ΓΗΡΑΣ, γηρας
GĒRAS, gēras
Sounds Like: GHEE-ras
Translations: old age, an old age
From the root: ΓΗΡΑΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the state of being old or advanced in years. It is typically used to describe the period of life after youth, often associated with physical decline or wisdom.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1094 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:73
Codex Sinaiticus
- Tobit — 3:10
- 4 Maccabees — 5:12, 5:33, 8:20
- Psalms — 91:11
- Proverbs — 16:31, 30:17
- Wisdom — 3:17, 3:18, 4:8, 4:16
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 1:46, 3:98, 18:267
- Book 2 — 6:148, 6:151
- Book 5 — 11:354
- Book 7 — 8:184, 11:273
- Book 8 — 1:2, 1:5, 8:211, 11:268, 12:314
- Book 11 — 5:183
- Book 12 — 6:172
- Book 15 — 9:309
- Book 17 — 5:94
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 33:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 21:2, 42:38, 44:29, 44:31
- 2 Samuel — 19:33
- Tobit — 3:10, 3:10
- 4 Maccabees — 5:12, 5:33, 8:20
- Psalms — 91:11
- Psalms of Solomon — 4:20
- Proverbs — 16:31, 24:52
- Wisdom — 3:17, 4:8, 4:16
- Sirach — 30:24
From the same root
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