κείρω

Etymology
From, from , -present from the root. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to shear, shave, cut hair short
 * 2) * The Greek New Testament, Acts 8:32:
 * ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη· καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείραντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος, οὕτως οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ.
 * He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.
 * 1) * The Greek New Testament, Acts 18:18:
 * κειράμενος τὴν κεφαλήν ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς· εἶχε γὰρ εὐχήν.
 * having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
 * 1) to ravage, waste
 * 2) to destroy, consume, devour
 * 3) to cut short, lessen, reduce