'Shear' in the Bible
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
You must give them the best of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks.
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
Two full years later, Absalom took some men to Baal-hazor near Ephraim to shear his sheep. He also invited all of the king's sons to come.
Absalom had gone to the king to ask him, "I've brought some men to shear the sheep. Won't you please come and join me, along with your senior staff?"
Shear your hair and throw [it] away, and lift up a lament on the barren heights, for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.'