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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).
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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 hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:33 - He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:34 - And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9 - But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh 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 baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:9 - And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:12 - Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare 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 unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from 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 - And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:22 - Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:4 - Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:4 - Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by 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 shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume 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, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5 - That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and 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: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:20 - Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 - Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
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