To make old
παλαιόωStrong’s G3822palaioō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Palaioō is the Greek word usually translated “growing old”, “grow old” and “has made obsolete”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “growing old”, “grow old” and “has made obsolete”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- growing old 2
- will grow old 1
- he has made obsolete 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 2
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
παλαιόω palaioō · to make old
παλαιόω, -ῶ (παλαιός), [in LXX chiefly for בָּלָה, pi., in pass. for בִּי qal. ;] to make or declare old: Heb.8:13; pass., to become old: of things worn out by time and use (cf. Jhn.9:13, Isa.50:9, al., and see: παλαιός), Luk.12:33, Heb.1:11" (LXX) ; τὸ παλαιούμενον, Heb.8:13 (where this and the act., see supr., may have the sense of abrogate, see LS, Zorell, see word).† SYN.: γηράσκω (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.