שֵׂיבָה

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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine19 occurrences12 books19 verses

Definition

feminine of H7869; old age
Traditional renderings: (be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

19 total
  1. Genesis 15:15בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה · at a ripe old age
    You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
  2. Genesis 25:8בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה · old age
    And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
  3. Genesis 42:38שֵׂיבָתִ֛י · {you will bring} my gray hair
    But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
  4. Genesis 44:29שֵׂיבָתִ֛י · you will bring my gray hair
    Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
  5. Genesis 44:31שֵׂיבַ֨ת · will have brought the gray hair
    …sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
  6. Leviticus 19:32שֵׂיבָה֙ · of the elderly
    You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
  7. Deuteronomy 32:25שֵׂיבָֽה׃ · the gray-haired
    Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
  8. Judges 8:32בְּשֵׂיבָ֣ה · old age
    Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
  9. Ruth 4:15שֵׂיבָתֵ֑ךְ · in your old age
    He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
  10. 1 Kings 2:6שֵׂיבָת֛וֹ · let his gray head
    So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
  11. 1 Kings 2:9שֵׂיבָת֛וֹ · to bring his gray head
    Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
  12. 1 Chronicles 29:28בְּשֵׂיבָ֣ה · old age
    He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
  13. Job 41:32לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃ · had white hair
    He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
  14. Psalm 71:18וְשֵׂיבָה֮ · and gray
    Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
  15. Psalm 92:14בְּשֵׂיבָ֑ה · In old age
    In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
  16. Proverbs 16:31שֵׂיבָ֑ה · Gray hair
    Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
  17. Proverbs 20:29שֵׂיבָֽה׃ · and gray hair
    The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
  18. Isaiah 46:4שֵיבָ֖ה · you turn gray
    Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
  19. Hosea 7:9שֵׂיבָה֙ · with gray
    Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.