance, focusing on the inward change brought about by faith in Christ.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>n.</I>) The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">FORESKIN</span><p>for'-skin (`orlah; akrobustia, often euphemistically translated "uncircumcision"):<br><br>(1) In the literal sense the word is frequently mentioned owing to the rite of circumcision in vogue in Israel since the days of Abraham (<a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">Genesis 17:9-14</a>) and among several other peoples of antiquity and modern times. The act of circumcision is represented in the temple of Khonsu, a medical deity, at Karnak. Among the Jews of antiquity circumcision had to be performed by means of a flint or stone knife (<a href="/exodus/4-25.htm">Exodus 4:25</a> <a href="/joshua/5-2.htm">Joshua 5:2, 3</a>) on the eighth day after birth (<a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">Genesis 17:12</a>; <a href="/genesis/21-4.htm">Genesis 21:4</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-3.htm">Leviticus 12:3</a> <a href="/luke/2-21.htm">Luke 2:21</a> <a href="/philippians/3-5.htm">Philippians 3:5</a>), even if this day was the Sabbath (<a href="/john/7-23.htm">John 7:23</a>).<br><br>Very early we find the practice one of which the descendants of Abraham became proud (<a href="/genesis/34-14.htm">Genesis 34:14</a>), so that we see the uncircumcised despised and scorned (<a href="/1_samuel/17-26.htm">1 Samuel 17:26</a>), and in the time of oppression under King Antiochus Epiphanes many Israelites suffered martyrdom rather than give up the distinctive sign of their people (APC 1Macc 1:48, 60, 61 <a href="/2Macc/6-10.htm">2Macc 6:10</a>). Among the Arabs and all Mohammedans the custom of circumcision prevails from pre-Islamic times, for it is nowhere ordered in the Koran, and the appellation "uncircumcised" ghalaf)is considered the greatest possible insult.<br><br>A peculiar martial custom is mentioned in <a href="/1_samuel/18-25.htm">1 Samuel 18:25, 27</a> (compare <a href="/2_samuel/3-14.htm">2 Samuel 3:14</a>), where Saul is represented as asking "a hundred foreskins of the Philistines" as a dowry from David for the hand of Michal. This does not seem to have been an exceptional booty in war, especially if it meant that no very careful operation was expected to be performed, but the act became practically equivalent to extermination. We find in Egyptian history at the time of Ramses III, that an invasion into Egypt had been made by several Libyan tribes (see Diimichen, Histor. Inschr., I, plates I-VI, and II, plates 47). The Egyptian army sent against the invaders defeated them and returned with a large number of karnatha which is a transcription into hieroglyphics of the Semitic word, qarenoth, the word being used euphemistically as is proven by the accompanying determinative sign of a phallus. See Chabas, Etudes sur l'antiquite historique d'apres lee sources egyptienne,, etc., 234; Bondi, Hebr.-Phoen. Lehnworte im Egyptischen, Leipzig, 1886, 72-74. (2) Metaphorically the word is used in a variety of ways: (a) In the sense of "unlawful," "forbidden as food," "taboo." The fruit of newly planted trees was not to be eaten (<a href="/leviticus/19-23.htm">Leviticus 19:23-25</a>). (b) In the sense of "obstinacy," "opposition to God's law." The rite of circumcision meant submission under the law. While an outward form could not be identical with an inward attitude toward God, the use of the word "circumcision" was soon extended to that of purity and obedience of the heart (<a href="/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Deuteronomy 30:6</a> <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11</a>, where this circumcision is called a "circumcision not made with hands,. the circumcision of Christ"). The uselessness of outward circumcision, which does not include obedience and purity, is shown by Paul (<a href="/romans/2-25.htm">Romans 2:25</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-18.htm">1 Corinthians 7:18</a>; compare <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a>). (c) In the sense of "Gentiles," "non-Israelites" (<a href="/galatians/2-7.htm">Galatians 2:7</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11</a> <a href="/colossians/3-11.htm">Colossians 3:11</a>).<br><br>See <a href="../c/circumcision.htm">CIRCUMCISION</a>; <a href="../c/concision.htm">CONCISION</a>.<br><br>H. L. E. Luering<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/203.htm"><span class="l">203. akrobustia -- the prepuce, <b>foreskin</b>, hence uncircumcision</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the prepuce, <b>foreskin</b>, hence uncircumcision. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine<br> Transliteration: akrobustia Phonetic Spelling: (ak-rob-oos-tee'-ah) Short Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/203.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/564.htm"><span class="l">564. aperitmetos -- uncircumcised</span></a> <br><b>...</b> [564 () literally refers to an uncircumcised <b>foreskin</b>, which stands for "being<br> of God's covenant" -- ie without the promise of His salvation.]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/564.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1986.htm"><span class="l">1986. epispaomai -- to draw over, to become as uncircumcised</span></a> <br><b>...</b> From epi and spao; to draw over, ie (with akrobustia implied) efface the mark of<br> circumcision (by recovering with the <b>foreskin</b>) -- become uncircumcised. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1986.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4061.htm"><span class="l">4061. peritome -- circumcision</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Cognate: 4061 -- properly, cut around, ie the removal of the male <b>foreskin</b> in<br> (the visible sign of God's covenant in the OT). See 4059 (). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4061.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6190.htm"><span class="l">6190. orlah -- <b>foreskin</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 6189, 6190. orlah. 6191 . <b>foreskin</b>. Transliteration: orlah Phonetic<br> Spelling: (or-law') Short Definition: <b>foreskin</b>. