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Lexicon :: Strong's H7872 - śêḇâ

Aa
שֵׂיבָה
Transliteration
śêḇâ
Pronunciation
say-baw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2253b

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).

  1. 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.
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 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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

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

Leviticus

19:32

Deuteronomy

32:25

Judges

8:32

Ruth

4:15

2 Samuel

19:34

1 Kings

2:6; 2:9

1 Chronicles

29:28

Job

41:24

Psalms

71:18; 92:15

Proverbs

16:31; 20:29

Isaiah

46:4

Hosea

7:9; 7:9

H7872

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:15 - As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:32 - Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Outside they will be cut off by the sword, and in the inner rooms by fear; death will take the young man and the virgin, the baby at the breast and the grey-haired man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:32 - And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - He will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:28 - And he came to his end after a long life, full of days and great wealth and honour; and Solomon his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:32 - After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18 - Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:14 - They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:31 - The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29 - The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:4 - Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:9 - Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.
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