ξυράω
xyraō · shave
Greek word · Strong’s number G3587 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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xyraō (ξυράω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “shave”.
The head.
How to say it
xy·ra·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To remove all the hair of the head with a razor.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- be shaved ×1
- they may shave ×1
- who has been shaved ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 21:24
Take these men, purify yourself with them, and pay the expenses for them so that they may shave their head, and all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk in order, keeping the law.
- 1 Corinthians 11:5
But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head; for it is one and the same thing as the woman who has been shaved.
- 1 Corinthians 11:6
For if a woman is not covered, let her also have her hair cut short; but if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut short or to be shaved, let her be covered.