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Lexicon :: Strong's H7872 - śêḇâ

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Strong's

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שֵׂיבָה

Transliteration

śêḇâ

Pronunciation

say-baw'

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Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From שֵׂיב (H7869)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2253b

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

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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Genesis

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

Leviticus

Deuteronomy

Judges

Ruth

2 Samuel

1 Kings

1 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Hosea

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

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Gen 15:15 - “As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old^H7872 age^H7872.

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Gen 25:8 - And Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old^H7872 age^H7872, an old man and full of days; and he was gathered to his people.

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Gen 42:38 - But [fn]Jacob said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone remains. If harm should befall him on the journey on which you are going, then you will bring my gray^H7872 hair^H7872 down to Sheol in sorrow.”

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Gen 44:29 - ‘If you take this one also from [fn]me and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray^H7872 hair^H7872 down to Sheol in [fn]evil.’

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Gen 44:31 - so it will be that when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Thus your servants will bring the gray^H7872 hair^H7872 of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.

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‘You shall rise^H6965 up^H6965 before^H4480^H6440 the gray-haired^H7872 and honor^H1921 the [fn]aged^H6440^H2205, and you shall fear^H3372 your God^H430; I am Yahweh^H3068.

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‘Outside^H4480^H2351 the sword^H2719 will bereave^H7921,

And inside^H4480^H2315 terror^H367—

Both^H1571 choice^H970 man^H970 and virgin^H1330,

The nursing^H3243 baby^H3243 with the man^H376 of gray^H7872 hair^H7872.

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Jdg 8:32 - Then Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old^H7872 age^H7872 and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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Rth 4:15 - “May he also be to you a restorer of your soul and a sustainer of your [fn]old^H7872 age^H7872; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you [fn]and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

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1Ki 2:6 - “So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray^H7872 hair^H7872 go down to Sheol in peace.

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1Ki 2:9 - “So now, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray^H7872 hair^H7872 down to Sheol with blood.”

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1Ch 29:28 - Then he died in a good old^H7872 age^H7872, full of days, riches and glory; and his son Solomon became king in his place.

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“Behind^H310 it, it makes a wake^H5410 to shine^H215;

One would think^H2803 the deep^H8415 to be gray-haired^H7872.

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And even^H1571 when^H5704 I am old^H2209 and gray^H7872, O God^H430, do not forsake^H5800 me,

Until^H5704 I declare^H5046 Your [fn]strength^H2220 to this generation^H1755,

Your might^H1369 to all^H3605 who are to come^H935.

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They will still^H5750 [fn]yield^H5107 fruit^H5107 in old^H7872 age^H7872;

They shall be [fn]rich^H1879 and fresh^H7488,

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Gray^H7872 hair^H7872 is a crown^H5850 of beauty^H8597;

It is found^H4672 in the way^H1870 of righteousness^H6666.

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The honor^H8597 of young^H970 men^H970 is their strength^H3581,

And the [fn]majesty^H1926 of old^H2205 men^H2205 is their gray^H7872 hair^H7872.

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Even to your old^H2209 age^H2209 [fn]I will be the same^H1931,

And even^H5704 to your [fn]graying^H7872 years^H7872 I will bear^H5445 you!

I have [fn]done^H6213 it, and I will carry^H5375 you;

And I will bear^H5445 you, and I will rescue^H4422 you.

Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:9

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Strangers^H2114 devour^H398 his power^H3581,

Yet he does not know^H3045 it;

Gray^H7872 hairs^H7872 also^H1571 are sprinkled^H2236 on him,

Yet he does not know^H3045 it.

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