Strong's Lexicon
G2751 — κείρω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2751 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κείρω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | keiro |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kei'-ro |
| Meaning: | 1. to shear |
| KJV Renderings: | shear(-er) |
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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).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κείρω (shear(-er))
Acts 8:32
- KJV: The place of the scripture which he read was this He was led as a sheep to the slaughter and like a lamb dumb before his shearer so opened he not his mouth
- GK: η δε περιοχή της γραφής ην ανεγίνωσκεν ην αύτη ως πρόβατον επί σφαγήν ήχθη και ως αμνός εναντίον του κείροντος αυτόν άφωνος ούτως ουκ ανοίγει το στόμα αυτού
Acts 18:18
- KJV: And Paul tarried yet a good while and then took his leave of the brethren and sailed thence into Syria and with him Priscilla and Aquila having shorn head in Cenchrea for he had a vow
- GK: ο δε Παύλος έτι προσμείνας ημέρας ικανάς τοις αδελφοίς αποταξάμενος εξέπλει εις την Συρίαν και συν αυτώ Πρίσκιλλα και Ακύλας κειράμενος την κεφαλήν εν Κεγχρεαίς είχε γαρ ευχήν
1 Corinthians 11:6
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