Strong G2751κείρω
to shear
- Transliteration
- keirō
- Pronunciation
- ki'-ro
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to shear: - shear (-er).
Detailed definition
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.†
(AS)
[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.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2751 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shorn2
- let1
- shearer1
First verses
- Acts 8:32The 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:
- Acts 18:18And Paul after this tarried there 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 his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
- 1 Corinthians 11:6For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κείρω,
future κερῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 471a)], Ionic dialect κερέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.146)]: aorist ἔκειρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.37, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1173, etc.)], Epic dialect ἔκερσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.546 (ἀπο-, in tmesi), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 666 (Lyric poetry))]: perfect κέκαρκα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Sammelb.” 6002 (2nd c.BC), (περι-) 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 32)]:—middle, future κεροῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1183, (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89b)]: aorist ἐκειράμἡν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.60, etc.)], Epic dialect ἐκερσάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 311, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 953 (Lyric poetry):)] —passive, aorist 1 participle κερθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((variant καρθ-) 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.82:)]aorist 2 ἐκάρην [ᾰ] [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.368.45 (3rd c.BC))], subjunctive κᾰρῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.127,)]infinitive κᾰρῆναι, participle καρείς, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 1)]: perfect infinitive κεκάρθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.36)]: Attic dialect pluperfect ἐκεκάρμην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 5)]. (Cf. Sanskrit kṛṇā´ti 'wound', Latin caro: probably also O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] scieran, Eng. shear.):—cut short, shear, clip, especially of hair, σοί τε κόμην κερέειν (i.e. Σπερχειῷ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.146, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.37.3)]; κ. ἐν χρ [τὰς τρίχας] crop it close, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.175; ἀλόχων κείραντες ἔθειραν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1124 (Lyric poetry))]: —more frequently in middle, cut off one's hair or have it cut off, as a sign of mourning (compare κουρά), τοῦτο.. γέρας οἶον ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσι, κείρασθαί τε κόμην βαλέειν τ᾽ ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.198, compare 24.46, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.46; πολύν σοι βοστρύχων πλόκαμον κεροῦμαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1183; κείρομαι κόμαν [prev. author] “Ph.” 322 (Lyric poetry))]: absolutely, cut off one's hair, κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HF” 1390; ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἡ πόλις ἐπένθησε καὶ ἐκείρατο 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.211, etc.; ἄξιον ἦν ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ τάφῳ κείρασθαι τῇ Ἑλλάδι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator [same place]: Comedy texts, πρὸς φθεῖρα κείρασθαι)] to have oneself close shorn, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 32)]:—passive, κουρᾷ.. πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 458)]; σύμβολον κ. half-cropped, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 14; τὰ ῥόδα κ. 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.29)]; also, of the hair, to be cut off, πλόκαμοι κερθέντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.82; βοστρύχους κεκαρμένους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 515.)]
2 crop a person, σφέας αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἵππους, in sign of mourning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.24)]; κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς to have their heads shorn, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.36; Θρᾳκιστὶ κέκαρμαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.46; see at {χρώς} I.2, ἐγκυτί)]; shear sheep, μάχαιραι κουρίδες, αἷς κείρομεν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς ποιμένας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 37)]; κείρεσθαί (tonderi) μου τὰ πρόβατα, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀποξύρεσθαι (deglubi) βούλομαι Tiber. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.10 (compare below 3))]; τὸ μὲν [καρῆναι] ἐπὶ προβάτων τιθέασι καὶ ἐπὶ ἀτίμου κουρᾶς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 6), κείρασθαι δὲ ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 292)]; but τῶν Ἀργείων ἐπὶ πένθει καρέντων Plu.[same place]; τῷ σε χρὴ δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.368 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator Antec.).)]
3 metaphorically, 'fleece', plunder, τὴν μάμμην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.39.)]
II cut down, δοῦρ᾽ ἐλάτης κέρσαντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.450; ὕλην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1196)]; crop close, opposed to ἐπιτέμνειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.23.3)]; pluck, ἄνθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.5: _metaphorically_, ἐκ λεχέων κ. μελιαδέα ποίαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.37; Ἄρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 666 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 ravage a country, especially by cutting down crops and fruit-trees, τὸ πεδίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.63; τέμενος [prev. author] 6.75, compare “OGI” 765.10 (from Priene))]; τὴν γῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.99, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.64; χώραν 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 15.9)]; destroy, πόλιν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 1.60)] P.; also, clear, of pioneers, ὄρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.131)]:—passive, of a country, to be ravaged, καρῆναι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.127, compare 8.65; κεκαρμένα κτήματα “SIG” 364.67 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC):)] —middle, χθὼν πεύκας κειραμένη having its pine-trees cut down, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 9.106 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus); ἄρουραι λήϊα κειράμεναι 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 166: _metaphorically_, Σπάρτη.. ἐκείρατο δόξαν)] had her glory shorn off, epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.15.6)]; Ἄρης νυχίαν πλάκα κερσάμενος having had the plain swept clean (by destroying the men), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 953 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον slaughtered many a horned beast by hewing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 55.)]
II.4 hew, carve, ἐπίβασιν [Refs (“Inscription Cyprian dialect” 99 H.)]
II.5 cut through transversely, opposed to σχίζειν (slit longitudinally), φλέβα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.11.3.)]
III generally, destroy, consume:
III.1 tear, eat greedily, of beasts, κείρει τ᾽ εἰσελθὼν βαθὺ λήϊον [ὄνος] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.560)]; of fish, δημὸν.. ἐπινεφρίδιον κείροντες [Refs (21.204)]; of vultures, ἧπαρ ἔκειρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.578, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 1.1, “DMort.” 30.1.)]
