Strong H7872שֵׂיבָה

hoary head

Transliteration: ώêybâh
Pronunciation: say-baw'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine of H7869; old age: - (be) gray ({grey} {hoar} -y) hairs ({head} {-ed}) old age.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: greyheaded

Exact lexical definition: hoary head

Part of speech: noun

BDB context: שֵׂיבָה n.f . hoary head , old age

In the Bible

Strong H7872 appears in 19 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

age6
hair5
head4
grayheaded1
hoar1
hoary1
let1

First 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.