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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ξυράω

(Strong's #3587 — Verb — xurao — xoo-rah'-o )

a late form of xureo, or xuro, from xuron, "a razor," occurs in Acts 21:24 (Middle Voice), in connection with a vow ( Numbers 6:2-18; cp. Acts 18:18 : see SHEAR); 1 Corinthians 11:5,6 (2nd part in each).

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Shave'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/shave.html. 1940.
 
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