ΞΥΡΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ, ξυρησεσθαι
XYRĒSESTHAI, xyrēsesthai
Sounds Like: xoo-REE-ses-thai
Translations: to shave, to be shaved, to cut the hair, to be about to shave, to be about to be shaved
From the root: ΞΥΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a future middle/passive infinitive form of the verb 'to shave' or 'to cut the hair'. It refers to the act of removing hair from the body, typically the head or beard. In ancient contexts, this action was often associated with religious vows, purification rituals, or as a sign of mourning or dedication. As an infinitive, it functions like 'to shave' or 'to be shaved' in English, indicating the purpose or potential of an action.
Inflection: Future, Middle or Passive Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3587 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 15:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΞΥΡΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΞΥΡΗΣΑΝ — they shaved, they shaved off, they had shaved
- ἘΞΥΡΗΣΑΤΟ — he shaved himself, he had shaved himself
- ἘΞΥΡΗΣΕΝ — shaved, he shaved, she shaved, it shaved
- ΞΥΡΕΩ — to shave, to shear, to cut the hair
- ΞΥΡΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be shaved, to shave oneself
- ΞΥΡΗΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be shaved, to shave oneself
- ΞΥΡΗΘΗΣΕΣΘΕ — you will be shaven, you will shave yourselves
- ΞΥΡΗΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be shaved, shall be shaved
- ΞΥΡΗΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be shaved
- ΞΥΡΗΘΗΣΟΤΑΙ — will be shaved, will be shorn
- ΞΥΡΗΣΑΙ — to shave, shave
- ΞΥΡΗΣΑΣ — having shaved, having shorn, having cut the hair
- ΞΥΡΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to shave, to get shaved, to cut one's hair
- ΞΥΡΗΣΕΙ — he will shave, she will shave, it will shave
- ΞΥΡΗΣΕΙΣ — you will shave, you shall shave
- ΞΥΡΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will shave, shall shave
- ΞΥΡΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will shave, they will be shaved
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