יָשִׁישׁ
yashish · aged, old man
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3453 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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yashish (יָשִׁישׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “aged, old man”.
An old man, a person of great age.
How to say it
ya·shish
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
- Of great age.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- very old ×3
- very aged ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 12:12
With the very old is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
- Job 15:10
Both the gray-haired and the very aged are among us, older than your father in days.
- Job 29:8
the young men saw me and hid, and the very old rose and stood;
- Job 32:6
And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: “I am young in days, and you are very old; therefore I held back and was afraid to declare my knowledge to you.