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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #2204 - זָקֵן

Transliteration

zâqên

Phonetics

zaw-kane'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

574

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to be old, become old
1. (Qal) to be old, become old
2. (Hiphil) to grow old, show age

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1095 ‑ γηράσκω (ghay‑ras'‑ko);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (27)

Genesis 6

Joshua 4

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

BSB (27)

Genesis 6

Joshua 4

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

CSB (26)

Genesis 6

Joshua 4

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

ESV (27)

Genesis 6

Joshua 4

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

KJV (27)

Genesis 6

Joshua 4

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

LEB (26)

Genesis 6

Joshua 3

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

LSB (52)

Genesis 12

Joshua 8

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 12

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

N95 (36)

Genesis 9

Joshua 5

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Proverbs 2

NAS (54)

Genesis 9

Joshua 5

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (27)

Genesis 6

Joshua 4

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

ASV (27)

aged 1

am old 1

an old man 1

and even when he is old 1

and now am old 1

behold now, i am old 1

being old also 1

for he was an old 1

is old 2

old 2

thereof wax old 1

unto him, behold, thou art old 1

unto him, thou art old 1

unto them, i am old 1

was old 7

waxed old 1

when she is old 1

you; and i am old 1

your way; for i am too old 1

BSB (27)

am old 2

and jesse was old 1

are old 2

grew old 1

grow old 1

he is old 1

i am too old 1

is old 3

now am old 1

old 7

she is old 1

was old 5

when jehoiada was old 1

CSB (26)

grow old 1

i am old 1

old 24

ESV (27)

aged 1

old 26

KJV (27)

aged 1

also 1

man 1

old 24

LEB (26)

am old 1

am old and ⌊well 1

are old 2

grew old 2

grows old 1

had become old 1

have grown old 1

he is old 1

i am now old 1

i am old 1

is old 3

old 4

she is old 1

was old 6

LSB (52)

am 6

are 1

became 1

being 1

grow 1

grown 1

is 3

old 27

was 11

N95 (36)

am 5

being 1

grow 1

grown 1

old 26

reached 2

NAS (54)

am 6

are 1

being 1

grow 1

grown 1

grows 1

is 3

old 26

older 1

reached 2

was 11

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (27)

aged 1

an old man 1

and now am old 1

and when he is old 1

being old also 1

for he was an old 1

grew old 1

grows old 1

i am old 1

is old 2

old 2

was old 7

when she is old 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 verb be or become old (compare, according to Thes, Arabic

a she-camel that lets her lower lip hang down, see Lane⁹⁶⁸;

decrepit man) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular זָקֵן Genesis 18:12 14t. (often hard to distinguished from predicate adjective זָקֵן q. v.); 3 feminine singular זָָֽקְנָה Proverbs 23:22; 2 masculine singular זָקַנְתָּ 1 Samuel 8:5; זָקַ֫נְתָּה Joshua 13:1; 1 singular זָקַנְתִּי Joshua 23:2 3t.; זָקַנְ֑תִּי Genesis 18:13; Genesis 27:2; Imperfect וַיִּזְקַן 2 Chronicles 24:15; — be (or become) old Genesis 18:12,13; Genesis 19:31; Genesis 27:1,2(all J), 1 Samuel 2:22; 1 Samuel 4:18; 1 Samuel 8:1; 1 Samuel 8:5; 1 Samuel 12:2; 1 Samuel 17:122; Sam 1 Samuel 19:33; 1 Kings 1:1,15; 2 Kings 4:14; also Genesis 24:1 ("" בא בימים), so Joshua 13:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 23:1,2("" here בָּאתִי בימים), 1 Chronicles 23:1 ("" שָׂבַע ימים), 1 Chronicles 24:15 ("" id.); Proverbs 23:22; Psalm 37:25 (opposed to "" היה נער); note especially זָקַנְתִּי מִהְיוֺת לאישׁ Ruth 1:12 I am too old to belong to a man (husband).

Hiph`il only Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַזְקִין inchoate shew age, grow old = senescere Ew^{§ 122 c}, compare Di; of youth Proverbs 22:6; of tree-root Job 14:8.

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

וַיִּזְקַ֧ן ויזקן זָ֫קַ֥נְתִּי זָקְנָ֥ה זָקֵ֑ן זָקֵ֔ן זָקֵ֖ן זָקֵ֣ן זָקֵ֥ן זָקֵֽן׃ זָקַ֑נְתִּי זָקַ֔נְתִּי זָקַ֔נְתָּ זָקַ֖נְתִּי זָקַ֙נְתָּה֙ זָקַ֣נְתִּי זָקַֽנְתִּי׃ זקן זקן׃ זקנה זקנת זקנתה זקנתי זקנתי׃ יַ֝זְקִ֗ין יַזְקִ֣ין יזקין vaiyizKan way·yiz·qan wayyizqan yaz·qîn yazKin yazqîn zā·qan·tā zā·qan·tāh zā·qan·tî zā·qə·nāh zā·qên zaKanta zaKantah zaKanti zaKen zakeNah zāqantā zāqantāh zāqantî zāqên zāqənāh