Strong's Hebrew · H7872
H7872 sêybâh
שֵׂיבָה
say-baw'
greyheaded
sêybâh appears 19 times in Scripture, including Genesis 15:15 and Leviticus 19:32. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
old age
In the King James Version
(be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.
Derivation
feminine of H7869 (שֵׂיב);
Appears 19 times in Scripture
“And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.”
“You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.”
“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.’”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.””
“So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.”
“You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.”
“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.”
“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.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
