'Older' in the Bible

“Now his older son was in the field; as he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only He was left, with the woman in the center.

not from works but from the One who calls—she was told: The older will serve the younger.

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

older women as mothers, and with all propriety, the younger women as sisters.

Older men are to be level headed, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.

In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good,