'Older' in the Bible

Then Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this, since I am an old man, and my wife is getting older?"

"Now the father's older son was in the field. As he was coming back to the house, he heard music and dancing.

"Then the older son became angry and wouldn't go into the house. So his father came out and began to plead with him.

according to his calling and not by actions), Rebecca was told, "The older child will serve the younger one."

Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat younger men like brothers,

older women like mothers, and younger women like sisters, with absolute purity.

Older men are to be sober, serious, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.

Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of goodness.