p. bcad/ f. gcad/ imp. chod/ [lit. fore + skin + cut]
Biblical: to give the covenant sign of the Jews: zhag brgyad pa la byis pa'i mdun lpags gcod du 'ongs nas/ on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child (Lk. 1:59), mdun lpags gcod pa'i srung bya/ the custom of circumcising (Acts 7:8), kho'i mdun lpags bcad do/ he circumcised him (Acts 16:3). Euphemisms for circumcis(ed)(ion) include: 1) gcod pa/ cut gcod pa'i phan ci 'dug what value is there in circumcision? (Rom. 3:1 SV), gcod pa dang ldan pa rnams kyi pha/ the father of the circumcised (Rom. 4:12 SV); 2) ya hu da pa/ for those who are circumcised: dad par gyur pa'i ya hu da pa rnams/ the circumcised believers (Acts 10:45); 3) rtags/ [lit. sign or mark] ya hu da pa'i rtags phan no/ circumcision has value (Rom. 2:25), lus khar rtags med kyang bka' khrims srung ba/ the one who does not have physical circumcision but keeps the Law (Rom. 2:27), rtags len pa thams cad/ all who take circumcision (Gal. 5:3).