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Strong's #2205 - זָקֵן

Transliteration

zâqên

Phonetics

zaw-kane'

Origin

from (H2204)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TWOT

574b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) old

1a) old (of humans)

1b) elder (of those having authority)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 435 ‑ ἀνήρ (an'‑ayr); 1087 ‑ γερουσία (gher‑oo‑see'‑ah); 1088 ‑ γέρων (gher'‑own); 4246 ‑ πρεσβύτης (pres‑boo'‑tace);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (177)

Genesis 9

Exodus 12

Leviticus 3

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 9

Judges 14

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 3

Esther 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 9

Jeremiah 7

Lamentations 6

Ezekiel 10

Joel 4

Zechariah 1

NAS (192)

Genesis 11

Exodus 12

Leviticus 2

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 9

Judges 14

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 11

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 8

Ezra 4

Esther 1

Job 5

Psalms 5

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 7

Lamentations 6

Ezekiel 11

Joel 5

Zechariah 4

HCS (176)

Genesis 9

Exodus 12

Leviticus 3

Numbers 7

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 9

Judges 14

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 3

Esther 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 9

Jeremiah 7

Lamentations 6

Ezekiel 10

Joel 4

Zechariah 2

BSB (181)

Genesis 11

Exodus 12

Leviticus 3

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 10

Judges 14

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 3

Esther 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 9

Jeremiah 7

Lamentations 6

Ezekiel 10

Joel 4

Zechariah 2

ESV (155)

Genesis 9

Leviticus 3

Numbers 8

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 9

Judges 14

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 11

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 3

Esther 1

Job 3

Psalms 4

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 7

Lamentations 6

Ezekiel 9

Joel 2

Zechariah 2

WEB (179)

Genesis 9

Exodus 12

Leviticus 3

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 9

Judges 14

Ruth 4

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 3

Esther 1

Job 4

Psalms 5

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 9

Jeremiah 7

Lamentations 6

Ezekiel 10

Joel 4

Zechariah 2

KJV (177)

aged 3

ancient 5

ancients 9

elders 113

eldest 1

man 8

men 11

men's 1

old 23

senators 1

than 1

NAS (192)

Elders 2

Old 2

aged 3

elder 3

elders 130

man 7

men 7

old 34

older 1

oldest 1

senior 1

women 1

HCS (176)

BSB (181)

* 2

An old 1

And the elders 2

His elders 1

How is your elderly 1

O elders 1

Old men 1

So the elders 2

Some of the elders 1

Take some of the elders 1

The elders 6

Then some of the elders 1

Then the elders 3

They 1

When the elders 1

against the old 1

along with the elders 1

an elderly 1

an old 1

and elders 3

and leaders 1

and old 3

and old alike 1

and old women 1

and the elder 1

and the elders 8

and the leading 2

and your elders 1

as did the elders 1

as leaders 1

before [its] elders 1

elders 7

for the old 1

from the ancients 1

his elders {wisdom} 1

including its elders 1

is the elder 1

more than the elders 1

neither elderly 1

of elders 1

of the aged 1

of the elders 14

of the old 1

of the older 1

old 9

old age 1

or an old man 1

or the elderly 1

so that no older man 1

some of the elders 2

than an old 1

the aged 2

the chief 1

the elderly 1

the elders 52

the old 5

the old man 1

the old men 1

to his own 1

to the elders 5

was old 1

were already old 2

were older 1

with [them] 1

with the elders 1

with their elders 1

your elders 2

your old 1

ESV (155)

Old men 1

aged 4

elder 1

elderly 1

elders 106

old 18

old man 9

old men 11

old women 1

oldest 1

senior 2

WEB (179)

