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Jer 7:29)
Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Why did the prophet tell Jerusalem to cut off her hair? Because she was a spiritual harlot and would not be faithful or obedient to her husband Jehovah. And just so that everyone that saw Jerusalem would know that she was a spiritual harlot the prophet told her to cut off her hair and cast it from thee. It is very possible that Paul had this scripture in mind when he wrote (I Co 11).
Here's the scripture....
(I Co 11:6) For if the woman be not covered, let her also be
shorn
κείρω) but if it be a shame for a woman to be
shorn (keiro) or shaven, let her be covered.
***Enhanced Strong's Lexicon:
2751 κείρω [keiro /ki·ro/] v. A primary verb; GK 3025; Four occurrences; AV translates as “shear” three times, and “shearer” once. 1 to sheer: a sheep. 2 to get or let be shorn. 3 of shearing or
cutting short the hair of the head.
Vine's
SHEAR, SHEARER, SHORN
keiro (κείρω, 2751) is used (a) of “shearing sheep,”
Acts 8:32, “shearer,” lit., “the (one) shearing”: (b) in the middle voice, “
to have one’s hair cut off, be shorn,”
Acts 18:18;
1 Cor. 11:6
***DBL Greek:
3025 κείρω (keirō): vb.; ≡ Str 2751—LN 19.23 cut hair, shear (another), (Ac 8:32+); (dep.)
to have one’s hair cut (Ac 18:18; 1Co 11:6(2×)+)
NASB Dictionaries
2751.***************κείρω keirō; a prim. vb.; to shear:—
cut(1),
hair cut off(2), shearer(1).
Thayer's Greek English Lexicon
keirw
Acts 18:18; absolutely, of shearing or
cutting short the hair of the head, 1 Corinthians 11:6 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, sec. 43, 1).*
Louw, & Nida
88.150 αἰσχρός, ά, όν: pertaining to behaving in a disgraceful or shameful manner—‘disgraceful, shameful.’ εἰ δὲ αἰσχρὸν γυναικὶ τὸ κείρασθαι ἢ ξυρᾶσθαι, κατακαλυπτέσθω ‘since it is shameful for a woman to shave or
cut her hair, she should cover her head’
1 Cor 11:6.
Dr. M.D. Treece of Lake Charles, LA. was a UPC pastor and a Greek scholar. He was in Dallas, TX. many years ago teaching on the hair issue. I happened to be in that service and I still have his original handout from his teaching that night. Here is (I Co 11:6) from that handout.
(I Co 11:6) For if a women (is) not covered, let her be sheared, (
or cut) but if (it is) a disgrace for a women to be sheared or shaved, let her continue being covered.
He also said that the word “continue” in the Greek meant to continue to let the hair grow. He said that meant
not to cut the hair.
We can add more later!