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Some words on ancient old ages
1. Some words on ancient old ages
Greek has words for the English "old" that include "ancient" and "beginning", "old" (as in age), "old" (as in not new).
2. Ages before and after the flood
Before and for some time after the flood people lived to very old and then old ages.
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Details are left as a future topic.
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3. Old
4. Strongs - old
- *G3820 *19 παλαιός (pal-ah-yos') : from G3819; antique, i.e. not recent, worn out:--old.
- παλαιον *5
- Mark 2:21 ... on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent ...
- Luke 5:36 ... garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
- Luke 5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
- Ephesians 4:22 ... concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt ...
- Colossians 3:9 ... to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
- παλαιους *3
- Matthew 9:17 ... new wine into old bottles: else the bottles ...
- Mark 2:22 ... new wine into old bottles: else the ...
- Luke 5:37 ... new wine into old bottles; else the new ...
- παλαια *3
- Matthew 13:52 ... treasure things new and old.
- 1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with ...
- 1 John 2:7 ... but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is ...
- παλαιω *2
- Matthew 9:16 ... cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill ...
- Luke 5:36 ... garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
- παλαιος *2
- Luke 5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
- Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that ...
- παλαιαν *2
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be ...
- 1 John 2:7 ... but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is ...
- παλαιου
- Mark 2:21 ... on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent ...
- παλαιας
- 2 Corinthians 3:14 ... untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away ...
5. Testaments
6. Ancient
7. Matthew 24:8
KJV: All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Greek: παντα δε ταυτα αρχη ωδινων
Latin: haec autem omnia initia sunt dolorum
Wessex: Ealle þas þing synt þare sare anginne.
Wycliffe: and alle these ben bigynnyngis of sorewes.
Tyndale: All these are the beginninge of sorowes.
Russian: все же это-начало болезней.
The Latin word "initia" ≈ "beginning" and from which we get the English words "initiate", "initial", etc.
The modern Greek word "αρχή" (ar-KHEE) ≈ "beginning" and from which we get the English word "archaic".
8. Old as in age
Greek has a few words for "old" as in age.
9. John 3:4
KJV: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
Greek: λεγει προς αυτον ο νικοδημος πως δυναται ανθρωπος γεννηθηναι γερων ων μη δυναται εις την κοιλιαν της μητρος αυτου δευτερον εισελθειν και γεννηθηναι
Latin: dicit ad eum Nicodemus quomodo potest homo nasci cum senex sit numquid potest in ventrem matris suae iterato introire et nasci
Wessex: Þa cwaeð Nichodemus to hym. hwu mayg man beon eft akenned þanne he beoð eald. Cwest þu. mag he eft cuman on hys moder innoðe & beon eft akenned.
Wycliffe: Nychodeme seide to hym, Hou may a man be borun, whanne he is eeld? whether he may entre ayen in to his modris wombe, and be borun ayen?
Tyndale: Nicodemus sayde vnto him: how can a man be boren when he is olde? can he enter into his moders wombe and be boren agayne?
Luther: Nikodemus spricht zu ihm: Wie kann ein Mensch geboren werden, wenn er alt ist? Kann er auch wiederum in seiner Mutter Leib gehen und geboren werden?
10. Gerontology
11. Presbyterians
12. New as in old hair
Gray hair is often associated with being old and, in some cases, a reason for respect.
The term "
hoarfrost" means gray as in "
gray hair" and is related to the German word
"Herr" ≈ "Mister" and is a term of respect for older males.
Can something "
new", as in "
young", be considered "
old" is in aged and respected?
In 19th Century Prussia (later part of Germany) the "
Junkers" were a young aristocratic and powerful group. They got their name from each being "
Young Herr" where the German word
"Jung" ≈ "young" .
13. Psalms 147:16
KJV: He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
Hebrew: הנתן שלג כצמר כפור כאפר יפזר׃
Greek: του διδοντος χιονα ωσει εριον ομιχλην ωσει σποδον πασσοντος
Latin: qui dat nivem quasi lanam pruinas quasi cinerem spargit
Geneva: He giueth snowe like wooll, and scattereth the hoare frost like ashes.
Luther: Er gibt Schnee wie Wolle, er streuet Reif wie Asche.
14. Hoary frost
15. 1 Kings 2:6
KJV: Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
Hebrew: ועשית כחכמתך ולא תורד שיבתו בשלם שאל׃
Greek: και ποιησεις κατα την σοφιαν σου και ου καταξεις την πολιαν αυτου εν ειρηνη εις αδου
Geneva: Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.
Luther: Tue nach deiner Weisheit, daß du seine grauen Haare nicht mit Frieden hinunter zur Hölle bringest.
16. Isaiah 46:4
KJV: And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Hebrew: ועד זקנה אני הוא ועד שיבה אני אסבל אני עשיתי ואני אשא ואני אסבל ואמלט׃
Greek: εως γηρους εγω ειμι και εως αν καταγηρασητε εγω ειμι εγω ανεχομαι υμων εγω εποιησα και εγω ανησω εγω αναλημψομαι και σωσω υμας
Geneva: Therefore vnto olde age, I the same, euen I will beare you vntill the hoare heares: I haue made you: I will also beare you, and I will cary you and I will deliuer you.
17. Junkers
A German company making aircraft in World War II named their series of planes "
Junker" after the Junkers, an aristocratic and powerful group from Prussia.
A famous Junker aircraft was the Junker Ju 88 tactical dive/torpedo bomber.
The name "
Junker" comes from the German word
"Jung" ≈ "young" and the German word
"Herr" ≈ "Mister" as they were, originally, young and powerful rulers.
A famous (or infamous) Junker was Field Marshall Paul Von Hindenburg who came to prominence in World War I and later, as an aging President of the Wiemar Democracy, turned power over to Adolf Hitler in 1933.
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