Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7872: שֵׂיבָה

sêybâh · pronounced say-baw' · “greyheaded”

Definition

old age

KJV translates it as: (be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.

Word origin: feminine of H7869 (שֵׂיב);

Extended definition

1) age, gray hair, hoary head, old age
1a) gray hair, hoary head
1b) old age

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7872 is translated

  • old age ×5
  • gray hair ×5
  • my ×2
  • his ×2
  • grey hair ×2
  • the gray hair of ×1
  • your ×1
  • is gray hair ×1

Bible verses with H7872 (sêybâh)

Sêybâh appears in 19 verses.

  • Genesis 15:15

    And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

  • Genesis 25:8

    Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

  • Genesis 42:38

    And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Genesis 44:29

    And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Genesis 44:31

    It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

  • Leviticus 19:32

    Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 32:25

    The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

  • Judges 8:32

    And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.

  • Ruth 4:15

    And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

  • 1 Kings 2:6

    Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

  • 1 Kings 2:9

    Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:28

    And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

  • Job 41:32

    He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

  • Psalms 71:18

    Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

  • Psalms 92:14

    They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

  • Proverbs 16:31

    The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

  • Proverbs 20:29

    The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

  • Isaiah 46:4

    And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

  • Hosea 7:9

    Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.