Quick Definition
I shave
Strong's Definition
to shave or "shear" the hair
Derivation: from a derivative of the same as G3586 (ξύλον) (meaning a razor);
KJV Usage: shave
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ξυράω (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 (1Co_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 βΔΜμΗΜη; to shear, shave: passive 1Co_11:5; middle to get oneself shaved, 1Co_11:6; 1Co_11:6; with an accusative specifying the object more precisely (cf. Buttmann, § 134, 7; Winer's Grammar, § 32, 5): τήν κεφαλήν, Act_21:21 (the Sept. Num_6:9; Num_6:19 : Lev_21:5; τάς ὀφρύας, Herodotus 2, 66; τό σῶμα, 2, 37).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χυράω xyraō 3x
to cut off the hair, shear, shave, Act_21:24 ; 1Co_11:5-6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ξυράω , -ῶ ,
late form of ξυρέω ( q.v. ) : 1Co_11:6 (ξυρᾶσθαι , Rec. and Edd., but see ξύρω ).†
ξυρέω , -ῶ
( < ξυρόν , a razor ),
[in LXX (also -άω ) chiefly for H1548 pi ., pu .;]
(no ex . of Pres . -έω ), to shave: pass . and mid ., to shave oneself, have oneself shaved , aor. , Act_21:24 ; pf . ( Att. .), 1Co_11:5 .†
ξύρω ,
rare form of ξυρέω ( Veitch , s.v. ),
aor. mid ., ξύρασθαιι (Bl., § 24, s . v .; Zorell , s . v ., etc.) for -ᾶσθαι ( Rec. , Edd.) : 1Co_11:6 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ξυράω [page 435]
In 1Co_11:6 most editors accentuate ξυρᾶσθαι pres. mid. to go shaven, but in view of the immediately preceding aor. κείρασθαι , it is probably better to read ξύρασθαι , aor. mid. of ξύρω , a form found in Plutarch (see Veitch s.v. ) : cf. WH Notes .2 , p. 172, Moulton Gr. ii. p. 200f. For ξυρητής (not in LS), one who shaves, see BGU II. 630 v. 10 ( c. A.D. 200) : ξύρησις , baldness, is found in Isa_22:12 . MGr ξ (ο )υρίζω .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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