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6190.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6188.htm"><span class="l">6188. aral -- to count as <b>foreskin</b> (as uncircumcised)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6187, 6188. aral. 6189 . to count as <b>foreskin</b> (as uncircumcised). Transliteration:<br> aral Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rale') Short Definition: count. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6188.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6189.htm"><span class="l">6189. arel -- having <b>foreskin</b> (uncircumcised)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6188, 6189. arel. 6190 . having <b>foreskin</b> (uncircumcised). Transliteration:<br> arel Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rale') Short Definition: uncircumcised. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6189.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_16_origin_of_errors_a.htm"><span class="l">Origin of Errors; a Simile Sought from the <b>Foreskin</b> of the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book III. Chapter 16."Origin of Errors; A Simile Sought from the <b>Foreskin</b><br> of the Circumcised, and from the Chaff of Wheat. "But <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 16 origin of errors a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/an_answer_to_the_jews/chapter_iii_of_circumcision_and_the.htm"><span class="l">Of Circumcision and the Supercession of the Old Law.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But again," (you say) "the son of Moses would upon one occasion have been choked<br> by an angel, if Zipporah, [1165] had not circumcised the <b>foreskin</b> of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter iii of circumcision and the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/eucherius/the_formulae_of_st_eucherius_of_lyons/book_ix_on_jerusalem_and.htm"><span class="l">Book ix. On Jerusalem and Her Enemies</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The <b>foreskin</b> is the life of the gentile; in the apostle: another in the <b>foreskin</b><br> was calledd, not to be circumcised, that is, even one from the gentiles who <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../eucherius/the formulae of st eucherius of lyons/book ix on jerusalem and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arminius/the_works_of_james_arminius_vol_2/the_ancient_fathers_clement_of.htm"><span class="l">The Ancient Fathers Clement of Alexandria.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It is, therefore, the circumcision of the inward man; for he who is circumcised<br> has stripped off the enticements of his whole flesh, as his <b>foreskin</b>, that he <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/the ancient fathers clement of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_36_xxxithe_platonists_opinion.htm"><span class="l">The Platonists' Opinion About the Existence of the Soul Previous <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a forecast of His coming undoubtedly contained not only in other sacred institutions<br> [2007] of the ancient Jews, but also in their circumcision of the <b>foreskin</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 36 xxxithe platonists opinion.htm</font><p><a href="/library/john/exposition_of_the_orthodox_faith/chapter_xxiii_against_the_jews_on.htm"><span class="l">Against the Jews on the Question of the Sabbath.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For the <b>foreskin</b> is nothing else than the skin which it superfluous to<br> the organ of lust. And, indeed, every pleasure which does <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xxiii against the jews on.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cyril/lectures_of_s_cyril_of_jerusalem/lecture_v_of_faith.htm"><span class="l">Of Faith.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And then, following upon our faith, we receive like him the spiritual seal, being<br> circumcised by the Holy Spirit through Baptism, not in the <b>foreskin</b> of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/lecture v of faith.htm</font><p><a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xvii.htm"><span class="l">Chapter xvii</span></a> <br><b>...</b> suggests in a type or symbol what obligations are laid upon those who stand in covenant<br> relation, with God, namely primarily to put away the <b>foreskin</b> of their <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xvii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/justin/dialogue_of_justin_philosopher_and_martyr_with_trypho/chapter_xxviii_true_righteousness_is_obtained.htm"><span class="l">True Righteousness is Obtained by Christ.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and circumcise the <b>foreskin</b> of your heart.'<br> [2019] Do not sow, therefore, among thorns, and in untilled ground, whence you <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xxviii true righteousness is obtained.htm</font><p><a href="/library/justin/dialogue_of_justin_philosopher_and_martyr_with_trypho/chapter_xv_in_what_the_true.htm"><span class="l">In what the True Fasting Consists.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> fat, and shall be as a watered garden, and as a fountain of water, or as a land<br> where water fails not.' [1981] Circumcise, therefore, the <b>foreskin</b> of your heart <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xv in what the true.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/foreskin.htm"><span class="l"><b>Foreskin</b> (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>FORESKIN</b>. <b>...</b><b>Foreskin</b> (12 Occurrences). Genesis<br> 17:11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your <b>foreskin</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/foreskin.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/foreskins.htm"><span class="l">Foreskins (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Foreskins (7 Occurrences). Genesis 17:11 And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh<br> of your <b>foreskin</b>; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt Me and you. