STRONGS NUMBER G3822


Word Summary
palaioō: to make or declare old
Original Word: παλαιόω
Transliteration: palaioō
Phonetic Spelling: (pal-ah-yo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make or declare old
Meaning: to make or declare old
Strong's Concordance
decay, make obsolete.

From palaios; to make (passively, become) worn out, or declare obsolete -- decay, make (wax) old.

see GREEK palaios

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3822: παλαιόω

παλαιόω, παλαιῷ: perfect πεπαλαίωκα; passive, present participle παλαιουμενος; future παλαιωθήσομαι; (παλαιός);

a. to make ancient or old, the Sept. for בִּלָּה; passive to become old, to be worn out, the Sept. for בָּלָה, עָתַק: of things worn out by time and use, as βαλάντιον, Luke 12:33; ἱμάτιον, Hebrews 1:11 (cf. Psalm 101:27 (); Deuteronomy 29:5; Joshua 9:19 (); Nehemiah 9:21; Isaiah 50:9; Isaiah 51:6; Sir. 14:17). passive τό παλαιούμενον, that which is becoming old, Hebrews 8:13 (Plato, symp., p. 208 b.; Tim., p. 59 c.).

b. to declare a thing to be old and so about to be abrogated: Hebrews 8:13 (see γηράσκω, at the end).