Dictionary of Bible Themes The removal of hair with a razor or other sharp implement. Both male and female Israelites allowed their hair to grow long. Barbers trimmed, but did not crop, men's hair, so giving special significance to the shaving of the head or whole body. These actions indicated shame or grief. Genesis 41:14Personal toilet 2 Samuel 14:26Job 1:20 Symbolic shaving See also Shaved head a sign of grief Deuteronomy 21:10-14Isaiah 15:2 Jeremiah 47:5; 48:36-37 Ezekiel 27:31 Amos 8:10 Micah 1:16 Jeremiah 7:29; 41:5 2 Samuel 10:4 A shaved head a sign of shame See also Ezra 9:3pp 1Ch 19:4 Isaiah 7:20; 50:6Jeremiah 2:16 Ezekiel 7:18 1 Corinthians 11:5-6 Leviticus 14:8-9 Shaving in ritual cleansing Numbers 8:7Acts 21:24 Ezekiel 5:1-4 Shaving as a visual aid Numbers 6:18After a period of dedication Leviticus 19:27; 21:5Shaving forbidden See also As a pagan practice Deuteronomy 14:1Ezekiel 44:20 Pagans shaved the front of their heads as a sign of mourning. God's people should have a different attitude to bereavement from those who have no hope Numbers 6:5See also For the sake of a Nazarite vow Judges 16:171 Samuel 1:11 See also 1670 symbols5129 bathing 5155 hair 5372 knife 5836 disgrace 5938 sadness 5947 shame 5952 sorrow 7342 cleanliness 7424 ritual law 8218 consecration 8223 dedication |
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