Dict: smith - AGE, OLD

smith:

AGE, OLD - A>@ - The aged occupied a prominent place in the social and political system of the Jews. In private life they were looked up to as the depositaries of knowledge, kjv@Job:15:10) the young were ordered to rise up in their presence, kjv@Leviticus:19:32) they allowed them to give their opinion first, kjv@Job:32:4) they were taught to regard gray hair as a "crown of glory," kjv@Proverbs:16:31 kjv@Proverbs:20:29) The attainment of old age was regarded as a special blessing. kjv@Job:5:26) In pubic main qualification of those who acted as the representatives of the people in all matter of difficulty and deliberation. ELDERS