Sevah שֵׂיבָה

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Sevah (Hebrew שֵׂיבָה, Strong's H7872) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “greyheaded”. It occurs 19 times in 19 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) age, gray hair, hoary head, old age
1a) gray hair, hoary head
1b) old age

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	age (6), hairs (6), head (5), hoary (1), grayheaded (1)
BSB	old age (4), gray (2), gray hair (2), ripe old age (1), my gray hair (1), you will bring my gray hair (1), will have brought the gray hair (1), elderly (1), gray haired (1), your old age (1), let his gray head (1), bring his gray head (1), and 2 other renderings

Every verse with Sevah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Genesis 25:8
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go 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 sorrow to the grave.But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
Genesis 44:29
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
Genesis 44:31
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.

Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 32:25
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

Judges 8:32
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Ruth 4:15
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

1 Kings 2:6
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
1 Kings 2:9
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”

1 Chronicles 29:28
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.

Job 41:32
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!

Psalm 71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
Psalm 92:14
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

Proverbs 16:31
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.

Isaiah 46:4
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.Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

Hosea 7:9
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).