Genesis 24:2
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
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Eldest
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John 8:9
And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl · gaw-dole'
6 times translated as this KJV form525 total Strong's occurrences
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
Strong's KJV usage: aloud, elder(-est), exceeding(-ly), far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, × sore, (×) very.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 27:1Strong's last: 1 Samuel 17:28
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bᵉkôwr · bek-ore'
4 times translated as this KJV form116 total Strong's occurrences
first-born; hence, chief
Strong's KJV usage: eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 26:5Strong's last: Job 1:18
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presbýteros · pres-boo'-ter-os
1 times translated as this KJV form67 total Strong's occurrences
older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"
Strong's KJV usage: :-- elder(-est), old.
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Strong's first: John 8:9Strong's last: John 8:9
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zâqên · zaw-kane'
1 times translated as this KJV form178 total Strong's occurrences
old
Strong's KJV usage: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
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Strong's first: Genesis 24:2Strong's last: Genesis 24:2
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riʼshôwn · ree-shone'
1 times translated as this KJV form182 total Strong's occurrences
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
Strong's KJV usage: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
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Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 22:1Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 22:1
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H1060
Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
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eldest
ELD'EST, adjective Oldest; most advanced in age; that was born before others; as the eldest son or daughter. It seems to always applied to persons or at least to animals, and not to things. If ever applied to things, it must signify, that was first formed or produced, that has existed the longest time. But applied to things we use oldest.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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