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Notes: It is also possible to treat γηράσκω in Domain 23 Physiological Processes and States, but the focus in RV JHN 21:18 · LV JHN 21:18 · Read together JHN 21:18 seems to be more upon duration of time than upon a physiological state.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: γέρων · γερουσία · γῆρας

Sense 1: to grow old, to become old

Semantic entry: 67.105

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

Definition: to become old in age (referring to living beings)

JHN 21:18: RV JHN 21:18 · LV JHN 21:18 · Read together JHN 21:18

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OET-RV JHN 21:18

18 “I can assure you that while you are young, you dress yourself and go wherever you want to go, but as you age, you’ll be stretching out your hands and others will dress you and will take you where you don’t want to go.”

OET-LV JHN 21:18

18 Truly, truly, I _am _saying to _you, when you _were younger, you _were _girding yourself, and you _were _walking where you _were _wanting, but whenever you _may _age, you _will _be _stretching _out the hands of _you, and another will _be _girding you, and will _be _bringing where you _are_ not _wanting.

HEB 8:13: RV HEB 8:13 · LV HEB 8:13 · Read together HEB 8:13

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OET-RV HEB 8:13

13 In calling that ‘new’, he’s made the first agreement out-of-date, and what’s out-of-date and getting old is about to disappear.

OET-LV HEB 8:13

13 In that to _be _saying:
New, he _has _grown _old the first.
But the thing being _grown _old and aging is near disappearance.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γηράσκω

Form 1

Sense 1: to grow old, to become old