noun · neuter
gēraem
Greekγῆρας (gēras)
Strong’sG1094
old age
stem gēra-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
γῆρας, Attic, gen. (-αος) -ως, dat. ᾳ; Ion. and κοινή, -εος (-ους), dat. -ει, τό,
[in LXX for שֵׂיבֶה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1094 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidghay'-ras
senility
Fromakin to G1088;
King Jamesold age.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | gēraem | gēraeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | gēraeu | gēraeiu |
| to, for dative | gērae1×γήρει | gēraei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
gērae is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
gērae“old age”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 1:36“old age”kai idou Elisabet tas sungenias su kai autas sullambatē huion en gērae autau, kai houtos mēnos hektos atō auta ta kalirōta steira;Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.