* 4

All the elders 4

An old 1

Old men 1

Our elders 1

So all the elders 2

The elder 1

The elders 10

The old 2

Then all the elders 1

Then the elders 2

Your old men 1

against the old 1

all the elders 4

among the elders 1

an old 1

an old man 2

and all the elders 1

and before his elders 1

and children 1

and its elders 1

and my elders 1

and of the elders 1

and old 4

and old women 1

and take some of the elders 1

and the elders 14

and the old 3

and their elders 1

and there shall not be an old man 1

and to all the elders 1

and to teach his elders 1

and with our old 1

and with them the elders 1

and your elders 1

at the old 1

because they were elder than he 1

being old 1

elders 1

even the elders 3

for all the elders 1

for the elders 2

for their elders 1

from the elders 1

he and the elders 3

me now before the elders 1

more than the aged 1

nor an old man 1

nor the aged 1

of an old man 1

of elders 1

of old men 2

of the elders 17

of the old 2

of the old men 4

old 2

old man 1

old men 1

on the aged 1

than an old 1

that there shall not be an old man 1

the aged 1

the elder 2

the elders 15

the old 3

the old man 1

then the elders 1

then your elders 1

to be the elders 1

to him all the elders 1

to me all the elders 1

to the elders 13

were old 1

what the elders 1

where the old 1

with all of the elders 1

with the elders 3

with the old 1

with the old men 1

you and the elders 1

your elders 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2132) n q z (זקנ ZQN) AC: Old CO: Beard AB: ?

V) n q z (זקנ ZQN) - Old: To be old. KJV (27): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) old, aged - Strongs: H2204 (זָקֵן)

N^m) n q z (זקנ ZQN) - I. Beard:A long beard as a sign of old age. II. Elder:One who is old. KJV (197): elder, old, ancient, age, senator, beard - Strongs: H2205 (זָקֵן), H2206 (זָקָן)

d^m) n f q z (זקונ ZQWN) - Old age: KJV (4): old - Strongs: H2208 (זְקֻנִים)

e^f1) e n q i z (זיקנה ZYQNH) - Old age: KJV (6): old - Strongs: H2209 (זִקְנָה)

g^m) n q f z (זוקנ ZWQN) - Old age: KJV (1): old - Strongs: H2207 (זֹקֶן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

זָקֵן adjective old, absolute ׳ז Genesis 19:4 30t. (on distinction from verb see above); construct זְקַן Genesis 24:2; plural זְקֵנִים Genesis 18:11 44t.; זְקֵנוֺת Zechariah 8:4; construct זִקְנֵי Genesis 50:7 85t.; suffix זְקֵנַי Lamentations 1:19, זְקֵנֶיךָ Deuteronomy 21:2; Deuteronomy 32:7, זְקֵנָיו Joshua 8:33 3t., זְקֵנֶיהָ Judges 8:14, זְקֵנֵינוּ Exodus 10:9; Joshua 9:11, זִקְנֵיכֶם Deuteronomy 5:20 2t.; —

1 old, of human beings, as adjective predicate Genesis 18:11 (J), Job 32:4 (מִמֶּנּוּ לְיָמִים׳ז, in comparison), or attributive אָב זָקֵן Genesis 44:20 (J), ׳אִישׁ ז Judges 19:16,17,20,22, ׳נָבִיא ז 1 Kings 13:11,25,29, ׳מֶלֶךְ ז Ecclesiastes 4:13; probably also וּשְׂבַע ימים׳ז Genesis 35:29 (P), Job 42:17 and Genesis 25:8 (P) according to ᵐ5 Sam Di; compare also Ezra 3:12.

2 usually as substantive:

