noun · masculine

gerōnos

Greekγέρων (gerōn)

Strong’sG1088

an old man

stem gerōn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

old1×

What it means

γέρων, -οντος, ὁ,

[in LXX for זָקֵן;]

an old man: Jo 3:4.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1088 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidgher'-own

aged

Fromof uncertain affinity (compare G1094);

King Jamesold.

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 nominative	gerōnos1×γέρων	gerōnois
object accusative	gerōnon	gerōnoin
direct address vocative	gerōnor	gerōnoir
of, belonging to genitive	gerōnou	gerōnoiu
to, for dative	gerōno	gerōnoi

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

gerōnstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

gerōno 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

gerōnos“old”subjectnominative singular1×

John 3:4“old”legatō pros auton tos Nikodēmos; Pōs dunetō anthrōpos gennira gerōnos arōtos? mē dunetō eis tan koilian tau mētērau autou deuterem eiserchara kai gennira?“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”