Bible Dictionary: Shearer

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who shears.

2. (n.) A reaper.

Greek

2751. keiro -- to shear
... Word Origin a prim. verb Definition to shear NASB Word Usage cut (1), hair cut off
(2), shearer (1). shear. A primary verb; to shear -- shear(-er). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1494. gazaz -- to shear
... shearers (3), shearing (2), sheepshearers (2), sheepshearers* (1). cut off,
poll, shave, shearer. A primitive root (akin to guwz); to cut ...
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1495. Gazez -- two Israelites
... NASB Word Usage Gazez (2). Gazez. From gazaz; shearer; Gazez, the name of two
Israelites -- Gazez. see HEBREW gazaz. 1494, 1495. Gazez. 1496 . Strong's Numbers
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6629. tson -- small cattle, sheep and goats, flock
... collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) --
(small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds ...
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Library

It is Related that when Pilate Would Fain have Released Him all ...
... I was as a deaf man, and heard not, and as one that is dumb and openeth not his
mouth." And again another Prophet saith, "As a lamb before her shearer, so He ...
/.../22 it is related that.htm

Refutation of the Jews
... Like a sheep He was led to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb before its shearer,
so He opened not His mouth; in His humiliation His judgment was taken away." [45 ...
/.../athanasius/on the incarnation of the word/chapter 6 refutation of the.htm

Jesus Christ in his Incarnation and Work a More Imitable Example ...
... is being betrayed, while He is being led up "as a sheep for a victim," (for "so
He no more opens His mouth than a lamb under the power of the shearer,")He to ...
/.../tertullian/of patience/chapter iii jesus christ in his.htm

The New Covenant, Founded on the Sufferings of Christ, Tends to ...
... He was brought as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb which is dumb before its
shearer." [1481] Therefore we ought to be deeply grateful to the Lord ...
/.../barnabas/the epistle of barnabas /chapter v the new covenant founded.htm

Conclusion. Clue to the Error of the Jews.
... of His forenoted: one, in humility (of course the first), when He has to be led
"as a sheep for a victim; and, as a lamb voiceless before the shearer, so He ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter xiv conclusion clue to the.htm

Argument. --Further, that the Same Rule of Truth Teaches us to ...
... the same that he refers to when, concerning His passion, he exclaims, saying: "As
a sheep He is led to the slaughter; and as a lamb before his shearer is dumb ...
/.../chapter ix argument further that the.htm

Christ as an Example of Humility.
... His mouth. He was brought as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before
her shearer is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth. In ...
/.../chapter xvi christ as an example.htm

Figurative Senses have their Foundation in Literal Fact Besides ...
... together "against the Lord, and against His anointed." [7398] He, again, was "led
as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a sheep before the shearer," that is ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter xx figurative senses have their.htm

His Humiliation Predicted.
... affliction. He was brought as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before
his shearer is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth. In ...
/.../justin/the first apology of justin/chapter l his humiliation predicted.htm

Thesaurus

Shearer (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Shearer (1 Occurrence). ... As a lamb before his shearer is
silent, so he doesn't open his mouth. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Dumb (34 Occurrences)
... Idols are called mute, because helpless and voiceless (Habakkuk 2:18, 19 1 Corinthians
12:2). The dumbness of the sheep before the shearer is a token of ...
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Shearers (5 Occurrences)

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Openeth (48 Occurrences)
... Acts 8:32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was
led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So ...
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Gazez (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia GAZEZ. ga'-zez (gazez, "shearer"): (1)
A son of Ephah, Caleb's concubine (1 Chronicles 2:46). (2 ...
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Reading (58 Occurrences)
... to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't
open his mouth. (WEB WEY ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV). Acts 13 ...
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Contents (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 8:32 And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: 'As a sheep
unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he ...
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Silent (120 Occurrences)
... a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he
doesn't open his mouth. (WEB NAS NIV). Acts 11:18 And they ...
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Sheared (1 Occurrence)

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Slaughter (121 Occurrences)
... slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his
mouth. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Acts ...
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Bible Concordance

Shearer (1 Occurrence)

Acts 8:32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Shearer

Related Terms

Dumb (34 Occurrences)

Shearers (5 Occurrences)

Openeth (48 Occurrences)

Gazez (1 Occurrence)

Reading (58 Occurrences)

Contents (3 Occurrences)

Silent (120 Occurrences)

Sheared (1 Occurrence)

Slaughter (121 Occurrences)