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Be gray

שִׂיבStrong’s H7867

siv

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Siv is the Hebrew word usually translated “am gray haired” and “gray haired”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.”
1 Samuel 12:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to be hoary, be gray
How it's translated
  • and i am gray haired 1
  • gray haired 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 1
  • Job 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

שִׂיב siv · be gray

(Qal) to be hoary, be gray Aramaic equivalent: siv (שִׂיב "be gray" H7868)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

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