Strong G1095γηράσκω
to grow old
- Transliteration
- gēraskō
- Pronunciation
- ghay-ras'-ko
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G1094; to be senescent: - be (wax) old.
Detailed definition
γηράσκω (also γηράω; γῆρας),
[in LXX chiefly for זקן;]
to grow old: Jhn.21:18, Heb.8:13.†
SYN.: παλαιοῦμαι. (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for זקן;]
to grow old: Jhn.21:18, Heb.8:13.†
SYN.: παλαιοῦμαι. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1095 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- thou1
- waxeth1
First verses
- John 21:18Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
- Hebrews 8:13In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
γηράσκω,
future γηράσομαι [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 1.5 (and in compounds, ἐγ-, κατα-, συγ-, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1308, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1058))]; γηράσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 393e)]: poetry infinitive γηρᾱσέμεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 85.9)]: aorist ἐγήρᾱσα (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.146, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 202d (also causal, compare below 11): _accusative_ _feminine_)]participle γηράσασαν (variant{γηρᾶσαν}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.114)]: perfect γεγήρᾱκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 727, etc.)]:—also γηράω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.15, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1135b2, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 481.14, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.911b)], participle γηρῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 3:)]aorist 2 (as if from γήρημι or γήρᾱμι) ἐγήρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.148, 17.197, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.67, (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.72)]; infinitive γηράναι [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 908 (cum Scholia), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 870 (so “Etymologicum Magnum” 230.53, but γηρᾶναι 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 115))], participle γηράς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.197, _dative_ _plural_ γηράντεσσι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 188)], genitive plural [ὑπερ-] γηράντων uncertain in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.17)]; also γηρείς, έντος, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 9)]:—middle, γηράσκομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 171)]:—passive, (ὑπερ-) γηραθείς [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 1.25)]:—grow old, and in aorist and perfect, to be so, κηρύσσων γήρασκε grew old in his office of herald, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.325, compare 2.663, etc.)]; of things, ὄγχνη ἐπ᾽ ὄγχνῃ γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.120; χρόνος γηράσκων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 981; πάλιν γὰρ αὖθις παῖς ὁ γ. ἀνήρ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 487; μετὰ τὴν δόσιν γ. χάρις 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 347; τὸ τῆσδε χώρας οὐ γεγήρακε σθένος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 727: with _accusative_ _cognate_, βίον τοιοῦτον γηράναι [prev. work] 870)]:—so in middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 171.)]
II causal in aorist 1 ἐγήρᾱσα, bring to old age, ἐγήρασάν με τροφῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 894)]; γηράσας πόδα (but perhaps accusative cognate) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.94 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus). (Akin to γέρων, γῆρας.))]
future γηράσομαι [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 1.5 (and in compounds, ἐγ-, κατα-, συγ-, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1308, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1058))]; γηράσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 393e)]: poetry infinitive γηρᾱσέμεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 85.9)]: aorist ἐγήρᾱσα (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.146, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 202d (also causal, compare below 11): _accusative_ _feminine_)]participle γηράσασαν (variant{γηρᾶσαν}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.114)]: perfect γεγήρᾱκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 727, etc.)]:—also γηράω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.15, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1135b2, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 481.14, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.911b)], participle γηρῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 3:)]aorist 2 (as if from γήρημι or γήρᾱμι) ἐγήρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.148, 17.197, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.67, (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.72)]; infinitive γηράναι [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 908 (cum Scholia), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 870 (so “Etymologicum Magnum” 230.53, but γηρᾶναι 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 115))], participle γηράς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.197, _dative_ _plural_ γηράντεσσι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 188)], genitive plural [ὑπερ-] γηράντων uncertain in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.17)]; also γηρείς, έντος, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 9)]:—middle, γηράσκομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 171)]:—passive, (ὑπερ-) γηραθείς [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 1.25)]:—grow old, and in aorist and perfect, to be so, κηρύσσων γήρασκε grew old in his office of herald, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.325, compare 2.663, etc.)]; of things, ὄγχνη ἐπ᾽ ὄγχνῃ γ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.120; χρόνος γηράσκων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 981; πάλιν γὰρ αὖθις παῖς ὁ γ. ἀνήρ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 487; μετὰ τὴν δόσιν γ. χάρις 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 347; τὸ τῆσδε χώρας οὐ γεγήρακε σθένος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 727: with _accusative_ _cognate_, βίον τοιοῦτον γηράναι [prev. work] 870)]:—so in middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 171.)]
II causal in aorist 1 ἐγήρᾱσα, bring to old age, ἐγήρασάν με τροφῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 894)]; γηράσας πόδα (but perhaps accusative cognate) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.94 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus). (Akin to γέρων, γῆρας.))]