Quick Definition
γῆρας, ρως, τό n.n. old age
Strong's Definition
akin to 1088; senility
KJV Usage: old age
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ως, -ους · dat. γήρᾳ, γήρει | γηράσκω
67.157 · Time · Indefinite Units of Time: Age, Lifetime, Interval, Period
old age the period of advanced age, normally of a person beyond his or her prime
1 The meanings of terms in 67.152-67.158 could almost be treated equally well in Physiological Processes and States (Domain 23), since these could be regarded as simply derivatives of physiological states. However, the focus of meaning in the respective contexts seems to be more upon a particular period of time rather than upon a physiological state or condition.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γῆρας, -aos (-ws), Ion. ynpeos, dat. ynpet, γήρει, τό, [fr. Hom. down], old age: Lk. i. 36 ἐν γήρει GL T Tr WH for Ree. ἐν γήρᾳ, a form found without var. in Sir. xxv. 3; [also Ps. xci. (xcii.) 15; ef. Gen. xv. 15 Alex.; xxi. 7 ib.; xxv. 8 ib.; 1 Chr. xxix. 28 ib.; Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 10, 7 var.; ef. Tdf. Proleg. p. 117]; Fritzsche on Sir. iii. 12; Sturz, De dial. Maced. ete. p. 155; W. (36 and] 64 (62); [B. 15 (14)].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
γῆρας gēras 1x
gen. old age, Lk. 1:36*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
γῆρας, Attic, gen. (-αος) -ως, dat. ᾳ; Ion. and κοινή, -εος (-ους), dat. -ει, τό,
[in LXX for שֵׂיבֶה, etc.;]
old age: ἐν γήρει, Lk 1:36.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
γῆρας. P Magd 185 (b.c, 221) ἔχω [εἰς τὸ] γῆρας τὰ ἀνάγκαια. P Lond 439 (ii/B.c.) (=I. p. 48) ἕξεις ἐφόδιον εἰς τὸ γῆρας, γηράσκω 1 a mother’s optimistic assurance to her son who has just left school for a small post as teacher. P Flor III. 312° (A.D. 92) ἀπολυθῆναι τῶν λειτουργιῶν χχ (? such and such) διὰ γῆρας καὶ ἀσθένιαν. 70. 382°° (A.D, 222-3) πρὸ τοῦ γήρως, © ἡ διὰ τῆς σῆς φιλα[ν)θρωπίας ἀνάπαυσις τῷ γήρᾳ δεομένη. (The old gen. may be also quoted from a rescript of Nero, OGZS 47518 ἐπιμελεῖσθαι tod σοῦ] γήρως: so Gen 442°). From iv/A.p. we have P Thead 19 ἤδη εἰς γῆρας ἄκρον ἐληλυθηῖα, and P Oxy VI. 8891, where a petitioner begs to be let off some municipal burden in view of γῆρας kal τὴν τοῦ σώϊματος ἀσθένειαν. The compound γηρυβοσκία occurs 20. 39, and in IX. 1210° (i/ii A.D.) ἐπιλελεγμένων ὑπὸ τῶν γονέων els γηροβοσκίαν ad’ ὧν ἔχουσι υἱῶν, ‘men chosen by the parents from their sons to support them in old age” (Ed.). For the compound evynpta see OG/S 168 (8.6. 181-16): the word is defined by Aristotle Rie? I. 5. MGr has a derivative noun, γεράματα (plur.), with same meaning as γῆρας.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
γῆρας (gēras) — old age. γῆρας, τό, genitive γήραος [Refs 8th c.BC+], contraction γήρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—old age, γ. λυγρόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to γ. λιπαρόν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γῆρας ἐκδῦναι, ἀποσείσασθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ γήρως in old age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὺν γήρᾳ, ἐν γ. βαρύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+], i.e. it never wears out, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. cast skin, slough of a serpent, γῆρας ἐκδύνειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of crabs, [Refs 4th c.BC+] γῆρος, τό, ={γῆρας}, not found in nominative, genitive γήρους [NT+5th c.BC+]; γήρεϊ variant cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+]