King James Version
Leviticus 19:27 in the King James Version says “Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.”
Leviticus 19:27 · KJV
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. prostitute: Heb. profane
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Ye shall not round”
H5362to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e., surround or circulate
“the corners”
H6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity
“of your heads”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“neither shalt thou mar”
H7843to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the corners”
H6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity
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