Quick Definition
greyheaded
Strong's Definition
old age
Derivation: feminine of H7869 (שֵׂיב);
KJV Usage: (be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.
TWOT Reference: 2253b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׂיבָה (se.vah) — greyheaded. 1) age, gray hair, hoary head, old age 1a) gray hair, hoary head 1b) old age
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שׂיב
Old
grey hair, old age = state in which humans have grey hair ◄ as a result of having advanced in age
GEN 15:15 · GEN 25:8 · GEN 42:38 · GEN 44:29 · GEN 44:31 · LEV 19:32 · DEU 32:25 · JDG 8:32 · RUT 4:15 · 1KI 2:6 · 1KI 2:9 · 1CH 29:28 · JOB 41:24 · PSA 71:18 · PSA 92:15 · PRO 16:31 · PRO 20:29 · ISA 46:4 · HOS 7:9
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׂיבָה n.f. hoary head, old age base
