Lexical Definition
γηράσκω gēráskō (ghay-ras'-ko) to grow old G:V
from γῆρας
be (wax) old.
- to be senescent
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| εγήρασεν | Jehoiada grew old | LXX.2Chr.24.15 |
| εγήρασε | Samuel grew old | LXX.1Sam.8.1 |
| εγήρασα | I grew old | LXX.Ps.37.25 |
| γηράσῃσ | you may be old | John.21.18 |
| γηράσκον | aging | Heb.8.13 |
| γηράση | he should grow old | LXX.Prov.22.6 |
| should grow old | LXX.Job.14.8 | |
| γηράσει | shall grow old | LXX.Job.29.18 |
| γηράσαι | growing old | LXX.Gen.27.1 |
| his growing old | LXX.Gen.24.36 | |
| γεγήρακασ | are grown old | LXX.Josh.13.1 |
| grow old | LXX.1Sam.8.5 | |
| γεγήρακα | I grow old | LXX.Ruth.1.12 |
| I have grown old | LXX.Gen.27.2 | |
| grow old | LXX.Josh.23.2 • LXX.1Sam.12.2 | |
| have grown old | LXX.Gen.18.13 | |
| γεγήρακέ | has grown old | LXX.Prov.23.22 |
Abbott-Smith
γηράσκω (also γηράω; < γῆρας), [in LXX chiefly for זקן;]
to grow old: Jo 21:18, He 8:13.†
SYN.: παλαιοῦμαι.
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| John | 21:18 |
| Hebrews | 8:13 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
γηράσκω,
future γηράσομαι [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γηράσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: poetry infinitive γηρᾱσέμεν [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐγήρᾱσα (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle γηράσασαν (variant{γηρᾶσαν}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect γεγήρᾱκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also γηράω [Refs 5th c.BC+], participle γηρῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+]aorist 2 (as if from γήρημι or γήρᾱμι) ἐγήρα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive γηράναι [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+], participle γηράς [Refs 8th c.BC+], genitive plural [ὑπερ-] γηράντων uncertain in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also γηρείς, έντος, [Refs 6th c.BC+]:—middle, γηράσκομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, (ὑπερ-) γηραθείς [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—grow old, and in aorist and perfect, to be so, κηρύσσων γήρασκε grew old in his office of herald, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of things, ὄγχνη ἐπ᾽ ὄγχνῃ γ. [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 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]:—so in middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II causal in aorist 1 ἐγήρᾱσα, bring to old age, ἐγήρασάν με τροφῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γηράσας πόδα (but perhaps accusative cognate) [Refs 1st c.AD+]