7 occurrences

'Old' in the Bible

And death came to Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, he being a hundred and ten years old.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In Life Of BelieversServants Of The LordAge At Death

The same night the Lord said to him, Take ten men of your servants and an ox seven years old, and after pulling down the altar of Baal which is your father's, and cutting down the holy tree by its side,

Verse ConceptsShrinesAltarsDestruction Of Satan's WorksAnimals At Specific Agesgideon

And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfOld Age, Attainment OfTombsDeath Of A FatherFamily Deathgideon

Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

Verse ConceptsEveningMen Working

And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

Verse ConceptsWhere From?Where To?

And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street.

Verse ConceptsSalutationsHospitalityTravellersCity Squareswelcome

While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.

Verse ConceptsVulgarityCrude LanguageDecadenceHomosexualityKnockingSexual Union IntendedAbuse

Bible Theasaurus

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

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