Lexical Definition

‎שֵׂיבָה‎ sêybâh (say-baw') greyheaded ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎שֵׂיב‎

(be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.

• old age

1) age, gray hair, hoary head, old age
1a) gray hair, hoary head
1b) old age

See Greek: γῆρας

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֵׂיבָה‎ noun feminine hoary head, old age; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Hos 7:9 +; construct ‎שֵׂיבַת‎ Gen 44:31 suffix ‎שֵׂיבָתִי‎ Gen 42:38; Gen 44:29, etc.; —

1. grey hair, hoary Hos 7:9(figurative), Gen 42:38; Gen 44:29; Gen 44:31(all J), 1Kgs 2:6; 1Kgs 2:9; Prov 16:31; Prov 20:29 ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ שׂ‎ Deut 32:25 (opposed to ‎יוֺנֵק‎); || ‎זָקִן‎ Lev 19:32 (H), || ‎זִקְנָה‎ Isa 46:4, + id. Ps 71:18 (in these transition to following); figurative of sea Job 41:24*.

2. old age, ‎טוֺבָה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Gen 15:15 (JE), Gen 25:8 (P), Judg 8:32; 1Chr 29:28 ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ also Ps 92:15* (trees, in figure of righteous), Ruth 4:15, + 2Sam 19:34* (ᵐ5 Ew Th Bu Kit, compare We Dr HPS, ‎אֶתשֵֿׂיבָֽתְךָ‎, for ‎אֹתְךָ‎).

‎שִׂיג‎ see [I. ‎סוג‎].

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