330 occurrences

'Old' in the Bible

And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesJohn The BaptistOld Age, Attainment OfChildlessnessMonth 6Relatives

And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

Verse ConceptsNewnessMendingRepairingUnusedNot Like Things

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined.

Verse ConceptsBreaking ContainersOld ThingsFreshWineskins And Vats

And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”

Verse ConceptsOld ThingsDrunkennessNew

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But as He went, the crowds were pressing against Him.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildPressingNearness Of DeathOnly Child Of PeopleDeath Looms Near

and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had risen again.

Verse ConceptsJesus The Prophet

They answered and said, “John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again.”

Verse ConceptsJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be

So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go.”

Verse ConceptsAffirmationsStretching OutFreshness Of YouthClothing OneselfClothing OthersChrist Telling The TruthPeople Unwilling

‘And it shall be in the last days,’ God says,‘That I will pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind;And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,And your young men shall see visions,And your old men shall dream dreams;

Verse ConceptsdaughtersProphecy, In NtSonsPouringVisionsEnd Of The AgesHope For Old PeopleVisions From GodProphesying In The Churchend times prophecyEnd Of Days

for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, New Testament ReferencesHealth And Healing

Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.

Verse ConceptsGod Speaking Of OldGod's Things Revealed

Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;

Verse ConceptsBodyWeakness, SpiritualThe Age At FatherhoodWombLimitations Of The BodyGrace Verse LawWeaknesschildbearing

Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeception, Christians Must Not PracticeHonestySpiteSincereityLeavenedGod's Truthnot celebrating christmasthe anniversary FeastsSexual Puritycelebrating

A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsWidows, Should BeMarriage ControlledSecond MarriageWomen's RolesBeing Single

They will perish, but You remain;And they all will become old like a garment,

Verse ConceptsCreation Showing God's NatureChange And Growth

When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.

Verse ConceptsLaws, AbolishedPast, TheOld ThingsGrowingcovenant

Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

Verse ConceptsBeginningBeginning Of SalvationOld ThingsChrist's Ordersa new beginningcommandments

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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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀρχαῖος 
Archaios 
old , of old time , a good while ago
Usage: 9

γηράσκω 
Gerasko 
be old , wax old
Usage: 1

πάλαι 
Palai 
long ago , any while , a great while ago , old , in time past , of old
Usage: 4

παλαιός 
Palaios 
Usage: 8

παλαιόω 
Palaioo 
Usage: 3

γέρων 
Geron 
old
Usage: 1

γῆρας 
Geras 
Usage: 1

γραώδης 
Graodes 
Usage: 1

διετής 
Dietes 
Usage: 1

ἑκατονταέτης 
hekatontaetes 
Usage: 1

ἔκπαλαι 
Ekpalai 
of a long time , of old
Usage: 2

παλαιότης 
Palaiotes 
Usage: 1

πρεσβύτερος 
Presbuteros 
Usage: 65

πρεσβύτης 
Presbutes 
Usage: 3

τεσσαρακονταετής 
Tessarakontaetes 
Usage: 2

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