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Lexicon :: Strong's H7872 - śêḇâ

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שֵׂיבָה
Transliteration
śêḇâ
Pronunciation
say-baw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2253b

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׂיבָה sêybâh, say-baw'; feminine of H7869; old age:—(be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H7872 in the following manner: old age (6x), gray hairs (6x), hoar head (3x), hoary head (2x), grayheaded (1x), hoary (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H7872 in the following manner: old age (6x), gray hairs (6x), hoar head (3x), hoary head (2x), grayheaded (1x), hoary (1x).

  1. age, gray hair, hoary head, old age

    1. gray hair, hoary head

    2. old age

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׂיבָה sêybâh, say-baw'; feminine of H7869; old age:—(be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.
STRONGS H7872: Abbreviations
† שֵׂיבָה noun feminine hoary head, old age; — absolute שׂ׳ Hosea 7:9 +; construct שֵׂיבַת Genesis 44:31; suffix שֵׂיבָתִי Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29, etc.; —
1. grey hair, hoary Hosea 7:9(figurative), Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29, 31(all J), 1 Kings 2:6, 9; Proverbs 16:31; Proverbs 20:29; אִישׁ שׂ׳ Deuteronomy 32:25 (opposed to יוֺנֵק); || זָקִן Leviticus 19:32 (H), || זִקְנָה Isaiah 46:4, + id. Psalm 71:18 (in these transition to following); figurative of sea Job 41:24.
2. old age, טוֺבָה שׂ׳ Genesis 15:15 (JE), Genesis 25:8 (P), Judges 8:32; 1 Chronicles 29:28; שׂ׳ also Psalm 92:15 (trees, in figure of righteous), Ruth 4:15, + 2 Samuel 19:34 (Greek Version of the LXX Ew Th Bu Kit, compare We Dr HPS, אֶתשֵֿׂיבָֽתְךָ, for אֹתְךָ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:15; 25:8; 42:38; 42:38; 44:29; 44:29; 44:31; 44:31

Leviticus

19:32

Deuteronomy

32:25

Judges

8:32

Ruth

4:15

2 Samuel

19:34

1 Kings

2:6; 2:9

1 Chronicles

29:28

Job

41:24

Psalms

71:18; 92:15

Proverbs

16:31; 20:29

Isaiah

46:4

Hosea

7:9; 7:9

H7872

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7872 matches the Hebrew שֵׂיבָה (śêḇâ),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:15 - “As for you, you shall [die and] go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life]; and he [fn]was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But Jacob said, “My son shall not go down [to Egypt] with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left [of Rachel’s children]. If any harm or accident should happen to him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in sorrow.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - ‘If you take this one also from me, and harm or an accident happens to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - when he sees that the young man is not with us, he will die; and your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in [great] sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:32 -

‘You shall rise before the gray-headed and honor the aged, and you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 -

‘Outside the sword will bereave,

And inside [the chambers] terror—

For both young man and virgin,

For the nursing child and the man of gray hair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:32 - Gideon the son of Joash died at a good advanced age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - “May he also be to you one who restores life and sustains your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - “So act in accordance with your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - “But now do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what to do to him, and you will bring his gray head down to Sheol [covered] with blood.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:28 - He died in a good old age [his seventy-first year], full of days (satisfied), riches and honor. Solomon his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32 -

“Behind him he makes a shining wake;

One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam].

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18 -

And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,

Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,

Your power to all who are to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:14 -

[Growing in grace] they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age;

They will flourish and be [fn]vital and fresh [rich in trust and love and contentment];

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:31 -

The silver-haired head is a crown of splendor and glory;

It is found in the way of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29 -

The glory of young men is their [physical] strength,

And the honor of aged men is their gray head [representing wisdom and experience].

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:4 -

Even to your old age I am He,

And even to your advanced old age I will carry you!

I have made you, and I will carry you;

Be assured I will carry you and I will save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:9 -

Strangers have devoured his strength,

Yet he does not know it;

Gray hairs are sprinkled on him,

Yet he does not know.

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