a. old man (or woman),

b. elder; a. old man Genesis 43:27 (J), Leviticus 19:32 (H), Deuteronomy 28:50; Deuteronomy 32:7 ("" אָב), 1 Samuel 2:31,32; 1 Samuel 28:14; Isaiah 47:6; Job 12:20; Job 32:9; Proverbs 17:6; Proverbs 20:29; Psalm 119:100; Joel 1:2; old men and old women Zechariah 8:4 (twice in verse); compare זְקַן בֵּיתוֺ Genesis 24:2 (J), זִקְנֵי בֵיתוֺ 2 Samuel 12:17; especially opposed to נַעַר Exodus 10:9 (E), Isaiah 3:5; Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 51:22; Lamentations 2:21; Psalm 148:12, and in phrase מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקֵן Genesis 19:4 (J), Joshua 6:21 (JE), Esther 3:13; opposed to ילדים 1 Kings 12:6,8,13 2 Chronicles 10:6; 10:8; 10:13; opposed to בַּחוּרִים Jeremiah 31:13; Ezekiel 9:6; Joel 3:1, compare 2 Chronicles 36:17 (+ יָשֵׁשׁ) and Jeremiah 6:11 (+ מְלֵא ימים); opposed to עוּלימים Isaiah 65:20; opposed to יונקי שׁדים and עוללים Joel 2:16. b. usually plural elders, as having authority, term techn. (100t. +); elders of a people, especially Israel Exodus 3:16,18; Exodus 12:21 (all J), Exodus 17:5,6; Exodus 18:12; Exodus 19:7; Exodus 24:1,9,14; Joshua 24:1 (all E), Numbers 11:16 (twice in verse) (שֹׁטְרָיו), Numbers 11:24; Numbers 11:25; Numbers 11:30; Numbers 16:25; Joshua 7:6; Joshua 8:10; Joshua 9:11 (all J E), Deuteronomy 5:20 ("" רָאשֵׁי שִׁבְטֵיכֶם), Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 29:9 ("" ראשׁי שׁבטיכם, שֹׁטְרֵיכֶם), Deuteronomy 31:9,28; Joshua 8:33 ("" שֹׁטְרִיםוְשֹׁפְטָיו), Joshua 23:2 ("" רָאשׁיו, שֹׁפְטָיו, שֹׁטְרָיו); compare also probably Joshua 24:31 = Judges 2:7 (all D); Leviticus 9:1, compare זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה Leviticus 4:15 ( both P), Judges 21:16; see also 1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Samuel 8:4; 1 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 5:3 = 1 Chronicles 11:3; 2 Samuel 17:4,15; 1 Kings 8:1,32Chronicles 5:2,4, also 1 Chronicles 15:25; 1 Chronicles 21:16; compare Isaiah 3:2 (גִּבּוֺר וְאִישׁ מִלְחָמָ֑ה׳שׁוֺפֵט וְנָבִיא וְקֹסֵם וְז), Isaiah 9:14 ("" נְשׂוּאפָֿנִים, but see probably gloss, compare Ew Che Di Du and others); elders of one tribe (Judah) 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Samuel 19:12, so of Gilead Judges 11:5,7,8,9,10,11; after the division of the kingdoms, of Northern Israel זקני הארץ 1 Kings 20:7 compare 1 Kings 20:8, also 2 Kings 6:32 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 10:1 ("" שָׂרִים etc.) compare 2 Kings 10:5; under Josiah זקני יְהוּדָה 2 Kings 23:1 2 Chronicles 34:29; see also הארץ׳ז Jeremiah 26:17, compare זקני ארץ Proverbs 31:23, compare Lamentations 1:19; Lamentations 2:10; Lamentations 4:16; Lamentations 5:12,14 ("" שׂרים; + שַׁעַר); often in Ezek.: Ezekiel 7:26 ("" כהן), of Judah Ezekiel 8:1, of Israel Ezekiel 8:11,12; Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1,3, also Ezekiel 9:6 (but strike out Co). Exilic הַגּוֺלָה׳ז Jeremiah 29:1 ("" הכהנים, הנביאים); post-exile Ezra 10:8 ("" שׂרים), possibly also Joel 1:14; elders of ׳י Isaiah 24:23 (compare Exodus 24:1,9), זִקְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים 2 Kings 19:2 = Isaiah 37:2, so Jeremiah 19:1 ("" זקני העם); of other peoples, Midian Numbers 22:4,7, Moab Numbers 22:7 (all E), Egypt Psalm 105:22 ("" שׂרים); of Gebal Ezekiel 27:9; elders of a city, especially as sitting in the gate to judge Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy 21:2 (+ שֹׁפְטֶיךָ) Deuteronomy 21:3; Deuteronomy 21:4; Deuteronomy 21:6; Deuteronomy 21:19 (+ שַׁעַרמְֿקֹמוֺ), Deuteronomy 21:20; Deuteronomy 22:15 (+ הַשָּׁ֑עְרָה), Deuteronomy 22:16; Deuteronomy 22:17; Deuteronomy 22:18; Deuteronomy 25:7 (+ הַשַּׁ֫עֲרָה), Deuteronomy 25:8; Deuteronomy 25:9 (all in Deuteronomic code, and only so therein), Ruth 4:2,4,9,11 (compare שַׁעַר Ruth 4:1; Ruth 4:11), מוֺשַׁב זְקֵנִים Psalm 107:32 ("" קְהַלעָֿ֑ם); Judges 8:14 ("" שׂרים), Judges 8:16; 1 Samuel 11:3; 1 Samuel 16:4; 1 Kings 21:8,11; Ezra 10:14.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

