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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.
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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 BoxGen 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:15 - But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - And Abraam failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and suppose it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which ye go, then ye shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - If then ye take this one also from my presence, and an affliction happen to him by the way, then shall ye bring down my old age with sorrow to [fn]the grave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - it shall even come to pass, when he sees the boy is not with us, that he will die, and thy servants will bring down the old age of thy servant, and our father, with sorrow to the grave.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:32 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Without, the sword shall bereave them of children, and terror shall issue out of the secret chambers; the young man shall perish with the virgin, the suckling with him who has grown old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:32 - And Gedeon son of Joas died in his city, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joas his father in Ephratha of Abi-Esdri.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - And he shall be to thee a restorer of thy soul, and one to cherish thy old age; for thy daughter-in-law which has loved thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, has born him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - Therefore thou shalt deal with him according to thy wisdom, and thou shalt not bring down his grey hairs in peace to [fn]the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - But thou shalt by no means hold him guiltless, for thou art a wise man, and wilt know what thou shalt do to him, and shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:28 - And he died in a good old age, full of days, in wealth, and glory: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32 - (LXX 41:24) and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as his range.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18 - (LXX 70:18) even until I am old and advanced in years. O God, forsake me not; until I shall have declared thine arm to all the generation that is to come:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:14 - (LXX 91:15) Then shall they be increased in a [fn]fine old age; and they shall be prosperous; that they may declare

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:31 - Old age is a crown of [fn]honour, but it is found in the ways of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29 - Wisdom is an ornament to young men; and grey hairs are the glory of old men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:4 - I am he; and until ye shall have grown old, I am he: I bear you, I have made, and I will [fn]relieve, I will take up and save you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:9 - Strangers devoured his strength, and he knew it not; and grey hairs came upon him, and he knew it not.
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