# שֵׂיבָה (seyvah)

Israeli respelling: sey-vah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7872. 19 Old Testament occurrences.

old age

King James renderings: (be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/seyvah-h7872

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 15:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/15/15) — And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
- [Genesis 25:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/8) — Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
- [Genesis 42:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/38) — And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the whi…
- [Genesis 44:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/29) — And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- [Genesis 44:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/31) — It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy…
- [Leviticus 19:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/19/32) — Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
- [Deuteronomy 32:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/25) — The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
- [Judges 8:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/8/32) — And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- [Ruth 4:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/4/15) — And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is be…
- [1 Kings 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/6) — Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
- [1 Kings 2:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/9) — Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou…
- [1 Chronicles 29:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/29/28) — And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
- [Job 41:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/32) — He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
- [Psalms 71:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/71/18) — Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every…
- [Psalms 92:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/92/14) — They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
- [Proverbs 16:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/16/31) — The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
- [Proverbs 20:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/29) — The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
- [Isaiah 46:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/46/4) — And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will delive…
- [Hosea 7:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/7/9) — Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.