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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 3 times in 3 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:24 - these having taken, be purified with them, and be at expence with them, that they may shave the head, and all may know that the things of which they have been instructed concerning thee are nothing, but thou dost walk -- thyself also -- the law keeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:5 - and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:6 - for if a woman is not covered -- then let her be shorn, and if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven -- let her be covered;
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