7 occurrences

'Old' in the Bible

They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

Verse ConceptsSheepSwordsAnnihilationExterminationBoth Men And Animals Killedgenocide

Now Joshua was old and advanced in years when the Lord said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and very much of the land remains to be possessed.

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 spy out the land, and I brought word back to him as it was in my heart.

Verse ConceptsSpying

Now behold, the Lord has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am eighty-five years old today.

Verse ConceptsAgingMiddle Age40 To 50 Yearswandering

Now it came about after many days, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years,

Verse ConceptsTime Of Peace

that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in years.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersInfirmities

It came about after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one 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)
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