'Old' in the Bible
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
You'll go to your grave at a ripe old age; like a stack of grain that's harvested at just the right time.
Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.
He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Both [the] gray-haired and [the] old [are] among us-- {those older than your father}.
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
They grow old in prosperity, as they descend peacefully into the afterlife.
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
The young men saw me and hid themselves,And the old men arose and stood.
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.
It is not only the old who are wiseor the elderly who understand how to judge.
“You [must] know, since you were born then,And because you are so extremely old!
So Job died, being old and full of days.
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- Ancient (98 instances)
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- Eldest (29 instances)
- Former (176 instances)
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Zaqen
Qadmowniy
'ethmowl
Bath
Labiy'
`owlam
Qedem
Ri'shown
Rachowq
Sh@liyshiy
Shalash
Shaneh (in pl. only),