Lexical Definition

‎יָשִׁישׁ‎ yâshîysh (yaw-sheesh') aged ^H:A
from ‎יָשֵׁשׁ‎

(very) aged (man), ancient, very old.

• an old man

1) aged, old man, aged one

See Greek: παλαιός · πρεσβύτης · χρόνος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָשִׁישׁ‎ adjective aged, only Job (Late Hebrew once ‎יָשִׁישִׁים‎ old, venerable men, Levy Jastr); — absolute ‎יָשִׁישׁ‎ Job 15:10 plural ‎יְשִׁישִׁים‎ Job 32:6 + 2 t.; — aged, as predicate adjective Job 32:6 (opposed to ‎צָעִיר לְיָמִים‎); as substantive Job 15:10 (|| ‎שָׂב‎); Job 29:8 (opposed to ‎נערים‎); ‎בִּישִׁישִׁים חָכְמָה‎ Job 12:12 among aged men is wisdom (|| ‎אֹרֶח יָמִים תְּבוּנָה‎).

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