זָקֵן fut. יִזְקַן to be old, to become old, to grow old (properly to have the chin hanging down, from זָקָן, like ذِقْنُ an old man with a chin hanging down, decrepid; in which perhaps may be found the origin of the Latin senex, senectus, which others have absurdly taken as used for seminex). This word, however, is used not merely of decrepit, but also of vigorous old age, Genesis 18:12, 13 Genesis 18:13, 19:31 24:1 27:1 1 Samuel 2:22, etc. [But is not decrepitude implied in all these passages?]. For the difference between זָקֵן and its synonyms יָשַׁן, שָׂב, יָשִׁישׁ see those words.

Hiphil, intrans. to be old, to become old (as if to contract old age, comp. הֶחֱזִיק [“in Heb. Gr. § 52.2, note”]), Proverbs 22:6 also of plants, Job 14:8 just as Pliny applies senesco to trees.

זָקֵן constr. זְקַן Genesis 24:2, pl. זְקֵנִים, זִקְנֵי m. an old man [“either put as an adj. with a subst., as אֲבִיכֶם הַזָּקֵז ‘the old man your father,’ Genesis 43:27, or alone as a subst., as Genesis 19:4, etc.” Thes.], Genesis 18:11, 19:4 25:8 followed by מִן older than some one. Job 32:4, כְּי זְקֶנִים־הֵמָּה מִמֶּנּוּ לְיָמִים “for they were older than he;” מִצְרַיִם, הָעִיר, זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל the elders of Israel, of the city, of Egypt, i.e. the chief men, rulers, magistrates, without reference to the idea of age; Exodus 3:16, 4:29 Deuteronomy 19:12, 21:3, Deuteronomy 21:4, Deuteronomy 21:6, 22:15, 17 Deuteronomy 22:17, 18 Deuteronomy 22:18. (The use is similar of the Arab. شَيْخُ sheikh, an old man, hence the captain of a tribe; and in the languages sprung from the Latin, Ital. Signor, French Seigneur, Spanish Señor, Engl. Sir, all of which are from the Latin Senior; as Germ. Graf, is properly i.q. graw, krawo, grey-headed. In no language, however, does this reverence for old age appear more habitual and familiar, than in the Chinese; in which the ministers of a king, even though young, are called great king father, i.e. a man of very high eminence; and men of the same rank address each other “O my elder brother!”) Metaph. used of an old nation, become weak, Isaiah 47:6. Plur. f. זְקֵנוֹת Zechariah 8:4.

