Quick Definition
γέρων, οντος, ὁ n.m. an old man
Strong's Definition
of uncertain affinity (compare 1094); aged
KJV Usage: old
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οντος | γηράσκω
9.30 · People · Males
grown man, old man an adult male, with emphasis upon relatively advanced age
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γέρων, -ovros, ὁ, [fr. Hom. down], an old man: Jn. iii. 4. [Syn. οἵ. Augustine in Trench § evii. 2.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
γέρων gerōn 1x
an old man, Jn. 3:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
γέρων, -οντος, ὁ,
[in LXX for זָקֵן;]
an old man: Jo 3:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
γέρων αἱρῶμαι γένεσι πλὴν κνήκου, “with any crops I choose except cnecus” (Edd.). In P Oxy IX. 120276 (A.p. 217) kat ἀκολουθείαν τῶν ἐτῶν καὶ τοῦ γένους, the word is cf. BGU I. τ4055. (8.0: 010) Tots πρὸς [y]évous συνγενέσι, ‘to the legitimate parents.” With γένος = ‘‘ offspring,” as in Ac 178, cf. ZG XLV. 641 (Thurii) kal γὰρ ἐγὼν ὑμῶν γένος ὄλβιον εὔχομαι εἶμεν... . “OAPre καὶ μακαριστέ, θεὸς δ᾽ ἔσῃ ἀντὶ βροτοῖο, and 6:8 γῆς παῖς εἰμὶ καὶ οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος, αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ γένος οὐράνιον (both cited by Norden Agnostos Theos, p. 194). Ac 4° has a close parallel in P Tebt IL. 291°6 (A.p. 162) ἀἸπέδ[ι)ξας σεαυτὸν γένους [ὄϊντα ἱερατικοῦ. In OG/S 470° (time of Augustus) a certain Theophron describes himself as priest διὰ γένου τῆς ᾿Αναΐτιδος ᾿Αρτέμιδος, ‘‘hereditary”’ priest. In 76. κ13}0 (iii/A.D.) γένους τῶν ᾿Εἰπι(λ)αϊδῶν, and 6354 (Palmyra, A.D. 178-9) οἱ ἐγ γένους Ζαβδιβωλείων, it answers For the common τῷ γένει in used = ‘* parentage ἢ: to gens, a tribe or clan. descriptions, cf. Sy// 852° (ii/B.C.) σῶμα ἀνδρεῖον ὧι ὄνομα ΚΚύπριος τὸ γένος Κύπριον. In Vettius Valens, p. 8675, eis γένος εἰσελθών is used of a manumitted slave: cf. p. 1061. Teoaonves. Cagnat LV. 374" (A.D. 102-5) ᾿Αντιοχέων τῶν [ἐπὶ τ]ῷ Xpvoopda, τῶν πρότεροϊν Γε]ρασηνῶν. Whether this Gerasa, which was in Arabia, could put in a claim to be connected distantly with the Gospel story, we do not discuss here. , γερουσία. Bishop Hicks has shown (CA i. p. 43} the important place occupied by the γερουσία in Ephesus and other Greek cities in Roman imperial times, and consequently how the term, and not βουλή, came to be applied to the Sanhedrin in Ac 5°. In Sy// 7407 (A.D. 212) ἔδοξεν τῇ ἱερᾷ γερουσίᾳ τοῦ Σωτῆρος [᾿ΑἸσκληπιοῦ κτλ, the editor remarks on the singular use of the word for a private sacred college: on zi, 882 (Cos—imperial time) Tod μνημείου τούτου ἢ γερουσία κήδεται, lie suggests the same connotation, and on 2. 73713" (ii/A.D.) he argues an application to the ἱερὰ γερουσία of Eleusis (see his reff.). These will suffice to show that a γερουσία concerned, like the Sanhedrin, with ves sacrae was nothing unusual. The use of the word for lay senates of various kinds is of course abundant, and does not concern us: see wzler alia Ramsay C. and 5. il. p. 438 ff, and Ferguson Legal Terms common to the Maced»nian [nscrr. and the NT (Chicago, 1913), p- 30ff. The two terms of Ac 55} appear together in Caguat IV. 8367 (Hierapolis, ? ii/A.p. or after) ἀποδώσει τῷ [σ]εμνοτάτῳ συνεδρίωι γερουσίας δηνέρια χείλια (for violating a tomb).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
γέρων (gerōn) — an old man. γέρων, οντος, ὁ, old man, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. γέροντες, οἱ, Elders, Chiefs, κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in other states, as at Elis, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. as adjective, old, γέρον σάκος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἶνος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πέπλος, λέμβος, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: rarely in Prose, οἱ γέροντες τῶν ἰχθύων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of stags, [Refs]; Ἀντίγονος ὁ γ. Antigonus the Elder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. part of the spinning-wheel, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Sanskrit járant- 'old', járati 'render infirm'; compare γέρας.)