kon-sizh´un (κατατομηÌ, katatomeÌ„Ì, “mutilation,†“cuttingâ€): A term by which Paul contemptuously designates the merely fleshly circumcision upon which the Judaizers insisted as being necessary for Gentile converts (), as distinguished from peritomeÌ„Ì, the true circumcision (). Compare and , and see CIRCUMCISION.