- Original: γηράσκω - Transliteration: Gerasko - Phonetic: ghay-ras'-ko - Definition: 1. to grow old 2. of things and institutions: to fail from age, be obsolescent - Origin: from G1094 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G1094 ; to be senescent: - be (wax) old. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • old, 1 Hebrews 8:13