ΓΕΡΑΙΟΝ, γεραιον
GERAION, geraion
Sounds Like: geh-RAI-on
Translations: old, aged, an old man, an old woman
From the root: ΓΕΡΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as old or aged. It is an adjective that can modify nouns of various genders and cases. In the provided examples, 'ΤΟΝ ΓΕΡΑΙΟΝ' indicates it is used in the masculine accusative singular, referring to 'the old man'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine or Neuter; or Singular, Nominative/Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1094 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 6:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 6:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΕΡΑΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΕΡΑΙΟΙ — old, aged, an old man, old men
- ΓΕΡΑΙΟΣ — old, aged, an old man
- ΓΕΡΑΙΟΥ — (of) an old man, (of) an aged person, (of) an elder
- ΓΕΡΑΙΩΝ — of old men, of aged men
- ΟΓΕΡΑΙΤΑΤΟΣ — oldest, most ancient, most venerable, an oldest, a most ancient, a most venerable
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