Hebrew noun (feminine) · H7872
שֵׂיבָה
sebahsay-baw'
greyheaded
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sêybâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7872is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7872
old age
The King James renders it: (be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.
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
sebah is rendered "greyheaded". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Five of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Genesis 15:15בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's nineteen uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- gray hair6
- in old age5
- gray hair my2
- grey hair his2
- and grey hair1
- gray hair of1
- old age your1
- to grey hair1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| שֵׂיב | seb | age | Uses1 |
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 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
- בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה2
- בְּשֵׂיבָ֣ה2
- שֵׂיבָה֙2
- שֵׂיבָֽה׃2
- שֵׂיבָת֛וֹ2
- שֵׂיבָתִ֛י2
- בְּשֵׂיבָ֑ה1
- וְשֵׂיבָה֮1
- לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃1
- שֵיבָ֖ה1
- שֵׂיבָ֑ה1
- שֵׂיבַ֨ת1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular6HNcfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular6HR/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp2fs
Genesis
five uses
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
- בְּשֵׂיבָ֥הbeseivahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in old age
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
- בְּשֵׂיבָ֥הbeseivahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in old age
But 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.”
- שֵׂיבָתִ֛יseivatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: gray hair my
Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
- שֵׂיבָתִ֛יseivatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: gray hair my
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.
- שֵׂיבַ֨תseivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: gray hair of
Leviticus
one use
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
- שֵׂיבָה֙seivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gray hair
Deuteronomy
one use
Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
- שֵׂיבָֽה׃seivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gray hair
Judges
one use
Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- בְּשֵׂיבָ֣הbeseivahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in old age
Ruth
one use
He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
- שֵׂיבָתֵ֑ךְseivatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: old age your
1 Kings
two uses
So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
- שֵׂיבָת֛וֹseivatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: grey hair his
Now 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.”
- שֵׂיבָת֛וֹseivatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: grey hair his
1 Chronicles
one use
He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
- בְּשֵׂיבָ֣הbeseivahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in old age
Job
one use
He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
- לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃leseivahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to grey hair
Psalms
two uses
Even 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.
- וְשֵׂיבָה֮veseivahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and grey hair
In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
- בְּשֵׂיבָ֑הbeseivahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in old age
Proverbs
two uses
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
- שֵׂיבָ֑הseivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gray hair
The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
- שֵׂיבָֽה׃seivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gray hair
Isaiah
one use
Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
- שֵיבָ֖הsheivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gray hair
Hosea
one use
Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
- שֵׂיבָה֙seivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gray hair
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.