Abraham = "father of a multitude"

1. the son of Terah and the founder of the Jewish nation

having the foreskin, uncircumcised

a Gentile

a condition in which the corrupt desires rooted in the flesh were not yet extinct

for

in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God

1. the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved of God

2. integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking feeling, and acting

in a narrower sense, justice or the virtue which gives each his due

into, unto, to, towards, for, among

upon, on, at, by, before

of position, on, at, by, over, against

to, over, on, at, across, against

either, or, than

and, also, even, indeed, but

to say, to speak

1. affirm over, maintain

2. to teach

3. to exhort, advise, to command, direct

4. to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say

5. to call by name, to call, name

6. to speak out, speak of, mention

to reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over

1. to take into account, to make an account of

   1. metaph. to pass to one's account, to impute

   2. a thing is reckoned as or to be something, i.e. as availing for or equivalent to something, as having the like force and weight

2. to number among, reckon with

3. to reckon or account

to reckon inward, count up or weigh the reasons, to deliberate

by reckoning up all the reasons, to gather or infer

1. to consider, take into account, weigh, meditate on

2. to suppose, deem, judge

3. to determine, purpose, decide

   This word deals with reality. If I reckon (logizomai) that my bank book has $25 in it, it has $25 in it. Otherwise I am deceiving myself. This word refers more to fact than supposition or opinion.

declaration of blessedness

to utter a declaration of blessedness upon one

to pronounce one blessed

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

that, because, since

then, therefore, accordingly, consequently, these things being so

this, these, etc.

circumcised

1. the act or rite of circumcision, "they of the circumcision" is a term used of the Jews

   1. of Christians gathered from among the Jews

   2. the state of circumcision

2. metaph.

   1. of Christians separated from the unclean multitude and truly consecrated to God

   2. the extinction of passions and the removal of spiritual impurity

conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it

1. relating to God

   1. the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ

2. relating to Christ

   1. a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God

3. the religious beliefs of Christians

4. belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same

fidelity, faithfulness

1. the character of one who can be relied on