שֵׂיבָה sêybâh

Meaning

old age

In the King James Version: (be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.

Derivation: feminine of H7869 (שֵׂיב);

Where it is used

• Genesis 15:15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
• Genesis 25:8 And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
• Genesis 42:38 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.”
• Genesis 44:29 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.’
• Genesis 44:31 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.
• Leviticus 19:32 You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
• Deuteronomy 32:25 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.
• Judges 8:32 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.
• Ruth 4:15 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.”
• 1 Kings 2:6 So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
• 1 Kings 2:9 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.”
• 1 Chronicles 29:28 He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
• Job 41:32 He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
• Psalms 71:18 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.
• Psalms 92:14 In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
• Proverbs 16:31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
• Proverbs 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
• Isaiah 46:4 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.
• Hosea 7:9 Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.