ΓΗΡΑΣΑΣ, γηρασας
GĒRASAS, gērasas
Sounds Like: gee-RAH-sas
Translations: having grown old, having become old, having aged
From the root: ΓΗΡΑΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb 'γηράσκω' (gēraskō), meaning 'to grow old' or 'to age'. As a participle, it describes an action that has been completed prior to the time of the main verb in the sentence. It can function adjectivally, modifying a noun, or adverbially, indicating cause, time, or manner.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Aorist, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G1095 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 3:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΗΡΑΣΚΩ.
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.
- ΓΕΓΗΡΑΚΑ — I have grown old, I am old
- ΓΕΓΗΡΑΚΑΜΕΝ — we have grown old, we have become old
- ΓΕΓΗΡΑΚΑΣ — you have grown old, you are old, you have become old
- ΓΕΓΗΡΑΚΑΣΙΝ — they have grown old, they have become old
- ΓΕΓΗΡΑΚΕ — has grown old, has become old, is old
- ΓΕΓΗΡΑΚΕΝ — has grown old, has become old, has aged
- ΓΕΓΗΡΑΚΕΝΑΙ — to have grown old, to have become old
- ΓΕΓΗΡΑΚΟΣ — having grown old, aged, old, a person who has grown old
- ΓΕΓΗΡΑΚΟΣΙΝ — have grown old, have become old, aged
- ΓΕΓΗΡΑΚΟΤΑΣ — grown old, having grown old, aged, old
- ΓΕΓΗΡΑΚΟΤΩΝ — of those who have grown old, of the aged, of old men
- ΓΗΡΆΣΚΩ — to grow old, to become old, to age
- ΓΗΡΑΣΑΙ — to grow old, to become old, to age
- ΓΗΡΑΣΑΝΤΟΣ — (of) having grown old, (of) becoming old, (of) aging
- ΓΗΡΑΣΑΤΕ — grow old, become old
- ΓΗΡΑΣΗ — grow old, become old, be old
- ΓΗΡΑΣΚΟΝ — growing old, becoming old, aging
- ΓΗΡΑΣΚΟΥΣΙΝ — grow old, become old, be old
- ΓΗΡΑΣΚΩ — to grow old, to become old, to be old
- ἘΓΗΡΑΣΑ — I grew old, I have grown old, I became old
- ἘΓΗΡΑΣΕΝ — he grew old, he became old, he aged
- ΕΓΗΡΑΣΑ — I grew old, I became old, I have grown old
- ΕΓΗΡΑΣΕ — grew old, became old
- ΚΑΤΑΓΗΡΑΣΗΤΑΙ — may grow old, may become old, may be worn out
- ΠΕΡΙΓΗΡΑΣΚΟΝΤΑΣ — growing old, becoming old, aging, becoming very old, becoming exceedingly old
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