Word Study · Strong's H7872 · Hebrew
שֵׂיבָה
sebah
say-baw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: sêybâh
“old age”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
old age
Rendered in the KJV as
(be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.
- 19occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 19 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה2
- בְּשֵׂיבָ֣ה2
- שֵׂיבָה֙2
- שֵׂיבָֽה׃2
- שֵׂיבָת֛וֹ2
- שֵׂיבָתִ֛י2
- בְּשֵׂיבָ֑ה1
- וְשֵׂיבָה֮1
- לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃1
- שֵיבָ֖ה1
- שֵׂיבָ֑ה1
- שֵׂיבַ֨ת1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- gray hair5
- in old age5
- gray hair my2
- grey hair his2
- [is] gray hair1
- [the] gray hair of1
- and grey hair1
- old age your1
- to grey hair1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · feminine singular6
- preposition + noun · feminine singular6
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 6
- HR/Ncfsa · 6
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfsc · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 1
All 19, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Genesis5 of 19 · 26%
- 1 Kings2 of 19 · 11%
- Psalms2 of 19 · 11%
- Proverbs2 of 19 · 11%
- Leviticus1 of 19 · 5%
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis5 occurrences
- Genesis 15:15בְּשֵׂיבָ֥הbeseivahpreposition + noun · feminine singularYou, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.here: in old age
- Genesis 25:8בְּשֵׂיבָ֥הbeseivahpreposition + noun · feminine singularAnd at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.here: in old age
- Genesis 42:38שֵׂיבָתִ֛יseivatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBut Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”here: gray hair my
- Genesis 44:29שֵׂיבָתִ֛יseivatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularNow if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’here: gray hair my
- Genesis 44:31שֵׂיבַ֨תseivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.here: [the] gray hair of
Leviticus1 occurrence
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 2:6שֵׂיבָת֛וֹseivatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.here: grey hair his
- 1 Kings 2:9שֵׂיבָת֛וֹseivatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNow therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”here: grey hair his
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 71:18וְשֵׂיבָה֮veseivahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularEven when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.here: and grey hair
- Psalms 92:14בְּשֵׂיבָ֑הbeseivahpreposition + noun · feminine singularIn old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,here: in old age
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 16:31שֵׂיבָ֑הseivahnoun · feminine singularGray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.here: gray hair
- Proverbs 20:29שֵׂיבָֽה׃seivahnoun · feminine singularThe glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.here: [is] gray hair