elder Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the {elder}, even to him were [children] born. elder And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the {elder} shall serve the younger. elder And these words of Esau her {elder} son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee. elder And Laban had two daughters: the name of the {elder} [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel. elder <1SA18 -17> And Saul said to David, Behold my {elder} daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. elder <1KI2 -22> And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he [is] mine {elder} brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. elder With us [are] both the grayheaded and very aged men, much {elder} than thy father. elder Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they [were] {elder} than he. elder And thine {elder} sister [is] Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, [is] Sodom and her daughters. elder Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine {elder} and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. elder And the names of them [were] Aholah the {elder}, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus [were] their names; Samaria [is] Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. elder Now his {elder} son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. elder It was said unto her, The {elder} shall serve the younger. elder <1TI5 -1> Rebuke not an {elder}, but entreat him] as a father; and] the younger men as brethren; elder <1TI5 -2> The {elder} women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. elder <1TI5 -19> Against an {elder} receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. elder <1PE5 -1> The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an {elder}, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: elder <1PE5 -5> Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the {elder}. Yea, all of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. elder <2JO1 -1> The {elder} unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; elder <3JO1 -1> The {elder} unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. ~~~~~~