Bible Dictionary: Gray

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (superl.) White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.

2. (superl.) Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.

3. (superl.) Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.

4. (n.) A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint.

5. (n.) An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GRAY

gra.

See COLORS; HOARY.

Greek

1127. gregoreo -- to be awake, to watch
... to be awake, to watch. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: gregoreo Phonetic Spelling:
(gray-gor-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I am awake, am vigilant, watch ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6713. tsachar -- reddish-gray, tawny
... 6712, 6713. tsachar. 6714 . reddish-gray, tawny. Transliteration: tsachar
Phonetic Spelling: (tsakh'-ar) Short Definition: white. ...
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7872. sebah -- hoary head, old age
... Word Origin from sib Definition hoary head, old age NASB Word Usage gray (1), gray
hair (7), gray hairs (1), gray head (1), gray-haired (1), grayheaded (1 ...
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7867. sib -- to be hoary
... to be hoary. Transliteration: sib Phonetic Spelling: (seeb) Short Definition: gray. ...
root Definition to be hoary NASB Word Usage gray (1), gray-haired (1). ...
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3486. yashesh -- aged, decrepit
... stoop for age. From an unused root meaning to blanch; gray-haired, ie An aged man --
stoop for age. 3485, 3486. yashesh. 3487 . Strong's Numbers.
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6080. aphar -- to throw dust
... cast dust. : a primitive root: meaning either to be gray or perhaps rather to pulverize;
used only as denominative from aphar, to be dust -- cast (dust). ...
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6083. aphar -- dry earth, dust
... From aphar; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud -- ashes, dust,
earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish. see HEBREW aphar. 6082, 6083. ...
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Library

The Life of Mr. Andrew Gray.
... The Life of Mr. ANDREW GRAY. Mr. Andrew Gray (by the calculation of his
age and the date of his entry into the ministry) seems to ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr andrew 3.htm

M. Gray. Supplication.
... I. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 15. 7s. M. Gray. Supplication. 1 Suppliant, lo! Thy children
bend, Father, for Thy blessing now; Thou canst teach ...
/.../book of hymns for public and private devotion/15 7s m gray supplication.htm

Chapter eight
... He had sent up his name, Mr. Gray. Maxwell stepped to the head of the stairs and
asked Gray to come up. So Gray came up and stated the reason for his call. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter eight.htm

Letter G
... Received 1833 * Graves, John "Received 1834 * Graves, Peyton S. "Received 1822,
Expelled 1828 * Graves, WC "Received 1834 * Gray, David "Received 1820 ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bangs/an alphabetical list of m e preachers/letter g.htm

Chapter fourteen
... the city. Gray had continued his meetings during the week, and the results
had been even greater than he had dared to hope. When ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter fourteen.htm

The Bethlehem Fog.
... A gray chilling shadow of the sort of gray that a stormy sky sometimes shows, gray
tingeing into slaty black. Yet it was the coming that made the shadow. ...
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The Moody Colportage Library
... RA Torrey 120 Satan and the Saint. James M. Gray 123 Salvation from Start to Finish.
Gray 125 Life in a Look. ... JM Gray 128 Papers on The Lord's Coming. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/moodys stories/the moody colportage library.htm

I Will Take one Case that Will Serve Both as Symbol and Example...
... We hear the realists (those sentimental fellows) talking about the gray
streets and the gray lives of the poor. But whatever the ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 35 i will take.htm

The True Source of Strong Service.
... The waters of the Arve come through a clayey soil and are muddy, gray, and dull. ...
Then gradually they blend and the gray begins to tinge all through the blue. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on service/the true source of strong.htm

Chapter twelve
... Virginia looked around again. "Where does Mr. Gray live?" she asked. She
knew that the evangelist boarded somewhere near the tent. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twelve.htm

Thesaurus

Gray (16 Occurrences)
... White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair
whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove ...
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Gray-haired (4 Occurrences)
Gray-haired. Gray, Gray-haired. Grayheaded . Multi-Version
Concordance Gray-haired (4 Occurrences). Deuteronomy 32:25 ...
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Gray-headed (4 Occurrences)
Gray-headed. Grayheaded, Gray-headed. Graying . Multi-Version
Concordance Gray-headed (4 Occurrences). 1 Samuel 12:2 ...
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Hairs (21 Occurrences)
... If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my
gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). ...
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Sheol (64 Occurrences)
... If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down
my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol." (WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Grave (128 Occurrences)
... down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall
him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with ...
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Aged (63 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 19:32 "'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of
an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh. (See NAS NIV). ...
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Zimri (16 Occurrences)
... a house of ill-repute." The difficulty is that the word only occurs here in the
Old Testament, but it has that meaning in New Heb (see Gray, Numbers, 385); BDB ...
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Grizzled (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (a.) Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of
a mixed white and black. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GRISLED; GRIZZLED. ...
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Grayheaded (4 Occurrences)
... Grayheaded (4 Occurrences). Leviticus 19:32 "'You shall rise up before the gray
head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. ...
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Bible Concordance

Gray (16 Occurrences)

Genesis 42:38 He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 44:29 If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 44:31 it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 19:32 "'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
(WEB NAS)

Deuteronomy 32:25 Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers, terror; on both young man and virgin, The suckling with the gray-haired man.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 12:2 Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 2:6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 2:9 Now therefore don't hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood."
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Job 15:10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?
(WEB)

Psalms 71:18 Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
(WEB ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 16:31 Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Proverbs 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
(WEB WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 46:4 and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn't realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn't realize it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 6:3 in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot dappled horses, all of them powerful.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Gray

Gray Hair

Related Terms

Gray-haired (4 Occurrences)

Gray-headed (4 Occurrences)

Hairs (21 Occurrences)

Sheol (64 Occurrences)

Grave (128 Occurrences)

Aged (63 Occurrences)

Zimri (16 Occurrences)