ΚΕΙΡΗΣ, κειρης
KEIRĒS, keirēs
Sounds Like: KEI-rays
Translations: to shear, to cut, to shave, to clip
From the root: ΚΕΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'κείρω' (keirō), meaning 'to shear' or 'to cut'. It refers to the act of cutting hair, wool, or other similar materials. It can be used in contexts like shearing sheep, cutting one's hair, or shaving.
Inflection: Second Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, Second Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2751 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 15:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΕΙΡΩ.
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.
- ΑΠΟΚΕΙΡΕΙΝ — to cut off, to shear, to shave
- ἘΚΕΙΡΑΤΟ — cut, shear, shave, cut oneself, shave oneself
- ἘΚΕΙΡΕ — he sheared, he cut, he shaved, he clipped
- ἘΚΕΙΡΕΝ — he sheared, he cut off, he shaved
- ἘΚΕΙΡΕΤΟ — was shorn, was cut, was clipped
- ΕΚΕΙΡΑΤΟ — he shaved, he cut his hair, he sheared, he had his hair cut, he had himself shaved
- ΕΚΕΙΡΩ — I sheared, I cut, I shaved
- ΕΚΙΡΕΝ — they cut, they sheared, they shaved, they clipped
- ΚΑΡΜΕΝΟΝ — cut, shorn, trimmed, having been cut, having been shorn, having been trimmed
- ΚΕΙΡ — cut, shear, shave
- ΚΕΙΡΑΙ — to shear, to cut, to shave
- ΚΕΙΡΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having shorn, having cut one's hair, having been shorn
- ΚΕΙΡΑΝΤΕΣ — having shorn, having cut, having shaved
- ΚΕΙΡΑΝΤΟΣ — of the one who shears, of the shearer, of the one who cuts, of the one who shaves
- ΚΕΙΡΑΣ — to shear, to cut the hair, to shave, to clip
- ΚΕΙΡΑΣΘΑΙ — to shear, to cut the hair, to shave
- ΚΕΙΡΑΣΘΩ — let her be shorn, let her be cut short, let her cut her hair short
- ΚΕΙΡΑΤΟ — he shaved, he cut, he sheared, he had his hair cut, he had his hair shaved
- ΚΕΙΡΕ — to shear, to cut, to shave, to clip
- ΚΕΙΡΕΙ — to shear, to cut, to clip, to shave
- ΚΕΙΡΕΙΝ — to shear, to cut, to shave
- ΚΕΙΡΕΣΘΑΙ — to shear, to cut hair, to shave, to be shorn, to be shaved
- ΚΕΙΡΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being shorn, being cut, shaving oneself, cutting one's hair
- ΚΕΙΡΟΝΤΑΣ — shearing, cutting, clipping, shaving, a shearing, a cutting, a clipping, a shaving
- ΚΕΙΡΟΝΤΕΣ — shearing, cutting, shaving
- ΚΕΙΡΟΝΤΟΣ — (of) shearing, (of) cutting, (of) shaving
- ΚΕΙΡΟΥΣΙΝ — they shear, they cut, they clip, they shave
- ΚΕΙΡΩ — to shear, to cut, to shave, to clip
- ΚΕΚΑΡΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having been shorn, having been cut, having been shaved
- ΚΕΚΑΡΜΕΝΩΝ — shorn, having been shorn, cut, having been cut, clipped, having been clipped
- ΚΕΡΕΙΣ — you will cut, you will shear, you will reap, you will shave
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