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# старший — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *старший* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no Ukrainian section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: старший (190). By style: everyday 165 · biblical 25.

## older

Used about 140 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 138 · biblical ≈ 2). Forms: old, older. Meaning: [older in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/older/).

- Я **старший**, ніж ти.
  I'm **older** than you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and marcelostockle · checked, community translation · [\#1950216](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1950216) [\#8073156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8073156))

- А як же кому шістьдесять років або він **старший**, так цїна твоя, коли се чоловік, пятнайцять секлів, а як жінка, десять секлів.
  If the person is from sixty years **old** and upward; if he is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 27:7)

- Я **старший**, ніж ти.
  I am **older** than you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3041542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3041542) [\#8073156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8073156))

- Давид же та був син одного Ефратїя із Бетлеєма Юдиного, на ймя Ессея, що було в його вісїм синів. За Саулового віку був се старий чоловік і геть то **старший** між мужами.
  Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly **old** man in the days of Saul.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 17:12)

- Він **старший** від мене.
  He's **older** than me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2485245](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2485245) [\#7205803](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7205803))

## guard

Used about 8 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 8). Meaning: [guard in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/guard/).

- **Старший** над прибічниками взяв Еремію та й сказав йому: Господь, Бог твій, вирік се лихо на се місце.
  The captain of the **guard** took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God pronounced this evil on this place;
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 40:2)

- І послав Навузардан, **старший** над прибічниками, та Навузазван, **старший** над скопцями, й Нергалшарезер, старшина над магами, й усї князї царя Вавилонського,
  So Nebuzaradan the captain of the **guard**, Nebushazban, Rabsaris, and Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 39:13)

- Як же дойшов до Беняминової брами, **старший** сторож, на імя Іреїя Селемієнко, сина Аннїїного, зʼупинив пророка Еремію, кажучи: Ти хочеш перекинутись до Халдеїв?
  When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the **guard** was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 37:13)

- Чоловіків, жінок і дїтвору, царівен і всїх тих, що їх Навузардан, **старший** над прибічниками, передав був Годолїї Ахикаменкові, (взяв) і пророка Еремію та Варуха Нирієнка,
  the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and every person who Nebuzaradan the captain of the **guard** had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 43:6)

- А останок люду, що зостававсь у городї й утїкачів, що перейшли були до царя Вавилонського, й загалом простий нарід перевів Навузардан, **старший** над прибічниками, в Вавилон.
  Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the **guard** carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the rest of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 52:15)

## elder

Used about 4 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 4). Meaning: [elder in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/elder/).

- Був же син його **старший** на полї, і, як ідучи зближавсь до господи, почув сьпіви да танцї.
  “Now his **elder** son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 15:25)

- Старших між вами молю, яко товариш-**старший** і сьвідок страдання Христового, і спільник слави, що має відкритись:
  Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow **elder** and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed:
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1PE 5:1)

- І рече їй Господь: Два народи в тебе в чреві; два народи будуть, як породиш, воюватись. Візьме гору **старший**, та підстаршому він буде послугом служити.
  The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The **elder** will serve the younger.”
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 25:23)

- І відказав царь Соломон матері: О, чому ти просиш тільки Абисагу з Сунаму про Адонїя? Лучше проси вже йому й царства. Він же бо мій **старший** брат, до того ж має за собою сьвященника Абіятара та Йоаба Саруєнка.
  King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my **elder** brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1KI 2:22)

## brother

Used about 3 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3). Meaning: [brother in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/brother/).

- Мій **старший** брат дуже високий, десь метр вісімдесят.
  My elder **brother** is really tall, about 1.8m.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and hectorvk · checked, community translation · [\#237894](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/237894) [\#481302](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/481302))

## years

Used about 3 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3).

- Том на два роки **старший** за мене.
  Tom is two **years** senior to me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Catriona · checked, community translation · [\#37111](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/37111) [\#502492](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/502492))

## jeremiah

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- Як же Пасхор Еммеренко, сьвященник — а він був **старший** доглядник у Господньому дому, — почув Еремію, пророкуючого сими словами,
  Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the LORD’s house, heard **Jeremiah** prophesying these things.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 20:1)

- Слово, що заповідав пророк Еремія Сераїї Нирієнкові Маасеєнкові, як сей вибирався в Вавилон із Седекією, царем Юдейським, у четвертому роцї його царювання. Сераїя ж був **старший** над ложниками (стелачами).
  The word which **Jeremiah** the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 51:59)

## than

Used about 1 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1). Meaning: [than in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/than/).

- І сказав **старший** над сьвітличниками Даниїлові: Боюся я добродїя мого, царя, що сам призначив для вас поживу й напиток: як він побачить, що ваші лиця більш похудли нїж у хлопцїв вашої верстви, то ви зробите мою голову винуватою перед царем.
  The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse looking **than** the youths who are of your own age? Then you would endanger my head with the king.”
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 1:10)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Том — мій **старший** син.
  Tom is my oldest son.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5938367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5938367) [\#6941956](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6941956))

- Том удвічі **старший** від мене.
  Tom is twice my age.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7733716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7733716) [\#7085474](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7085474))

- Хіба ти **старший** від 18?
  Aren't you over 18?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6091201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6091201) [\#6281071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6281071))

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