ΓΕΡΟΝΤΑ, γεροντα
GERONTA, geronta
Sounds Like: geh-RON-tah
Translations: old man, an old man
From the root: ΓΕΡΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is the accusative singular form of the noun 'γέρων' (gerōn), meaning 'old man'. It is used when the old man is the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions. For example, one might 'see an old man' (βλέπω τὸν γέροντα).
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1094 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 14:333
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΓΕΡΑΙΤΑΤΟΣ — oldest, most venerable, most aged, most esteemed
- ΓΕΡΟΝ — old man, an old man, elder, old
- 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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