2001 Translation

POLIAS, polias

Sounds Like: po-LEE-as

Translations: gray hair, old age, hoary head, a hoary head

From the root: ΠΟΛΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to gray hair, often symbolizing old age or the wisdom associated with it. It is typically used to describe the physical characteristic of having gray hair, but by extension, it can also represent the state of being old or the respect due to an elder. It is a feminine noun.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4174 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 7:15
• Wisdom — 2:10
• Isaiah — 47:2

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Five — 10:14

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 3 Maccabees — 4:5
• 4 Maccabees — 7:15
• Wisdom — 2:10
• Isaiah — 47:2

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΙΑ.

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.

• ΠΟΛΙΑ — gray hair, old age, a gray hair
• ΠΟΛΙΑΙ — gray hairs, gray hair, old age
• ΠΟΛΙΑΙΣ — gray hair, gray hairs, old age
• ΠΟΛΙΑΝ — gray hair, old age, a gray hair

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