To shear
κείρωStrong’s G2751keirō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Keirō is the Greek word usually translated “shearing”, “having shaved” and “should be shorn”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:”
Meaning
Usually translated “shearing”, “having shaved” and “should be shorn”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- shearing 1
- having shaved 1
- she should be shorn 1
- to be shorn 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 18:18And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
- 1 Corinthians 11:6For 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.
Greek dictionary
κείρω keirō · to shear
κείρω [in LXX chiefly for גָּזַז, Isa.53:7, al. ;] to cut short the hair, shear: a sheep, Act.8:32 (Isa, l.with). Mid., to have one's hair cut off, be shorn: absol., 1Co.11:6; τ-. κεφαλήν, Act.18:18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shear” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHEAR, verb transitive
preterit tense sheared; participle passive sheared or shorn. The old preterit tense shore is entirely obsolete.
- To cut or clip something from the surface with an instrument of two blades; to separate any thing from the surface by shears, scissors or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
- To separate by shears; as, to shear a fleece.
- To reap. [Not in use.] Scotish.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.