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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 7867. שִׂיב (sib) -- To be gray, to grow old</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/7867.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/job/15-10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/7867.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 7867</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/7866.htm" title="7866">◄</a> 7867. sib <a href="../hebrew/7868.htm" title="7868">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">sib: To be gray, to grow old</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">שִׂיב</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>siyb<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>seeb<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(seeb)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To be gray, to grow old<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>to become aged, to grow gray<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>A primitive root<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for the concept of aging or gray hair is "πρεσβύτης" (presbytes), Strong's Greek 4246, which also denotes an elder or an aged person.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew verb "sib" primarily denotes the process of aging, specifically the graying of hair, which is a natural sign of growing older. It is often used metaphorically to signify wisdom, experience, and the passage of time. In the biblical context, gray hair is frequently associated with honor and respect, as it reflects a life lived with experience and, ideally, wisdom.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, aging was generally viewed positively, as elders were respected for their wisdom and life experience. Gray hair was seen as a crown of glory, symbolizing a life of righteousness and the accumulation of knowledge. This cultural perspective is reflected in various biblical texts that honor the elderly and encourage respect for them.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to be hoary<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>gray (1), gray-haired (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">שִׂיב</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>be hoary</b></font> (Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">שֵׂיבָה</font> <em>old age</em>; Assyrian <i><em>šêbu</em></i>, <em>aged man</em>; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb096607.gif"> (<img src="/bdbgif/bdb096608.gif">) <em>become hoary</em>, Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb096609.gif"> (in derivatives); Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">סִיב</font> <em>be old</em>; <img src="/bdbgif/bdb096610.gif"> <em>grow old, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb096611.gif"> <em>grey hair</em>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>1singular <font class="hebrew2">זָקַנְתִּי וָשַׂ֫בְתִּי</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/12-2.htm">1 Samuel 12:2</a>; <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">שָׂב</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/15-10.htm">Job 15:10</a> (+ <font class="hebrew2">יָשִׁישׁ</font> <em>aged</em>). </em><br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>be grayheaded <p>A primitive root; properly, to become aged, i.e. (by implication) to grow gray -- (be) grayheaded. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וָשַׂ֔בְתִּי ושבתי שָׂ֣ב שב śāḇ sav vaSavti wā·śaḇ·tî wāśaḇtî<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/12-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 12:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַאֲנִי֙ זָקַ֣נְתִּי <b> וָשַׂ֔בְתִּי </b> וּבָנַ֖י הִנָּ֣ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you, but I am old <span class="itali">and gray,</span> and behold<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> you: and I am old <span class="itali">and grayheaded;</span> and, behold, my sons<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/12-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I am you <span class="itali">and gray</span> my sons and behold<p><b><a href="/text/job/15-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 15:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> גַּם־ <b> שָׂ֣ב </b> גַּם־ יָשִׁ֣ישׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Both <span class="itali">the gray-haired</span> and the aged<br><a href="/kjvs/job/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">With us [are] both the grayheaded</span> and very aged<br><a href="/interlinear/job/15-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Both <span class="itali">the gray-haired</span> Both and the aged<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7867.htm">2 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7867.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7867<br>2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/sav_7867.htm">śāḇ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vasavti_7867.htm">wā·śaḇ·tî — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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