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/foreskins.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/circumcised.htm"><span class="l">Circumcised (58 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Every male among you shall be circumcised. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV<br> NIV). Genesis 17:11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your <b>foreskin</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/circumcised.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/circumcise.htm"><span class="l">Circumcise (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To cut off the prepuce of <b>foreskin</b> of, in the<br> case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/circumcise.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ish'mael.htm"><span class="l">Ish'mael (40 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the<br> men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their <b>foreskin</b> in the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ish'mael.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/flint.htm"><span class="l">Flint (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> but tsur is used also for flint knives in Exodus 4:25, "Then Zipporah took a flint<br> (the King James Version "sharp stone"), and cut off the <b>foreskin</b> of her son <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/flint.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/male.htm"><span class="l">Male (303 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Genesis 17:14 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh<br> of his <b>foreskin</b>, that soul shall be cut off from his people. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/male.htm - 43k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/circumcision.htm"><span class="l">Circumcision (98 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> commonwealth. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The act of cutting off the prepuce<br> or <b>foreskin</b> of males, or the internal labia of females. 2 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/circumcision.htm - 53k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ishmael.htm"><span class="l">Ishmael (44 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among<br> the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their <b>foreskin</b> in the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ishmael.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vomiting.htm"><span class="l">Vomiting (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Habakkuk 2:16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy<br><b>foreskin</b> be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned to thee <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vomiting.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/circumcision.html">What does the Bible say about circumcision? What is the Christian view of circumcision? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Zipporah-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Zipporah in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/did-Moses-have-children.html">Did Moses have children? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/foreskin.htm">Foreskin: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Foreskin (12 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">Genesis 17:11</a></span><br />You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your <span class="boldtext">foreskin</span>. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/17-14.htm">Genesis 17:14</a></span><br />The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his <span class="boldtext">foreskin</span>, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/17-23.htm">Genesis 17:23</a></span><br />Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their <span class="boldtext">foreskin</span> in the same day, as God had said to him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/17-24.htm">Genesis 17:24</a></span><br />Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his <span class="boldtext">foreskin</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/17-25.htm">Genesis 17:25</a></span><br />Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his <span class="boldtext">foreskin</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/34-14.htm">Genesis 34:14</a></span><br />and say unto them, 'We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a <span class="boldtext">foreskin</span>: for it 'is' a reproach to us.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/4-25.htm">Exodus 4:25</a></span><br />Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the <span class="boldtext">foreskin</span> of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/12-3.htm">Leviticus 12:3</a></span><br />In the eighth day the flesh of his <span class="boldtext">foreskin</span> shall be circumcised. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16</a></span><br />Circumcise therefore the <span class="boldtext">foreskin</span> of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Jeremiah 4:4</a></span><br />Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">Jeremiah 9:25</a></span><br />Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the <span class="boldtext">foreskin</span>,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Habakkuk 2:16</a></span><br />Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy <span class="boldtext">foreskin</span> be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/f/foreskin.htm">Foreskin</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/foreskin.htm">Foreskin (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/michal.htm">Michal (18 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/king's.htm">King's (375 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/circumcised.htm">Circumcised (58 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/philistine.htm">Philistine (63 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/q/quench.htm">Quench (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/q/quenching.htm">Quenching (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p 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