To shave
ξυράωStrong’s G3587xuraō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Xuraō is the Greek word usually translated “shave” and “shaven”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.”
Meaning
Usually translated “shave” and “shaven”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they will shave 1
- shaven 1
- to be shaven 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Acts 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 11:5But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
- 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
ξυράω xuraō · to shave
ξυράω, -ῶ late form of ξυρέω (which see) : 1Co.11:6 (ξυρᾶσθαι, Rec. and Edd., but see: ξύρω).† ξύρω, rare form of ξυρέω (Veitch, see word), aor. mid., ξύρασθαιι (Bl., § 24, see word; Zorell, see word, etc.) for -ᾶσθαι (Rec., Edd.) : 1Co.11:6.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shave” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHAVE, verb transitive
preterit tense shaved; participle passive shaved or shaven.
- To cut or pare off something from the surface of the body by a razor or other edged instrument, by rubbing, scraping or drawing the instrument along the surface; as, tto shave the chin and cheeks; to shave the head of its hair.“He shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing” Numbers 6:9
- To shave off, to cut off.“Neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard” Leviticus 21:5
- To pare close.
- To cut off thin slices; or tho cut in thin slices.
All definitions and other forms of “shave”
- To skim along the surface near it; to sweep along.
- To strip; to oppress by extortion; to fleece.
- To make smooth by paring or cutting off slices; as, to shave hoops or staves.
SHAVE, noun
An instrument with a long blade and a handle at each end for shaving hoops, etc.; called also a drawing knife.
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.