# παλαιόω/palaioō
This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action.

* This word means to be old.
    * This word can mean that something is old because it has worn out and become useless.
    * This word can mean that something is old because it has been replaced with something better.

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.