Strong G1094γῆρας
old age
- Transliteration
- gēras
- Pronunciation
- ghay'-ras
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Akin to G1088; senility: - old age.
Detailed definition
γῆρας, Attic, genitive (-αος) -ως, dative ᾳ; Ion. and κοινή, -εος (-ους), dative -ει, τό,
[in LXX for שֵׂיבָה, etc.;]
old age: ἐν γήρει, Luk.1:36.†
(AS)
[in LXX for שֵׂיבָה, etc.;]
old age: ἐν γήρει, Luk.1:36.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1094 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- age1
First verses
- Luke 1:36And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
Occurrences by book
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Detailed Greek dictionary
γῆρας, τό,
genitive γήραος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.60, +others, 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 116, 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.6, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.71, etc.; γήρως 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 174, _Attic dialect_ (see. below): _dative_ γήραϊ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.99, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.24)], contraction γήρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 507, etc., γήρατι variant in 4th c.AD: Adamantius Physiognomonicus “Phgn.” 1.14 (compare γῆρος))]:—old age, γ. λυγρόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.250; στυγερόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.336; ἐπὶ γήραος οὐδῷ (see. οὐδός) 22.60)]; opposed to γ. λιπαρόν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.368, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus [same place]; γ. πολιόν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 174)]; γῆρας ἐκδῦναι, ἀποσείσασθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 336, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 670 (with play on signification 11))]; ἐπὶ γήρως in old age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eq.” 524; ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 329c, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.73)]; σὺν γήρᾳ, ἐν γ. βαρύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 17, “Aj.” 1017; διανοίας γ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1271a1: _metaphorically_, οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος)], i.e. it never wears out, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 682.)]
II cast skin, slough of a serpent, γῆρας ἐκδύνειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 549b26, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 31, 3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 20, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.35.4)]; of crabs, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 600b20, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 177.)]
γῆρος, τό,
={γῆρας}, not found in nominative, genitive γήρους [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 6, “Rev.Arch.” 1913.247 (from Selymbria), _dative_ γήρει LXX.Gen.15.15, +others, NT.Luke.1.36)]; γήρεϊ variant cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.150. (These forms are also found as variants for γήραος, γήραϊ.))]
genitive γήραος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.60, +others, 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 116, 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.6, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.71, etc.; γήρως 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 174, _Attic dialect_ (see. below): _dative_ γήραϊ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.99, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.24)], contraction γήρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 507, etc., γήρατι variant in 4th c.AD: Adamantius Physiognomonicus “Phgn.” 1.14 (compare γῆρος))]:—old age, γ. λυγρόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.250; στυγερόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.336; ἐπὶ γήραος οὐδῷ (see. οὐδός) 22.60)]; opposed to γ. λιπαρόν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.368, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus [same place]; γ. πολιόν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 174)]; γῆρας ἐκδῦναι, ἀποσείσασθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 336, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 670 (with play on signification 11))]; ἐπὶ γήρως in old age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eq.” 524; ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 329c, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.73)]; σὺν γήρᾳ, ἐν γ. βαρύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 17, “Aj.” 1017; διανοίας γ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1271a1: _metaphorically_, οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος)], i.e. it never wears out, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 682.)]
II cast skin, slough of a serpent, γῆρας ἐκδύνειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 549b26, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 31, 3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 20, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.35.4)]; of crabs, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 600b20, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 177.)]
γῆρος, τό,
={γῆρας}, not found in nominative, genitive γήρους [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 6, “Rev.Arch.” 1913.247 (from Selymbria), _dative_ γήρει LXX.Gen.15.15, +others, NT.Luke.1.36)]; γήρεϊ variant cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.150. (These forms are also found as variants for γήραος, γήραϊ.))]