Surgery

The physical removal of part of the human body, either in response to severe illness or as a form of punishment.

Medical surgery

Ezekiel 30:21

Punitive surgery

Deuteronomy 25:12; Judges 1:6–7; 1 Samuel 17:51, 1 Samuel 31:9; 2 Samuel 4:7, 2 Samuel 4:12; 2 Kings 25:7

Ritual or cultural surgery

Castration

The primary meaning of eunuch'' in the OT iscourt officer'' and need not always imply castration; similarly with the NT counterpart: 2 Kings 20:18; Esther 2:3; Isaiah 56:3; Matthew 19:12; Acts 8:27

Circumcision

Genesis 17:10–14; Exodus 4:25; Leviticus 12:3; Joshua 5:8; Luke 2:21

Dismemberment

A solemn call to the nation to act: Judges 19:29; 1 Samuel 11:7

Ear piercing

Exodus 21:5–6 There may be a reference to this in Psalm 40:6.

Pagan mutilation

Leviticus 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28

Animal sacrifices

Genesis 15:10; Exodus 29:17; Leviticus 1:6, Leviticus 1:12, Leviticus 3:9

Miraculous surgery

Genesis 2:21–22; Luke 22:50–51

Spiritual surgery

Heart transplant

Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Amputation

Matthew 5:29–30 Jesus Christ is using hyperbole (deliberate exaggeration) to stress the need at times for radical action. See also Matthew 18:8–9; Mark 9:43–47

If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.

Grafting

Romans 11:17–24

Pruning

Isaiah 18:5; John 15:1–2

Felling

Isaiah 10:33–34; Luke 3:9