greek #3587 - ξυράω xurao (to shave)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance shave. From a derivative of the same as xulon (meaning a razor); to shave or "shear" the hair -- shave. see GREEK xulon Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 3587: ξυράωξυράω (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): τήνκεφαλήν, Acts 21:21 (the Sept. Numbers 6:9, 19: Leviticus 21:5; τάςὀφρύας, Herodotus 2, 66; τόσῶμα, 2, 37).Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Greek: 3587. ξυράω (xurao) — 3 OccurrencesActs 21:24 - V-FIM-3P 1 Corinthians 11:5 - V-RPM/P-DFS 1 Corinthians 11:6 - V-PNM/P |