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Lexicon :: Strong's H2204 - zāqēn

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זָקֵן
Transliteration
zāqēn
Pronunciation
zaw-kane'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 574

Strong’s Definitions

זָקֵן zâqên, zaw-kane'; a primitive root; to be old:—aged man, be (wax) old (man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H2204 in the following manner: ...old (26x), aged (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H2204 in the following manner: ...old (26x), aged (1x).

  1. to be old, become old

    1. (Qal) to be old, become old

    2. (Hiphil) to grow old, show age

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָקֵן zâqên, zaw-kane'; a primitive root; to be old:—aged man, be (wax) old (man).
STRONGS H2204: Abbreviations
† זָקֵן verb be or become old (compare, according to Thes, Arabic bdb027807 a she-camel that lets her lower lip hang down, see Lane968; bdb027808 decrepit man) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular זָקֵן Genesis 18:12 + 14 times (often hard to distinguished from predicate adjective זָקֵן which see); 3rd person feminine singular זָֽקְנָה Proverbs 23:22; 2nd person masculine singular זָקַנְתָּ 1 Samuel 8:5; זָקַ֫נְתָּה Joshua 13:1; 1st person singular זָקַנְתִּי Joshua 23:2 + 3 times; 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 17:12; 2 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. only Imperfect 3rd person 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:12; 18:12; 18:13; 18:13; 19:31; 24:1; 27:1; 27:2; 27:2

Joshua

13:1; 13:1; 23:1; 23:2; 23:2

Ruth

1:12

1 Samuel

2:22; 4:18; 8:1; 8:5; 8:5; 12:2; 17:12

2 Samuel

19:33

1 Kings

1:1; 1:15

2 Kings

4:14

1 Chronicles

23:1; 24:15

2 Chronicles

24:15

Job

14:8

Psalms

37:25

Proverbs

22:6; 23:22; 23:22

H2204

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Strong's Number H2204 matches the Hebrew זָקֵן (zāqēn),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1 - Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 - When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2 - He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:1 - Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:1 - A long time afterward, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, “I am now old and well advanced in years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:12 - Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:2 - And now, behold, the king walks before you, and I am old and gray; and behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:32 - Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. He had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1 - Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - So Bathsheba went to the king in his chamber (now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to the king).

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - And he said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:1 - When David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:15 - But Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and died. He was 130 years old at his death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - Though its root grow old in the earth,
and its stump die in the soil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:25 - I have been young, and now am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
or his children begging for bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22 - Listen to your father who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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