III.2 metaphorically, waste, devour, ἐκείρετε πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλὰ κτήματ᾽ ἐμά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.312; ἔκειρον κτήματ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ 22.369, etc.: _absolutely_, κείρετε (i.e. βίοτον) 1.378.)]
future κερῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 471a)], Ionic dialect κερέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.146)]: aorist ἔκειρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.37, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1173, etc.)], Epic dialect ἔκερσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.546 (ἀπο-, in tmesi), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 666 (Lyric poetry))]: perfect κέκαρκα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Sammelb.” 6002 (2nd c.BC), (περι-) 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 32)]:—middle, future κεροῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1183, (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89b)]: aorist ἐκειράμἡν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.60, etc.)], Epic dialect ἐκερσάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 311, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 953 (Lyric poetry):)] —passive, aorist 1 participle κερθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((variant καρθ-) 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.82:)]aorist 2 ἐκάρην [ᾰ] [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.368.45 (3rd c.BC))], subjunctive κᾰρῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.127,)]infinitive κᾰρῆναι, participle καρείς, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 1)]: perfect infinitive κεκάρθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.36)]: Attic dialect pluperfect ἐκεκάρμην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 5)]. (Cf. Sanskrit kṛṇā´ti 'wound', Latin caro: probably also O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] scieran, Eng. shear.):—cut short, shear, clip, especially of hair, σοί τε κόμην κερέειν (i.e. Σπερχειῷ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.146, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.37.3)]; κ. ἐν χρ [τὰς τρίχας] crop it close, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.175; ἀλόχων κείραντες ἔθειραν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1124 (Lyric poetry))]: —more frequently in middle, cut off one's hair or have it cut off, as a sign of mourning (compare κουρά), τοῦτο.. γέρας οἶον ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσι, κείρασθαί τε κόμην βαλέειν τ᾽ ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.198, compare 24.46, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.46; πολύν σοι βοστρύχων πλόκαμον κεροῦμαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1183; κείρομαι κόμαν [prev. author] “Ph.” 322 (Lyric poetry))]: absolutely, cut off one's hair, κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HF” 1390; ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἡ πόλις ἐπένθησε καὶ ἐκείρατο 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.211, etc.; ἄξιον ἦν ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ τάφῳ κείρασθαι τῇ Ἑλλάδι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator [same place]: Comedy texts, πρὸς φθεῖρα κείρασθαι)] to have oneself close shorn, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 32)]:—passive, κουρᾷ.. πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 458)]; σύμβολον κ. half-cropped, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 14; τὰ ῥόδα κ. 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.29)]; also, of the hair, to be cut off, πλόκαμοι κερθέντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.82; βοστρύχους κεκαρμένους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 515.)]
2 crop a person, σφέας αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἵππους, in sign of mourning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.24)]; κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς to have their heads shorn, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.36; Θρᾳκιστὶ κέκαρμαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.46; see at {χρώς} I.2, ἐγκυτί)]; shear sheep, μάχαιραι κουρίδες, αἷς κείρομεν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς ποιμένας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 37)]; κείρεσθαί (tonderi) μου τὰ πρόβατα, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀποξύρεσθαι (deglubi) βούλομαι Tiber. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.10 (compare below 3))]; τὸ μὲν [καρῆναι] ἐπὶ προβάτων τιθέασι καὶ ἐπὶ ἀτίμου κουρᾶς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 6), κείρασθαι δὲ ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 292)]; but τῶν Ἀργείων ἐπὶ πένθει καρέντων Plu.[same place]; τῷ σε χρὴ δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.368 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator Antec.).)]
3 metaphorically, 'fleece', plunder, τὴν μάμμην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.39.)]
II cut down, δοῦρ᾽ ἐλάτης κέρσαντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.450; ὕλην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1196)]; crop close, opposed to ἐπιτέμνειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.23.3)]; pluck, ἄνθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.5: _metaphorically_, ἐκ λεχέων κ. μελιαδέα ποίαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.37; Ἄρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 666 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 ravage a country, especially by cutting down crops and fruit-trees, τὸ πεδίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.63; τέμενος [prev. author] 6.75, compare “OGI” 765.10 (from Priene))]; τὴν γῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.99, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.64; χώραν 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 15.9)]; destroy, πόλιν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 1.60)] P.; also, clear, of pioneers, ὄρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.131)]:—passive, of a country, to be ravaged, καρῆναι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.127, compare 8.65; κεκαρμένα κτήματα “SIG” 364.67 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC):)] —middle, χθὼν πεύκας κειραμένη having its pine-trees cut down, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 9.106 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus); ἄρουραι λήϊα κειράμεναι 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 166: _metaphorically_, Σπάρτη.. ἐκείρατο δόξαν)] had her glory shorn off, epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.15.6)]; Ἄρης νυχίαν πλάκα κερσάμενος having had the plain swept clean (by destroying the men), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 953 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον slaughtered many a horned beast by hewing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 55.)]
II.4 hew, carve, ἐπίβασιν [Refs (“Inscription Cyprian dialect” 99 H.)]
II.5 cut through transversely, opposed to σχίζειν (slit longitudinally), φλέβα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.11.3.)]
III generally, destroy, consume:
III.1 tear, eat greedily, of beasts, κείρει τ᾽ εἰσελθὼν βαθὺ λήϊον [ὄνος] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.560)]; of fish, δημὸν.. ἐπινεφρίδιον κείροντες [Refs (21.204)]; of vultures, ἧπαρ ἔκειρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.578, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 1.1, “DMort.” 30.1.)]
III.2 metaphorically, waste, devour, ἐκείρετε πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλὰ κτήματ᾽ ἐμά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.312; ἔκειρον κτήματ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ 22.369, etc.: _absolutely_, κείρετε (i.e. βίοτον) 1.378.)]