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Lexicon :: Strong's G3587 - xyraō

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ξυράω
Transliteration
xyraō (Key)
Pronunciation
xoo-rah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of the same as ξύλον (G3586) (meaning a razor)
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Strong’s Definitions

ξυράω xyráō, xoo-rah'-o; from a derivative of the same as G3586 (meaning a razor); to shave or "shear" the hair:—shave.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3587 in the following manner: shave (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3587 in the following manner: shave (3x).

  1. to shear, shave

  2. to get one's self shaved

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ξυράω xyráō, xoo-rah'-o; from a derivative of the same as G3586 (meaning a razor); to shave or "shear" the hair:—shave.
STRONGS G3587:
ξυράω (a later form, from Diodorus (1, 84) down, for ξυρέω, which the earlier writers used from Herodotus down; (Winers Grammar, 24; Buttmann, 63 (55); especially Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 53)), ξυρῷ: perfect passive participle ἐξυρημενος; middle, present infinitive ξυρᾶσθαι (for which some would read (1 Corinthians 11:6) ξυρᾶσθαι (1 aorist middle infinitive from ξυρῷ); see WH's Appendix, p. 166); 1 aorist subjunctive 3 person plural ξυρήσωνται (but T Tr WH read the future ξυρήσονται); (from ξυρόν a razor, and this from ξύω); the Sept. for גִּלַּח; to shear, shave: passive 1 Corinthians 11:5; middle to get oneself shaved, 1 Corinthians 11:6; 1 Corinthians 11:6; with an accusative specifying the object more precisely (cf. Buttmann, § 134, 7; Winer's Grammar, § 32, 5): τήν κεφαλήν, Acts 21:21 (the Sept. Numbers 6:9, 19: Leviticus 21:5; τάς ὀφρύας, Herodotus 2, 66; τό σῶμα, 2, 37).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
21:5
Numbers
6:9; 6:19
Acts
21:21
1 Corinthians
11:5; 11:6; 11:6; 11:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3587 matches the Greek ξυράω (xyraō),
which occurs 26 times in 21 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:33 - “he shall shave himself, but the scale he shall not shave. And the priest shall isolate the one who has the scale another seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:34 - “On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scale; and indeed if the scale has not spread over the skin, and does not appear deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - “He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9 - “But on the seventh day he shall shave all the hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows—all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes and wash his body in water, and he shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:5 - ‘They shall not make any bald place on their heads, nor shall they shave the edges of their beards nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:9 - ‘And if anyone dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - ‘Then the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - ‘And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them upon the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:12 - “then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - that he told her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him,[fn] and his strength left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:22 - However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:4 - Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of their beards, cut off their garments in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:4 - Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor,
With those from beyond the River,[fn] with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:6 - “Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5 - that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - “For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped;
On all the hands shall be cuts, and on the loins sackcloth—

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:20 - “They shall neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but they shall keep their hair well trimmed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 - Make yourself bald and cut off your hair,
Because of your precious children;
Enlarge your baldness like an eagle,
For they shall go from you into captivity.
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