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An old man

γέρωνStrong’s G1088

gerōn

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Gerōn is the Greek word usually translated “old”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?”
John 3:4 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “old”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • old 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    γέρων gerōn · an old man

    γέρων, -οντος, ὁ, [in LXX for זָקֵן ;] an old man: Jhn.3:4.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “old” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    OLD, adjective

    1. Advanced far in years or life; having lived beyond the middle period, or rather towards the end of life, or towards the end of the ordinary term of living; applied to animals or plants; as an old man; an old age; an old camel or horse; an old tree.“Abraham was seventy five years old when he departed from Haran” Genesis 12:4
    2. Having been long made or used; decayed by time; as an old garment; an old house.
    3. Being of long continuance; begun long ago; as an old acquaintance.
    4. Having been long made; not new or fresh; as old wine.
    All definitions
    1. Being of a former year's growth; not of the last crop; as old wheat; old hay.
    2. Ancient; that existed in former ages; as the old inhabitants of Britain; the old Romans.
    3. Of any duration whatever; as a year old; seven years old How old art thou?
    4. subsisting before something else.
    5. Long practiced. he is grown old in vice.
    6. That has been long cultivated; as old land; an old farm; opposed to new land, land lately cleared and cultivated.
    7. More than enough; great.
    8. In vulgar language, crafty; cunning.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.