Greek verb · G1095
γηράσκω
geraskoghay-ras'-ko
to grow old
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gēráskō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1095is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1095
to be senescent
The King James renders it: be (wax) old.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gerasko is rendered "to grow old". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 21:18Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”
John 21:18γηράσῃς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- aging1
- you may be old1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| γῆρας | geras | old age | Uses1 |
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- γηράσῃς1
- γηράσκον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-AAS-2S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1V-PAP-NSN
John
one use
Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”
- γηράσῃςgerasesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you may be old
Hebrews
one use
By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
- γηράσκονgeraskonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: aging
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.