02751

@LINK κείρω

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2751. κείρω I. to cut the hair short, shear, clip, Il., Hdt., Eur.:— Mid. to cut off one's hair or have it cut off, as in deep mourning, Hom., Eur., etc.:—Pass., βοστρύχους κεκαρμένος having one's locks cut off, Eur.; κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς to have their heads shorn, in sign of mourning, Hdt.: of the hair, to be cut off, Pind.
II. to cut or hew out, Il.; ὕλην Soph.
III. to ravage a country, by cutting down the crops and fruit-trees, Hdt., Thuc.:—Pass., of a country, to be ravaged, Thuc.:—Mid., Ἄρης πλάκα κερσάμενος having had the plain swept clean (by destroying the men), Aesch.
IV. generally, to destroy, and so,
1. to tear, eat greedily, Lat. depasci, of beasts, Hom.; ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον, i. e. he slaughtered many a horned beast, Soph.
2. of the suitors, to consume, waste one's substance, Od.

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2751. κείρω keivrw keiro {ki'-ro}
a primary verb; to shear:--shear(-er).

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2751 choriy kho-ree'

from the same as 2353; white bread:--white.
see HEBREW for 02353