Razor. Besides other usages, the practice of shaving the head, after the completion of a vow, must have created, among the Jews, a necessity for the special trade of a barber. Lev 14:8; Num 6:9; Num 6:18; Num 8:7; Jdg 13:5; Isa 7:20; Eze 5:1; Act 18:18. The instruments of his work were probably, as in modern times, the razor, the basin, the mirror, and perhaps, also the scissors. See 2Sa 14:26. Like the Levites, the Egyptian priests were accustomed to shave their whole bodies.
RAZOR.—See Hair and Knife.
Psa 52:2 (a) The tongue of a gossip or a wicked person cuts into the heart and soul of the person who is talked about. It injures easily and hurts deeply.
Isa 7:20 (a) This is the largest razor in all the world. It is the King of Assyria, who was to take away from Israel much of their possessions and many of their people. GOD would use this king to punish His people Israel.