שֵׂיבָה sevah

Hebrew word for “greyheaded” · Strong’s H7872 · used 19 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

1) age, gray hair, hoary head, old age; 1a) gray hair, hoary head; 1b) old age

How it is translated

Glosses given for sevah in context, with how often each is used:

• gray hair 9
• old age 6
• grey hair 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 44 (2), 1 Kings 2 (2), Genesis 15 (1), Genesis 25 (1), Genesis 42 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Judges 8 (1), Ruth 4 (1), 1 Chronicles 29 (1)

Forms

• בשׂיבה 5
• שׂיבה 5
• שׂיבתי 2
• שׂיבתו 2
• שׂיבת 1
• שׂיבתך 1
• לשׂיבה 1
• ושׂיבה 1
• שיבה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sevah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שְׁאוֹל sheol “hell” 5
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 5
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 5
• מוּת mut “to die” 5
• אָסוֹן ason “harm” 2
• זִקְנָה ziqnah “old age” 2
• שָׂבֵעַ savea “sated” 2
• יָגוֹן yagon “sorrow” 2
• זָקֵן zaqen “old” 3
• גַּם gam “also” 4
• בָּחוּר bachur “youth” 2
• תִּפְאָרָה tipharah “beauty” 2

Key verses

The verses using sevah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 15:15 — And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
• Genesis 25:8 — Then 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 42:38 — And 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…
• Leviticus 19:32 — Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
• Deuteronomy 32:25 — The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
• 1 Kings 2:6 — Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
• 1 Kings 2:9 — Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave…
• Psalms 71:18 — Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
• Psalms 92:14 — They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
• Proverbs 16:31 — The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
• Isaiah 46:4 — And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
• Hosea 7:9 — Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.