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Philippians 3:5

Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

KJV

περιτομῇ ὀκταήμερος, ἐκ γένους Ἰσραήλ, φυλῆς Βενιαμείν, Ἑβραῖος ἐξ Ἑβραίων, κατὰ νόμον Φαρισαῖος,

Greek NT

circumcisus octavo die, ex genere Israël, de tribu Benjamin, Hebræus ex Hebræis, secundum legem pharisæus,

Vulgate

circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

ASV

Being circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews. According to the law, a Pharisee:

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People Benjamin

In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βενιαμίν
beniamin
noun · 4×
Φαρισαῖος
pharisaios
noun · 101×
γένος
genos
noun · 20×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
περιτομή
peritome
noun · 36×
φυλή
phule
noun · 31×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
Ἑβραῖος
ebraios
adjective · 4×
Ἰσραήλ
israel
noun · 68×
ὀκταήμερος
oktaemeros
adjective · 1×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 11:22 — Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
  • 2Cor 11:22 — Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
  • Acts 6:1 — And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
  • Acts 15:5 — But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
  • Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
  • Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
  • Acts 23:6 — But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection o
  • Acts 23:6 — But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection o
  • Acts 26:4 — My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
  • Acts 26:4 — My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
  • Gen 17:12 — And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
  • Gen 17:12 — And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
  • John 1:24 — And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
  • John 7:21 — Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
  • Lev 12:3 — And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
  • Luke 1:59 — And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
  • Luke 1:59 — And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
  • Luke 2:21 — And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
  • Luke 5:38 — But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
  • Rom 7:9 — For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
  • Rom 11:1 — I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
  • Rom 11:1 — I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.