'Older' in the Bible
So they gave their father wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she got up [because he was completely intoxicated].
The firstborn gave birth to a son, and named him Moab (from father); he is the father of the Moabites to this day.
then on the day when he wills his possessions to his sons, he cannot treat the son of his loved wife as firstborn in place of the son of the unloved wife—the [actual] firstborn.
The elders of his household stood by him [in the night] to lift him up from the ground, but he was unwilling [to get up] and would not eat food with them.
Then he sent Eliakim who was in charge of his household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the band of men (raiders) who came with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
The genealogical registration included all their little children, their wives, and their sons and daughters, for the whole assembly, because they consecrated themselves faithfully in holiness.
“Among us are both the gray-haired and the aged,Older than your father.
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were years older than he.
O satisfy us with Your lovingkindness in the morning [now, before we grow older],That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Then he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the [royal] household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
“Now his older son was in the field; and when he returned and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
and they are not all the children of Abraham because they are his descendants [by blood], but [the promise was]: “Your descendants will be named through Isaac” [though Abraham had other sons].
Do not sharply reprimand an older man, but appeal to him as [you would to] a father, to younger men as brothers,
to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters, in all purity [being careful to maintain appropriate relationships].
Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in steadfastness [Christlike in character].
Older women similarly are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor addicted to much wine, teaching what is right and good,