G3587

G3587 — ξυράω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekxuraoverbOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

xurao (xoo-rah'-o) v. 1. to shave or "shear" the hair [from a derivative of the same as G3586 (meaning a razor)] KJV: shave Root(s): G3586

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KJV Renderings

shave

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

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 (1Co 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 âÄÌìÇÌç; to shear, shave: passive 1Co 11:5; middle to get oneself shaved, 1Co 11:6; 1Co 11:6; with an accusative specifying the object more precisely (cf. Buttmann, § 134, 7; Winer’s Grammar, § 32, 5): τήν κεφαλήν, Act 21:21 (the Sept. Num 6:9; Num 6:19: Lev 21:5; τάς ὀφρύας, Herodotus 2, 66; τό σῶμα, 2, 37).

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ξυράω (shave)

Acts 21:24

KJV: Them take and purify thyself with them and be at charges with them that they may shave heads and all may know that those things whereof they were informed concerning thee are nothing but thou thyself also walkest orderly and keepest the law

GK: τούτους παραλαβών αγνίσθητι συν αυτοίς και δαπάνησον επ΄ αυτοίς ίνα ξυρήσωνται την κεφαλήν και γνώσι πάντες ότι ων κατήχηνται περί σου ουδέν εστιν αλλά στοιχείς και αυτός τον νόμον φυλάσσων

1 Corinthians 11:5

KJV: But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with head uncovered dishonoureth her head for that is even all one as if she were shaven

GK: πάσα δε γυνή προσευχομένη η προφητεύουσα ακατακαλύπτω τη κεφαλή καταισχύνει την κεφαλήν εαυτής εν γαρ εστι και το αυτό τη εξυρημένη

1 Corinthians 11:6

KJV: For if the woman be not covered let her also be shorn but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven let her be covered

GK: ει γαρ ου κατακαλύπτεται γυνή και κειράσθω ει δε αισχρόν γυναικί το κείρασθαι η ξυράσθαι κατακαλυπτέσθω