Word Summary
gēras: old age
Original Word: γῆραςTransliteration: gēras
Phonetic Spelling: (ghay'-ras)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: old age
Meaning: old age
Strong's Concordance
old age.
Akin to geron; senility -- old age.
see GREEK geron
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1094: γῆραςγῆρας,
γηραός (
γερως), Ionic
γηρεος, dative
γήρει,
γήρει,
τό (from
Homer down),
old age:
Luke 1:36 ἐν γήρει G L T Tr WH for
Rec. ἐν γήρᾳ, a form found without variant in Sir. 25:3; (also
Psalm 91:15 (); cf. Genesis 15:15 Alex.; Genesis 21:7; Genesis 25:8; 1 Chronicles 29:28 ibid.; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 10, 7 [ET] variant; cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 117); Fritzsche on Sir. 3:12; Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 155; Winers Grammar, (36 and) 64 (62); (Buttmann, 15 (14)).