"For This Cause" A Discussion About Angelic Hair

[marthaolivia]

The scripture is clear. Covered or uncovered. Covered means hair. Uncovered means NO hair. I don't think SEMI-covered is mentioned.

["GL"]

Originally Posted by marthaolivia

The scripture is clear. Covered or uncovered. Covered means hair. Uncovered means NO hair. I don't think SEMI-covered is mentioned.

4 Every man who prays or prohesies with long hair dishonors his head. 5 And every woman who prays or prophesies with no covering of hair on her head dishonors her head - she is just like one of the "shorn women." 6 If a woman has no covering, let her be for now with short hair, but since it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair shorn or shaved, she should grow it again. 7 A man ought not to have long hair...

There's obviously a distinction between "shorn or shaved"

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by "GL"

There's obviously a distinction between "shorn or shaved"

What would that be? Both involve the total removal of hair. Shaving is down to the skin where shorn isn't, but it's very close.

[Scott Hutchinson]

What was the custom in Corithian society for how men and women wore their hair ?
What the custom of Messanic Jewish believers in the first century for how men and women wore their hair ?
What was the background of the Corinthian believers ?

[Scott Hutchinson]

Is there a difference between short like being closely cropped or being bald ,than having long tresses of hair ?

["GL"]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

Is there a difference between short like being closely cropped or being bald ,than having long tresses of hair ?

Yep. One's longer than the other...

[marthaolivia]

From the dictionary:

shave--to cut off (hair, as the beard) at the surface of the skin.

shear (shorn)--to remove(hair, wool) by cutting.

I don't know if there is much of a distinction.

[berkeley]

We can't get it out of the greek text.. so we turn to Webster.

["GL"]

Originally Posted by Berkeley

We can't get it out of the greek text.. so we turn to Webster.

Isn't that the dictionary Paul used???

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by GL

Isn't that the dictionary Paul used???

No, he was an Oxford kinda guy.