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Lexicon :: Strong's H7868 - śîḇ

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שִׂיב
Transliteration
śîḇ
Pronunciation
seeb
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to שִׂיב (H7867)
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TWOT Reference: 3008

Strong’s Definitions

שִׂיב sîyb, seeb; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7867:—elder.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H7868 in the following manner: elder (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H7868 in the following manner: elder (5x).

  1. to be gray, be hoary, be hoary-headed

    1. (P'al) elders (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׂיב sîyb, seeb; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7867:—elder.
STRONGS H7868: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† [שִׂיב] verb be hoary (see H7869 Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe. Participle plural as substantive = elders, technical term, absolute שָׂבֵי יְהוּדָיֵא Ezra 5:5; Ezra 6:7, 8, 14; so emphatic שָׂבַיָּא Ezra 5:9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

5:5; 5:9; 6:7; 6:8; 6:14

H7868

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7868 matches the Hebrew שִׂיב (śîḇ),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:5 - But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report should reach Darius and then an answer be returned by letter concerning it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:9 - Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus: ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:7 - Let the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - Moreover, I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God. The cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia;
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