Lexical Definition

‎שִׂיב‎ sîyb (seeb) be gray ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎שִׂיב‎

elder.

• {properly, to become aged, i.e. (by implication) to grow gray}

1) to be gray, be hoary, be hoary-headed
1a) (P'al) elders (subst)

See Greek: πρεσβύτης

Extended Information

Aramaic of: שִׂיב

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: שֵׂיב
[‎שִׂיב‎] verb be hoary (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Participle plural as substantive = elders, technical term, absolute ‎שָׂבֵי יְהוּדָיֵא‎ Ezra 5:5; Ezra 6:7; Ezra 6:8; Ezra 6:14 so emphatic ‎שָׂבַיָּא‎ Ezra 5:9.

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