שֵׂיבָה
śêbâ
hoary head
Strong's H7872NounHebrewTWOT 2253b

שֵׂיבָה (śêbâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning hoary head. It appears 19 times in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7872).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2253b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2253b)hoary head, old age; gray hairs, gray hairy
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שֵׂיבָה noun, feminine: hoary head, old age

Strong's H7872 שֵׂיבָה: old age
KJV:(be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2253: שִׂיב śîb — be hoary; become aged, grow gray; grayheaded

See it in Scripture

Genesis 15:15Leviticus 19:32Deuteronomy 32:25

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