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Shaving
The main Biblical implications of shaving are as follows:
Cleansing.
Joseph, when summoned to Pharaoh’s presence, may have shaved his whole body to conform to Egyptian ideas of cleanliness (
Mourning.
Examples are found in
Vows.
Shaving of the head followed the fulfillment of a vow (
Contempt
was expressed by Hanun’s ungracious action (
Humiliation.
a consequence of a Corinthian woman having her hair cut off (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
Shaving "with a razor that is hired" is Isaiah’s graphic figure to denote the complete devastation of Judah by the Assyrian army (