Lexical Summary keirō: to shear Original Word: κείρωTransliteration: keirō Phonetic Spelling: (ki'-ro) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to shear Meaning: to shear Strong's Concordance shearA primary verb; to shear -- shear(-er). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2751: κείρωκείρω; (1 aorist ἐκειρα (Acts 8:32 T WH marginal reading)); 1 aorist middle ἐκειραμην; from Homer down; to shear: a sheep, Acts 8:32 ((cf. above) from Isaiah 53:7). Middle to get or let be shorn (Winers Grammar, § 38, 2 b.; Buttmann, § 135, 4): τήν κεφαλήν, Acts 18:18; absolutely, of shearing or cutting short the hair of the head, 1 Corinthians 11:6 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 43, 1). |
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