(ball-like). Priests forbidden to make themselves bald (Lev. 21:5; Deut. 14:1; Ezek. 44:20). “Bald-head” a cry of contempt (2 Kings 2:23); as indicating leprosy (Lev. 13:40-43). Voluntary baldness a sign of misery (Isa. 3:24; Ezek. 7:18); or else the conclusion of the Nazarite vow (Num. 6:9).