2001 Translation

GERŌN, gerōn

Sounds Like: geh-ROHN

Translations: old man, an old man, elder

From the root: ΓΕΡΩΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to an old man or an elder. It is used to describe someone who is advanced in age, often implying wisdom or respect due to their years. It can be used in a general sense for any elderly male, or specifically for an elder in a community or religious context.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G1094 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:22

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 5:31, 6:6, 7:13, 17:9
• John — 3:4

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 5 — 10:339
• Book 7 — 3:63
• Book 18 — 6:187

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 4:11

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 3 Maccabees — 4:5
• 4 Maccabees — 5:31, 6:6, 6:10, 7:10, 7:13, 7:16, 9:6, 17:9

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• John — 3:4

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
• 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
• 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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