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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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Concordance Results Shown Using the NIV

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 - You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

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Gen 25:8 - Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.

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Gen 42:38 - But Jacob said, “My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.”

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Gen 44:29 - If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.’

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Gen 44:31 - sees that the boy isn’t there, he will die. Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow.

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Lev 19:32 - “ ‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.

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Deu 32:25 - In the street the sword will make them childless; in their homes terror will reign. The young men and young women will perish, the infants and those with gray hair.

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

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Rth 4:15 - He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

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1Ki 2:6 - Deal with him according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

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1Ki 2:9 - But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.”

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1Ch 29:28 - He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him as king.

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Job 41:32 - It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had white hair.

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Psa 71:18 - Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.

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Psa 92:14 - They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,

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Pro 16:31 - Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.

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Pro 20:29 - The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old.

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Isa 46:4 - Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

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Hos 7:9 - Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice.

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