ΓΕΡΑΙΤΑΤΟΣ, γεραιτατος
GERAITATOS, geraitatos
Sounds Like: geh-RAI-tah-toss
Translations: oldest, most venerable, most aged, most esteemed
From the root: ΓΕΡΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a superlative adjective meaning 'oldest' or 'most venerable'. It is used to describe someone who is the most senior, most respected, or oldest among a group, often implying a position of authority or honor. For example, it could be used to refer to the 'oldest priest' or the 'most esteemed leader'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s numbers: G1094 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1095 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 3:72
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 4:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΕΡΩΝ.
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.
- ΓΕΡΑΙΑ — old, aged, an old woman
- ΓΕΡΟΝ — old man, an old man, elder, old
- ΓΕΡΟΝΤΑ — old man, an old man
- ΓΕΡΟΝΤΑΣ — old man, an old man, elder, old men, elders
- ΓΕΡΟΝΤΕΣ — elders, old men, old people
- ΓΕΡΟΝΤΙ — to an old man, to an elder, to a senior
- ΓΕΡΟΝΤΟΣ — of an old man, of an elder, of a senior
- ΓΕΡΟΝΤΩΝ — (of) old men, (of) elders
- ΓΕΡΟΤΙ — to an old man, for an old man, by an old man, with an old man, an old man
- ΓΕΡΟΥΣΙΝ — to elders, for elders, to old men, for old men
- ΓΕΡΩΝ — old man, an old man, elder
- ΓΕΡΩΝΩΣΤ' — like an old man, as an old man, in the manner of an old man, and like an old man, also like an old man
- ΓΗΟΡΑΝ — old man, an old man, elder, an elder
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