Quick Definition
I shear, cut the hair of
Strong's Definition
to shear
Derivation: a primary verb;
KJV Usage: shear(-er)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κείρω; (1 aorist ἐκειρα (Act_8:32 T WH marginal reading)); 1 aorist middle ἐκειραμην; from Homer down; to shear: a sheep, Act_8:32 ((cf. above) from Isa_53:7). Middle to get or let be shorn (Winers Grammar, § 38, 2 b.; Buttmann, § 135, 4): τήν κεφαλήν, Act_18:18; absolutely, of shearing or cutting short the hair of the head, 1Co_11:6 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 43, 1).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κείρω keirō 4x
to cut off the hair, shear, shave, Act_8:32 ; Act_18:18 ; 1Co_11:6 (2x)
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κείρω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1494 , Isa_53:7 , al. ;]
to cut short the hair, shear: a sheep, Act_8:32 (Isa, l.c .). Mid ., to have one's hair cut off, be shorn: absol. , 1Co_11:6 ; τ -. κεφαλήν , Act_18:18 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κείρω [page 339]
κείρω is used of shearing sheep in PSI IV. 368 .45 (B.C. 250 49) ἐκάρη πρόβατα ρ̄ῑε̄ , cf. .61 ἔκειρε ζ̄ . For the derived meaning ravage (cf. Lat. tondeo and our fleece ) see OGIS 765 .10 (iii/B.C.) κείρο [ντ ]ες τ [ὰ ] τεμένη , and the corresponding use of the subst. = plur der, theft, in P Lond 403 .12 (A.D. 346) (=11. p. 276) ἣ [ν τ ]ῶν προβάτων κο̣υ̣ρὰν καὶ ἀπελασίαν . A new literary citation is supplied by Herondas iii. 40 τὴν μάμμην . . κείρει , he fleeces his grandmother.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κείρω "to cut" the hair "short, shear, clip", Il. , Hdt. , Eur. :— Mid. "to cut off one's" hair or "have" it "cut off", as in deep mourning, Hom. , Eur. , etc.:—Pass., βοστρύχους κεκαρμένος "having one's" locks "cut off", Eur. ; κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς "to have" their heads "shorn", in sign of mourning, Hdt. : of the hair, "to be cut off", Pind. "to cut or hew out", Il. ; ὕλην Soph. "to ravage" a country, "by cutting down" the crops and fruit-trees, Hdt. , Thuc. :—Pass., of a country, "to be ravaged", Thuc. :—Mid., Ἄρης πλάκα κερσάμενος "having had" the plain "swept clean" (by destroying the men), Aesch. generally, "to destroy", and so, "to tear, eat greedily", Lat. depasci, of beasts, Hom. ; ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον, i. e. he slaughtered many a horned beast, Soph. of the suitors, "to consume, waste" one's substance, Od.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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