Deuteronomy 21:12
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
גָּלַח
gâlach
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
טְפַר
ṭᵉphar
a finger-nail; also a hoof or claw
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּלַח gâlach
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
Study H1548 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall was...
And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
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.
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