Be gray
שִׂיבStrong’s H7868siv
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Siv is the Aramaic word usually translated “elders of” and “elders the”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.”
Meaning
- To be gray, be hoary, be hoary-headed(P'al) elders (subst)
How it's translated
- elders of 2
- and elders of 2
- to elders the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 5
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 5:9Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
- Ezra 6:7Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
- Ezra 6:8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
- Ezra 6:14And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Aramaic dictionary
שִׂיב siv · be gray
1) to be gray, be hoary, be hoary-headed 1a) (P'al) elders (subst)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.