ἈΠΕΚΕΙΡΑΤΟ, ἀπεκειρατο
APEKEIRATO, apekeirato
Sounds Like: ah-peh-KAY-rah-toh
Translations: cut off, shave, shear, to cut off, to shave, to shear
From the root: ΑΠΟΚΕΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἀπό (apo), meaning 'from' or 'off', and the verb κείρω (keirō), meaning 'to cut' or 'to shear'. Therefore, it means 'to cut off' or 'to shave completely'. It is used to describe the act of cutting hair, wool, or other things from a surface.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Indicative Mood, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G612 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 11:267
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.
- ἈΠΟΚΕΙΡΕΙ — to shear, to cut off, to shave
- ΑΠΕΚΕΙΡΑΤΟ — he shaved, he cut his hair, he sheared
- ΑΠΟΚΕΙΡΕΙ — he shears, he shaves, he cuts off, he cuts his hair
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