Ancient Greek lemma · Strong’s G3587

ξυράω

xyrao · /xoo-rah'-o/ — “shave”

To shave, to cut the hair close with a razor. In the LXX it regularly describes ritual shaving, as of the Nazirite's head (Num 6) or of the leper's body (Lev 14), and renders Hebrew גָּלַח (galach).

Derivation: from ξυρόν (razor)