שִׂיב
siv · elder
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H7868 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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siv (שִׂיב) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “elder”.
In the plural, the elders who lead the people (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "sev", "gray hair".
How to say it
siv
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Gray-haired one; those who lead the people (Aramaic).
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Ezra 5:5
But the eye of their Elah was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease until the report should go to Darius and then they should return a letter about this.
- Ezra 5:9
Then we asked those elders and thus we said to them: ‘Who gave you an order to build this house and to finish this structure?’
- Ezra 6:7
Leave the work of that house of Elah alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build that house of Elah on its site.
- Ezra 6:8
And by me an order is given concerning what you shall do with these elders of the Jews for the building of that house of Elah: from the goods of the king, which are from the tribute of the other side of the river, with diligence let the cost be paid to these men, so that there be no stoppage.
- Ezra 6:14
And the elders of the Jews were building and prospering through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo; and they built and finished by the order of the Elah of Israel and by the order of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.