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Lexicon :: Strong's H2204 - zāqēn

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Strong's

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זָקֵן

Transliteration

zāqēn

Pronunciation

zaw-kane'

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Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 574

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.
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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 Samuel

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

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

22:6; 23:22; 23:22

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

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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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Gen 18:12 - So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?"

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Gen 18:13 - The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child when I am old?'

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Gen 19:31 - Later the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby to have sexual relations with us, according to the way of all the world.

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Gen 24:1 - Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in everything.

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Gen 27:1 - When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son!" "Here I am!" Esau replied.

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Gen 27:2 - Isaac said, "Since I am so old, I could die at any time.

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Jos 13:1 - When Joshua was very old, the LORD told him, "You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

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Jos 23:1 - A long time passed after the LORD made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old.

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Jos 23:2 - So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: "I am very old.

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Rth 1:12 - Go back home, my daughters! For I am too old to get married again. Even if I thought that there was hope that I could get married tonight and conceive sons,

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1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old when he heard about everything that his sons used to do to all the people of Israel and how they used to have sex with the women who were stationed at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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1Sa 4:18 - When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

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1Sa 8:1 - In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

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1Sa 8:5 - They said to him, "Look, you are old, and your sons don't follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead us, just like all the other nations have."

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1Sa 12:2 - Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.

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1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul's days he was old and well advanced in years.

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2Sa 19:32 - But Barzillai was very old - eighty years old, in fact - and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.

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1Ki 1:1 - King David was very old; even when they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm.

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1Ki 1:15 - So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

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2Ki 4:14 - So he asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She has no son, and her husband is old."

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1Ch 23:1 - When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

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2Ch 24:15 - Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130.

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Job 14:8 - Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,

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Psa 37:25 - I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.

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Pro 22:6 - Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

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Pro 23:22 - Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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