κείρω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kěː.rɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈki.ro/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈci.ro/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈci.ro/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.ro/
Verb
κείρω • (keírō)
- I shear, shave, cut hair short
- 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.
- ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη· καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείραντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος, οὕτως οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ.
- 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.
- κειράμενος τὴν κεφαλήν ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς· εἶχε γὰρ εὐχήν.
- The Greek New Testament, Acts 8:32:
- I ravage, waste
- I destroy, consume, devour
- I cut short, lessen, reduce
Inflection
Present: κείρω, κείρομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔκειρον | ἔκειρες | ἔκειρε(ν) | ἐκείρετον | ἐκειρέτην | ἐκείρομεν | ἐκείρετε | ἔκειρον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκειρόμην | ἐκείρου | ἐκείρετο | ἐκείρεσθον | ἐκειρέσθην | ἐκειρόμεθᾰ | ἐκείρεσθε | ἐκείροντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | κερέω | κερέεις | κερέει | κερέετον | κερέετον | κερέομεν | κερέετε | κερέουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | κερέοιμῐ | κερέοις | κερέοι | κερέοιτον | κερεοίτην | κερέοιμεν | κερέοιτε | κερέοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | κερέομαι | κερέῃ, κερέει |
κερέεται | κερέεσθον | κερέεσθον | κερεόμεθᾰ | κερέεσθε | κερέονται | ||||
optative | κερεοίμην | κερέοιο | κερέοιτο | κερέοισθον | κερεοίσθην | κερεοίμεθᾰ | κερέοισθε | κερέοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | κερθήσομαι | κερθήσῃ | κερθήσεται | κερθήσεσθον | κερθήσεσθον | κερθησόμεθᾰ | κερθήσεσθε | κερθήσονται | ||||
optative | κερθησοίμην | κερθήσοιο | κερθήσοιτο | κερθήσοισθον | κερθησοίσθην | κερθησοίμεθᾰ | κερθήσοισθε | κερθήσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | κερέειν | κερέεσθαι | κερθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
participle | m | κερέων | κερεόμενος | κερθησόμενος | |||||||||
f | κερέουσᾰ | κερεομένη | κερθησομένη | ||||||||||
n | κερέον | κερεόμενον | κερθησόμενον | ||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐκάρην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
passive | indicative | ἐκάρην | ἐκάρης | ἐκάρη | ἐκάρητον | ἐκαρήτην | ἐκάρημεν | ἐκάρητε | ἐκάρησᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | καρῶ | καρῇς | καρῇ | καρῆτον | καρῆτον | καρῶμεν | καρῆτε | καρῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | καρείην | καρείης | καρείη | καρεῖτον, καρείητον |
καρείτην, καρειήτην |
καρεῖμεν, καρείημεν |
καρεῖτε, καρείητε |
καρεῖεν, καρείησᾰν | |||||
imperative | κάρηθῐ | καρήτω | κάρητον | καρήτων | κάρητε | καρέντων | |||||||
passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | καρῆναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | καρείς | |||||||||||
f | καρεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | καρέν | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐκεκάρκειν, ἐκεκάργμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐκεκάρκειν, ἐκεκάρκη |
ἐκεκάρκεις, ἐκεκάρκης |
ἐκεκάρκει(ν) | ἐκεκάρκετον | ἐκεκαρκέτην | ἐκεκάρκεμεν | ἐκεκάρκετε | ἐκεκάρκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκεκάργμην | ἐκέκαρξο | ἐκέκαρκτο | ἐκέκαρχθον | ἐκεκάρχθην | ἐκεκάργμεθᾰ | ἐκέκαρχθε | ἐκεκάρκᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
References
- “κείρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κείρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κείρω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κείρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- κείρω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κείρω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2751 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible