ΑΠΟΚΕΙΡΕΙ, αποκειρει
APOKEIREI, apokeirei
Sounds Like: ah-po-KEE-ray
Translations: he shears, he shaves, he cuts off, he cuts his hair
From the root: ΑΠΟΚΕΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to shear', 'to shave', or 'to cut off'. It is often used in the context of cutting hair or wool. It implies a complete removal or cutting away from something. For example, it could describe someone cutting their own hair or someone else's hair, or shearing sheep.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Present Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G0612 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΚΕΙΡΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΕΚΕΙΡΑΤΟ — cut off, shave, shear, to cut off, to shave, to shear
- ἈΠΟΚΕΙΡΕΙ — to shear, to cut off, to shave
- ΑΠΕΚΕΙΡΑΤΟ — he shaved, he cut his hair, he sheared
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