Dict: easton - Beard

easton:

Beard @ The mode of wearing it was definitely prescribed to the Jews kjv@Leviticus:19:27 kjv@Leviticus:21:5). Hence the import of Ezekiel's (5:1-4) description of the "razor" i.e., the agents of an angry providence being used against the guilty nation of the Jews. It was a part of a Jew's daily toilet to anoint his beard with oil and perfume kjv@Psalms:133:2). Beards were trimmed with the most fastidious care ( kjv@2Samuel:19:24), and their neglet was an indication of deep sorrow kjv@Isaiah:15:2; kjv@Jeremiah:41:5). The custom was to shave or pluck off the hair as a sign of mourning kjv@Isaiah:50:6; kjv@Jeremiah:48:37; kjv@Ezra:9:3). The beards of David's ambassadors were cut off by hanun ( kjv@2Samuel:10:4) as a mark of indignity. On the other hand, the Egyptians carefully shaved the hair off their faces, and they compelled their slaves to do so also kjv@Genesis:41:14).