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di-min´ish: the Revised Version (British and American) has retained nearly all passages of the King James Version where “to diminish†is used. Some of these uses have become obsolete: , “neither shall ye diminish from it.†“Diminish†generally means “to reduce,†“to lessen.†In this sense it is employed in from the Hebrew גּרע, gārȧ‛, literally, “to shear.†The picture of shearing the beard, expressing degradation and loss of manhood, may underlie this passage.