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Age
Used to denote the period of a man’s life (Gen 47:28), the maturity of life (John 9:21), the latter end of life (Job 11:17), a generation of the human race (Job 8:8), and an indefinite period (Eph 2:7; Eph 3:5, Eph 3:21; Col 1:26). Respect to be shown to the aged (Lev 19:32). It is a blessing to communities when they have old men among them (Isa 65:20; Zech 8:4). The aged supposed to excel in understanding (Job 12:20; Job 15:10; Job 32:4, Job 32:9; 1 Kgs 12:6, 1 Kgs 12:8). A full age the reward of piety (Job 5:26; Gen 15:15).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
