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old

Meaning of “old”

1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

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First occurrence: Genesis 5:32

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1 Samuel 2:22
¶ Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:22 · retained source text

¶ Now Eli was very olde, and heard all that his sonnes did vnto all Israel, and how they lay with the women that assembled at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation

1611 marginal noteHebr. assembled by troupes.

1 Samuel 2:31
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:31 · retained source text

Behold, the dayes come, that I will cut off thine arme, and the arme of thy fathers house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

1 Samuel 2:32
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:32 · retained source text

And thou shalt see an enemie in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall giue Israel, and there shall not bee an olde man in thine house for euer.

1611 marginal noteOr, the affliction of the Tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would haue giuen Israel.

1 Samuel 4:15
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 4:15 · retained source text

Now Eli was ninetie and eight yeeres old, and his eyes were dimme, that he could not see.

1611 marginal noteHebr. stood.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.2.

1 Samuel 4:18
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 4:18 · retained source text

And it came to passe when hee made mention of the Arke of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his necke brake, and hee died: for hee was an old man, and heauie, and hee had iudged Israel fortie yeeres.

1 Samuel 8:1
AND it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 8:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe, when Samuel was old, that he made his sonnes Iudges ouer Israel.

1 Samuel 8:5
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 8:5 · retained source text

And said vnto him, Behold, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: now make vs a King to iudge vs, like all the nations.

1611 marginal noteOse. 13.10. acts 13.21.

1 Samuel 12:2
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 12:2 · retained source text

And now behold, the King walketh before you: and I am olde, and gray headed, and behold, my sonnes are with you: and I haue walked before you from my childhood vnto this day.

1 Samuel 17:12
¶ Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 17:12 · retained source text

¶ Now Dauid was the sonne of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Iudah, whose name was Iesse, and hee had eight sonnes: and the man went among men for an old man in the dayes of Saul.

1611 marginal noteChap. 16.1.

1 Samuel 27:8
¶ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 27:8 · retained source text

¶ And Dauid and his men went vp and inuaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, euen vnto the land of Egypt.

1611 marginal noteOr, Gerzites.

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