01088

@LINK γέρων

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1088. γέρων I. an old man, Hom., etc.
2. in political sense, γέροντες the Elders, Seniors, or Chiefs, who formed the King's Council, Hom.:—then, like Lat. Patres, the Senators, esp. at Sparta, Hdt.
II. as adj. old, mostly with a masc. Noun, Theogn., Aesch., etc.; but γέρον σάκος occurs in Od.

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1088. γέρων gevrwn geron {gher'-own}
of uncertain affinity (compare 1094); aged:--old. see GREEK for 1094

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1088 Balah baw-law'

feminine of 1087; failure; Balah, a place in
Palestine:--Balah.
see HEBREW for 01087