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List of Word Forms

בַּזָּקֵ֔ן בזקן הַזְּקֵנִ֑ים הַזְּקֵנִ֔ים הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים הַזְּקֵנִ֣ים הַזְּקֵנִ֤ים הַזְּקֵנִֽים׃ הַזְּקֵנִים֒ הַזְּקֵנִים֙ הַזְקֵנִ֤ים הַזָּקֵ֔ן הַזָּקֵ֖ן הַזָּקֵ֛ן הַזָּקֵן֙ הזקן הזקנים הזקנים׃ וְהַזְּקֵנִ֔ים וְהַזְּקֵנִ֖ים וְהַזְּקֵנִ֛ים וְהַזְּקֵנִים֩ וְזִקְנֵ֣י וְזִקְנֵ֥י וְזִקְנֵ֧י וְזִקְנֵ֨י וְזִקְנֵיכֶֽם׃ וְזָקֵ֔ן וְזָקֵֽן׃ וּ֝זְקֵנִ֗ים וּבִזְקֵנֵ֖ינוּ וּזְקֵנ֔וֹת וּזְקֵנִ֖ים וּזְקֵנַ֖י וּזְקֵנָ֡יו וּזְקֵנָ֥יו וּלְזִקְנֵ֖י וּמִזִּקְנֵ֖י וּמִזִּקְנֵ֣י ובזקנינו והזקנים וזקן וזקן׃ וזקנות וזקני וזקניו וזקניכם׃ וזקנים ולזקני ומזקני זְ֝קֵנִ֗ים זְ֭קֵנִים זְֽקֵינֵינוּ֩ זְֽקֵנִים־ זְקֵנִ֔ים זְקֵנִ֖ים זְקֵנִ֗ים זְקֵנִ֣ים זְקֵנִים֙ זְקֵנֶ֔יהָ זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ זְקֵנָ֖יו זְקַ֣ן זִקְנֵ֖י זִקְנֵ֣י זִקְנֵ֤י זִקְנֵ֥י זִקְנֵ֥י־ זִקְנֵ֨י זִקְנֵֽי־ זִקְנֵי֙ זִקְנֵי֩ זִקְנֵי־ זִקְנֵיכֶם֙ זָקֵ֑ן זָקֵ֔ן זָקֵ֕ן זָקֵ֖ן זָקֵ֗ן זָקֵ֛ן זָקֵ֡ן זָקֵ֣ן זָקֵ֥ן זָקֵ֨ן זָקֵן֙ זקינינו זקן זקני זקני־ זקניה זקניו זקניך זקניכם זקנים זקנים־ לְזִקְנֵ֣י לְזִקְנֵ֥י לְזִקְנֵ֨י לְזָקֵ֔ן לִזְקֵנָיו֙ לַזְּקֵנִ֜ים לזקן לזקני לזקניו לזקנים מִזְּקֵנִ֥ים מִזְּקֵנִֽים׃ מִזִּקְנֵ֖י מִזִּקְנֵ֣י מִזִּקְנֵ֥י מזקני מזקנים מזקנים׃ baz·zā·qên bazzaKen bazzāqên haz·qê·nîm haz·zā·qên haz·zə·qê·nîm hazkeNim hazqênîm hazzaKen hazzāqên hazzekeNim hazzəqênîm laz·zə·qê·nîm lazzekeNim lazzəqênîm lə·zā·qên lə·ziq·nê lezaKen ləzāqên lezikNei ləziqnê liz·qê·nāw lizkeNav lizqênāw miz·zə·qê·nîm miz·ziq·nê mizzekeNim mizzəqênîm mizzikNei mizziqnê ū·ḇiz·qê·nê·nū ū·lə·ziq·nê ū·miz·ziq·nê ū·zə·qê·nāw ū·zə·qê·nay ū·zə·qê·nîm ū·zə·qê·nō·wṯ ūḇizqênênū ulezikNei ūləziqnê umizzikNei ūmizziqnê uvizkeNeinu uzekeNai uzekeNav uzekeNim uzekeNot ūzəqênāw ūzəqênay ūzəqênîm ūzəqênōwṯ vehazzekeNim vezaKen vezikNei vezikneiChem wə·haz·zə·qê·nîm wə·zā·qên wə·ziq·nê wə·ziq·nê·ḵem wəhazzəqênîm wəzāqên wəziqnê wəziqnêḵem zā·qên zaKen zāqên zə·qan zə·qê·nāw zə·qê·ne·hā zə·qê·ne·ḵā zə·qê·nê·nū zə·qê·nîm zə·qê·nîm- zeKan zekeineiNu zekeNav zekeNeicha zekeNeiha zekeNim zəqan zəqênāw zəqênehā zəqêneḵā zəqênênū zəqênîm zəqênîm- zikNei zikneiChem ziq·nê ziq·nê- ziq·nê·ḵem ziqnê ziqnê- ziqnêḵem