שֵׂיבָהsêybâh
hoary head, old age
Pronunciation: say-baw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7872
Meanings
1. grey hair, hoary head (Hosea 7:9; Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29)
2. old age (Genesis 15:15; Genesis 25:8; Judges 8:32)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 15:15 (As for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.)
- Genesis 25:8 and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.
- Genesis 42:38 But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I have left. If anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.”
- Genesis 44:29 Now if you take his brother away from me, and any harm comes to him, you will send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.’
- Genesis 44:31 If he sees that the boy is not with us, our father will die. We, your servants, will indeed be responsible for sending that grieving, white-haired man to his grave.
- Leviticus 19:32 “Stand up in the presence of the elderly, and show respect for the aged. Fear your God. I am the Lord.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).