Leviticus 19:27
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →פֵּאָה pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Study H6285 →פֵּאָה pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Study H6285 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →נָקַף nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Study H5362 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →Cross References
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
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