10 occurrences

'Old' in the Bible

And they put everything in the town to the curse; men and women, young and old, ox and sheep and ass, they put to death without mercy.

Verse ConceptsSheepSwordsAnnihilationExterminationBoth Men And Animals Killedgenocide

Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took old food-bags for their asses, and old and cracked wine-skins kept together with cord;

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitBottle, UsesenvoyCraftinessWineskins And Vatsimprovement

And put old stitched-up shoes on their feet, and old clothing on their backs; and all the food they had with them was dry and broken up.

Verse ConceptsShoesRepulsive FoodRepairingFood Decaying

And these wine-skins were new when we put the wine in them, and now they are cracked as you see; and our clothing and our shoes have become old because of our very long journey here.

Verse ConceptsShoesThings Wearing OutUnusedWineskins And Vats

Now Joshua was old and full of years; and the Lord said to him, You are old and full of years, and there is still very much land to be taken.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftInfirmitiesGradual Conquest Of The Land

I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to make a search through the land; and the account which I gave him was in keeping with his desire.

Verse ConceptsSpying

And now, as you see, the Lord has kept me safe these forty-five years, from the time when the Lord said this to Moses, while Israel was wandering in the waste land: and now I am eighty-five years old.

Verse ConceptsAgingMiddle Age40 To 50 Yearswandering

Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,

Verse ConceptsTime Of Peace

Joshua sent for all Israel, for their responsible men and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers, and said to them, I am old, and full of years:

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersInfirmities

Now after these things, the death of Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, took place, he being then a hundred and ten years old.

Verse ConceptsAge, Lived Over 100Servanthood, In Life Of BelieversDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfAge At Death

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Ancient (98 instances)
Elder (43 instances)
Eldest (29 instances)
Former (176 instances)
Older (92 instances)
Previous (37 instances)
Sometime (23 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain