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Strong's G3587 ξυράω (xyrao)

Xyrao means “shave” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3587 — ki (“burning”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3587
Language Greek
Linked Usages 25
Books 14

Strong's G3587 Quick Answer

Strong's G3587 ξυράω (xurao) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. xurao (xoo-rah'-o) v. 1. to shave or "shear" the hair [from a derivative of the same as G3586 (meaning a razor)] It has 25 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include shave. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
xurao (xoo-rah'-o) v. 1. to shave or "shear" the hair [from a derivative of the same as G3586 (meaning a razor)]
Usage
25 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
shave

Meaning and Definition

xurao (xoo-rah'-o) v. 1. to shave or "shear" the hair [from a derivative of the same as G3586 (meaning a razor)] KJV: shave Root(s): G3586

Original Word
ξυράω
Transliteration
xurao
Derivation
Root: ξύλον R1: 3586
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3587. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to shave

Usage: ξυράω, -ῶ late form of ξυρέω (which see) : 1Co.11:6 (ξυρᾶσθαι, Rec. and Edd., but see: ξύρω).† ξύρω, rare form of ξυρέω (Veitch, see word), aor. mid., ξύρασθαιι (Bl., § 24, see word; Zorell, see word, etc.) for -ᾶσθαι (Rec., Edd.) : 1Co.11:6.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3587 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render xurao, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

shave Acts 21:24

How Strong's G3587 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 21 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3587 (ξυράω) appears 27 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3587 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3587 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 21:24 KJV

Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

1 Corinthians 11:5 KJV

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

1 Corinthians 11:6 KJV

For 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.

Strong's G3587 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

21 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 41:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And Pharaoh having sent, called Joseph; and they brought him out from the prison, and shaved him, and changed his dress, and he came to Pharaoh.

Leviticus 13:33 Septuagint / Brenton

then the skin shall be shaven, but the scurf shall not be shaven; and the priest shall set aside the person having the scurf the second time for seven days.

Leviticus 13:34 Septuagint / Brenton

And the priest shall see the scurf on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf is not spread in the skin after the man’s being shaved, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow beneath the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his garments, and be clean.

Strong's G3587 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:30 Septuagint / Brenton

For how can they be called gods? because women set meat before the gods of silver, gold, and wood.

Usage Excerpts

First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3587.

Genesis 41:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh having sent, called Joseph; and they brought him out from the prison, and shaved him, and changed his dress, and he came to Pharaoh.
Leviticus 13:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the skin shall be shaven, but the scurf shall not be shaven; and the priest shall set aside the person having the scurf the second time for seven days.
Leviticus 13:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall see the scurf on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf is not spread in the skin after the man’s being shaved, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow beneath the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his garments, and be clean.
Leviticus 14:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man that has been cleansed shall wash his garments, and shall shave off all his hair, and shall wash himself in water, and shall be clean; and after that he shall go into the camp, and shall remain out of his house seven days.
Leviticus 14:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, he shall shave off all his hair, his head and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave; and he shall wash his garments, and wash his body with water, and shall be clean.
Leviticus 21:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh.
Numbers 6:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone should die suddenly by him, immediately the head of his vow shall be defiled; and he shall shave his head in whatever day he shall be purified: on the seventh day he shall be shaved.
Numbers 6:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that has vowed shall shave the head of his consecration by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall put the hairs on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offering.
Numbers 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened loaf from the basket, and one unleavened cake, and shall put them on the hands of the votary after he has shaved off his holy hair.
Deuteronomy 21:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and shouldest bring her within thy house: then shalt thou shave her head, and pare her nails;
Judges 16:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy one of God from my mother’s womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all other men.
Judges 16:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Delilah made Samson sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and he shaved the seven locks of his head, and she began to humble him, and his strength departed from him.
Judges 16:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.
2 Kingdoms 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hanun took the servants of David, and shaved their beards, and cut off their garments in the midst as far as their haunches, and sent them away.
1 Chronicles 19:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hanun took the servants of David, and shaved them, and cut off the half of their garments as far as their tunic, and sent them away.
Isaiah 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day the Lord shall shave with the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard.
Jeremiah 16:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall not bewail them, nor make cuttings for them, and they shall not shave themselves for them:
Jeremiah 31:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall all have their heads shaved in every place, and every beard shall be shaved; and all hands shall beat the breasts, and on all loins shall be sackcloth.
Jeremiah 48:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that there came men from Shechem, and from Salem, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and beating their breasts, and they had manna and frankincense in their hands, to bring them into the house of the Lord.
Ezekiel 44:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall not shave their heads, nor shall they pluck off their hair; they shall carefully cover their heads.
Micah 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shave thy hair, and make thyself bald for thy delicate children; increase thy widowhood as an eagle; for thy people are gone into captivity from thee.
Acts 21:24 New Testament, KJV
Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
1 Corinthians 11:5 New Testament, KJV
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
1 Corinthians 11:6 New Testament, KJV
For 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.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For how can they be called gods? because women set meat before the gods of silver, gold, and wood.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3587, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3587 FAQ

What does xyrao (ξυράω) mean?

Xyrao (Strong's G3587) is a Greek word most simply glossed "shave". xurao (xoo-rah'-o) v. 1. to shave or "shear" the hair [from a derivative of the same as G3586 (meaning a razor)]

How many times is xyrao (ξυράω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G3587 across 14 books.

Where can I study xyrao (ξυράω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3587 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate xyrao (ξυράω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shave. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3587 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 21 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3587, with linked reader references where each row is available.