Strong G1088γέρων
an old man
- Transliteration
- gerōn
- Pronunciation
- gher'-own
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity (compare G1094); aged: - old.
Detailed definition
γέρων, -οντος, ὁ,
[in LXX for זָקֵן;]
an old man: Jhn.3:4.†
(AS)
[in LXX for זָקֵן;]
an old man: Jhn.3:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1088 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- old1
First verses
- John 3:4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
γέρων, οντος, ὁ,
old man, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.33, etc.: pleonastic, παλαιοὶ γέροντες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 676; ἄνους τε καὶ γ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 281, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1349; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 584; καλὸν δὲ καὶ γέροντα μανθάνειν σοφά [prev. author] “fragment” 396.)]
2 γέροντες, οἱ, Elders, Chiefs, κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.404 {γερωνία}, compare 9.574, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.14; later, “Senators”, especially at Sparta, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.65, 6.57, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692a, “IG” 22.687, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1265b38 (_sing._ γέροντι “IG” 5(1).1346, but usually γερουσίας, which see))]; in other states, as at Elis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306a17, compare 1272a7, “OGI” 479.11 (from Dorylaeum).)]
II as adjective, old, γέρον σάκος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.184; γ. γράμμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 331; more frequently in _masculine_, γ. πατήρ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.358, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.53; ἀνὴρ γ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1351; γ. χαλκός 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 144; γ. λόγος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 750 (Lyric poetry); ἵππος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 25; πόνος [prev. author] “OC” 1258 (codices but πίνος Scaliger, editions))]; οἶνος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 167.5, compare 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 124)]; πέπλος, λέμβος, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.17, 21.12)]: rarely in Prose, οἱ γέροντες τῶν ἰχθύων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 607b28)]; of stags, [Refs ([prev. work] 611b3)]; Ἀντίγονος ὁ γ. Antigonus the Elder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 2: _neuter_ _plural_, γέροντα βουλεύεις (for ἀρχαῖα) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 794.)]
III part of the spinning-wheel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 114)]. (Sanskrit járant- 'old', járati 'render infirm'; compare γέρας.)
old man, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.33, etc.: pleonastic, παλαιοὶ γέροντες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 676; ἄνους τε καὶ γ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 281, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1349; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 584; καλὸν δὲ καὶ γέροντα μανθάνειν σοφά [prev. author] “fragment” 396.)]
2 γέροντες, οἱ, Elders, Chiefs, κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.404 {γερωνία}, compare 9.574, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.14; later, “Senators”, especially at Sparta, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.65, 6.57, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692a, “IG” 22.687, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1265b38 (_sing._ γέροντι “IG” 5(1).1346, but usually γερουσίας, which see))]; in other states, as at Elis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306a17, compare 1272a7, “OGI” 479.11 (from Dorylaeum).)]
II as adjective, old, γέρον σάκος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.184; γ. γράμμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 331; more frequently in _masculine_, γ. πατήρ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.358, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.53; ἀνὴρ γ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1351; γ. χαλκός 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 144; γ. λόγος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 750 (Lyric poetry); ἵππος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 25; πόνος [prev. author] “OC” 1258 (codices but πίνος Scaliger, editions))]; οἶνος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 167.5, compare 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 124)]; πέπλος, λέμβος, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.17, 21.12)]: rarely in Prose, οἱ γέροντες τῶν ἰχθύων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 607b28)]; of stags, [Refs ([prev. work] 611b3)]; Ἀντίγονος ὁ γ. Antigonus the Elder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 2: _neuter_ _plural_, γέροντα βουλεύεις (for ἀρχαῖα) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 794.)]
III part of the spinning-wheel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 114)]. (Sanskrit járant- 'old', járati 'render infirm'; compare γέρας.)