Senses
1. gray hair (literal) — Gray or white hair as a physical feature, often used as a dignified marker of age; includes construct forms, pronominal suffixes ('my gray hair,' 'his gray hair,' 'gray hair of'), and conjunctive prefixes. 13×
AR["الشَّيبُ","الشَّيْبِ","شَيْبَةً.","شَيْبَةٌ","شَيْبَةٍ","شَيْبَةَ","شَيْبَتَهُ","شَيْبَتِي","وَ-الشَّيْبَةِ"]·ben["আমার-পাকা-চুল","ও-পাকা-চুল","তার-পাকা-চুল","পাকা-চুল","পাকা-চুলের","শুক্লা-চুলের-মতো"]·DE["[לשיבה]","[שיבה]","[שיבה]","das-graue-Haar","gray-Haar","mein-graues-Haar","sein-gray-hair","und-gray-hairs"]·EN["and-gray-hairs","gray-hair","gray-hair-of","his-gray-hair","my-gray-hair","to-be-white-haired"]·FR["[שיבה]","et-vieillesse","gray-cheveu","gray-cheveux-de","mon-gray-cheveux","son-gray-hair","vieillesse","à-לשיבה","שיבה"]·heb["ו-שיבה","ל-שיבה","שיבה","שיבת","שיבתו","שיבתי-י"]·HI["उसके-सफेद-बालों-को","और-सफेद-बालों-वाला","पके-बाल","बुढ़ापे","बुढ़ापे-के","बुढ़ापे-को-मेरे","बूढ़े-के।","मेरे-बाल","सफ़ेद-बालों-की-तरह","सफेद-बाल","सफेद-बालों","सफेदी"]·ID["beruban","dan-uban","uban","ubanku","ubannya"]·IT["[שיבה]","e-vecchiaia","gray-capello","gray-hair-di","mio-gray-hair","per-to-be-white-haired","suo-grigio-capelli"]·jav["dados-rambut-pethak.","saha-uwan","uban","uwan","uwanan","uwanipun","uwèt","uwèt-kula"]·KO["그의-백발을","나의-백발을","백발","백발-으로","백발을","백발의","백발이","백발이니라"]·PT["cabelo-branco","cabelo-grisalho","cabelos-brancos","cabelos-brancos-de","cabelos-brancos-meus","cabelos-grisalhos","como-cabelos-brancos.","e-cabelos-brancos","sua-velhice"]·RU["и-седины","седая","седина","сединой","седину","седину-его","седину-мою","седины","седовласым"]·ES["canas","canas-de","canas-mías","como-canas","las-canas","sus-canas","y-canas"]·SW["kuwa-mvi","kwa","mvi","mvi-zake","mvi-zangu","mwenye-mvi","na-mvi","nasi","ni-mvi"]·TR["ak-saca","ak-saç","ak-saçlarımı","ak-saçlarını","ak-saçlı","ak-saçlının","aklar","ve-ak-saçlılık"]·urd["بال-سفیدی","بالوں-سفید","بالوں-سفید-میرے","بالوں-سفید-کے","بوڑھے","سفید-بال","سفید-بالوں-کو-اس-کے","سفیدی","سفیدی-میری","وَ-سفیدی"]
Gen 42:38, Gen 44:29, Gen 44:31, Lev 19:32, Deut 32:25, 1 Kgs 2:6, 1 Kgs 2:9, Job 41:32, Ps 71:18, Prov 16:31, Prov 20:29, Isa 46:4 (+1 more)
2. old age (metonymic) — Gray hair used metonymically for old age itself, typically appearing with preposition ב ('in old age') or with pronominal suffixes in the sense of one's time of old age; multilingual glosses consistently render this as 'old age' (vejez, uzee, 노년) rather than literal 'gray hair.' 6×
AR["بِ-شَيْبَةٍ","بِشَيْبَةٍ","بِـ-شَيْبَة","شَيْبَتَكِ","فِي-الشَّيْخُوخَةِ","فِي-شَيْبَةٍ"]·ben["-বৃদ্ধ-বয়সে","তোমার-বার্ধক্যের","বার্ধক্যে","বৃদ্ধ-বয়সে","বৃদ্ধত্বে"]·DE["[בשיבה]","[שיבתך]","in-alt-Alter","in-alt-age","in-gutem"]·EN["in-a-good","in-gray-hair","in-old-age","your-old-age"]·FR["[בשיבה]","dans-gray-cheveux","dans-un-bon","dans-vieillesse","dans-vieux-âge","ton-vieux-âge"]·heb["ב-שיבה","שיבתך"]·HI["-में-बुढ़ापा","बुढ़ापा-तेरे","बुढ़ापे-में","बुढ़ापेमें","बुधपे-मे"]·ID["dalam-uban","dalam-usia-tua","di-masa-tua","di-usia-tua","pada-usia-tua","usia-tuamu"]·IT["[בשיבה]","in-gray-hair","in-un-buono","in-vecchio-età","tua-vecchiaia","vecchiaia"]·jav["ing-rambut-pethak","ing-sepuh","ing-yuswa","ing-yuswa-pethak","ing-yuswanipun-sepuh","uwan-panjenengan"]·KO["노년-에","니-노년을","백발-에서","백발로","에-노년","에-희대"]·PT["em-velhice","na-velhice","tua-velhice"]·RU["в-седине","в-старости","седину-твою"]·ES["en-vejez","tu-vejez"]·SW["katika-uzee","uzee","uzee-wako"]·TR["de-yaşlılıkta","iyi-bir","yaşlılıkta","yaşlılığının"]·urd["بڑھاپے-میں","تیرے-بڑھاپے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שֵׂיבָה n.f. hoary head, old age;—abs. שׂ׳ Ho 7:9 +; cstr. שֵׂיבַת Gn 44:31; sf. שֵׂיבָתִי 42:38; 44:29, etc.;— 1. grey hair, hoary head Ho 7:9 (fig.), Gn 42:38; 44:29, 31 (all J), 1 K 2:6, 9; Pr 16:31; 20:29; אִישׁ שׂ׳ Dt 32:25 (opp. יוֹנֵק); ‖ זָקֵן Lv 19:32 (H), ‖ זִקְנָה Is 46:4, + id., ψ 71:18 (in these transition to foll.); fig. of sea Jb 41:24. 2. old age, שׂ׳ טוֹבָה Gn 15:15 (JE), 25:8…