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Ezekiel 44:20

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← Ezekiel 44:19	Ezekiel 44:20 (KJV)	Ezekiel 44:21 →
And when they go forth into the utter court, [even] into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.	Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.	Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Neither shall they shave^H1548 their heads^H7218, nor suffer their locks^H6545 to grow long^H7971; they shall only^H3697 poll^H3697 their heads^H7218.

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Original Hebrew

וְרֹאשָׁם לֹא יְגַלֵּחוּ וּפֶרַע לֹא יְשַׁלֵּחוּ כָּסֹום יִכְסְמוּ אֶת־רָאשֵׁיהֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/רֹאשָׁ/ם֙	ve./ro.Sha/m	H7218	HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp	and/ head/ their
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יְגַלֵּ֔חוּ	ye.ga.Le.chu	H1548	HVpi3mp	they will shave
וּ/פֶ֖רַע	u./Fe.ra'	H6545	HC/Ncmsa	and/ hair
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּ	ye.sha.Le.chu	H7971	HVpi3mp	they will let loose
כָּס֥וֹם	ka.Som	H3697	HVqa	surely (trim)
יִכְסְמ֖וּ	yikh.se.Mu	H3697	HVqi3mp	they will trim
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
רָאשֵׁי/הֶֽם	ra.shei./Hem	H7218	HNcmpc/Sp3mp	heads/ their

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1548 — גָּלַח (gâlach, gaw-lakh'): a primitive root; properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste; poll, shave (off).
• H3697 — כָּסַם (kâçam, kaw-sam'): a primitive root; to shear; [idiom] only, poll. Compare כִּרְסֵם.
• H6545 — פֶּרַע (peraʻ, peh'-rah): from פָּרַע; the hair (as dishevelled); locks.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• nor suffer — Numbers 6:5, 1 Corinthians 11:14
• shave — Leviticus 21:5-24, Deuteronomy 14:1

Reciprocal references (2): Leviticus 19:27, Ezekiel 5:1

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: SHAVING
• Nave’s: PRIEST, SHAVING

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