Greyheaded
שֵׂיבָהStrong’s H7872sevah (se-vah)
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sevah is the Hebrew word usually translated “gray hair”, “old age” and “gray hair my”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.”
Meaning
- Age, gray hair, hoary head, old agegray hair, hoary head · old age
How it's translated
- gray hair 6
- in old age 5
- gray hair my 2
- grey hair his 2
- gray hair of 1
- old age your 1
- to grey hair 1
- and grey hair 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 5
- 1 Kings 2
- Psalms 2
- Proverbs 2
- Leviticus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 25:8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 42:38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- Genesis 44:29And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- Genesis 44:31It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
- Leviticus 19:32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 32:25The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Hebrew dictionary
שֵׂיבָה sevah · greyheaded
1) age, gray hair, hoary head, old age 1a) gray hair, hoary head 1b) old age
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.