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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 as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1 - Abraham was now very old, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 - When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he answered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2 - Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:1 - When Joshua had grown old, the LORD said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:1 - After a long time had passed and the LORD had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - summoned all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:12 - Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led[fn] Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead[fn] us, such as all the other nations have.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:2 - Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader 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 named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul’s time he was very old.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:32 - Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age. He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1 - When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - So Bathsheba went to see the aged king in his room, where Abishag the Shunammite was attending him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - “What can be done for her?” Elisha asked. Gehazi said, “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 years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:15 - Now Jehoiada was old and full of years, and he died at the age of a hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:25 - I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:6 - Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn 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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