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Lexicon :: Strong's H2205 - zāqēn

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זָקֵן
Transliteration
zāqēn
Pronunciation
zaw-kane'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 574b

Strong’s Definitions

זָקֵן zâqên, zaw-kane'; from H2204; old:—aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 178x

The KJV translates Strong's H2205 in the following manner: elders (115x), old (23x), old man (19x), ancient (14x), aged (3x), eldest (1x), ancient man (1x), senators (1x), old women (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 178x
The KJV translates Strong's H2205 in the following manner: elders (115x), old (23x), old man (19x), ancient (14x), aged (3x), eldest (1x), ancient man (1x), senators (1x), old women (1x).

  1. old

    1. old (of humans)

    2. elder (of those having authority)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָקֵן zâqên, zaw-kane'; from H2204; old:—aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
STRONGS H2205: Abbreviations
זָקֵן adjective old, absolute ז׳ Genesis 19:4 + 30 times (on distinction from verb see above); construct זְקַן Genesis 24:2; plural זְקֵנִים Genesis 18:11 + 44 times; זְקֵנוֺת Zechariah 8:4; construct זִקְנֵי Genesis 50:7 + 85 times; suffix זְקֵנַי Lamentations 1:19, זְקֵנֶיךָ Deuteronomy 21:2; Deuteronomy 32:7, זְקֵנָיו Joshua 8:33 + 3 times, זְקֵנֶיהָ Judges 8:14, זְקֵנֵינוּ Exodus 10:9; Joshua 9:11, זִקְנֵיכֶם Deuteronomy 5:20 + 2 times; —
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 Greek Version of the LXX 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 עוּל ימים Isaiah 65:20; opposed to יונקי שׁדים and עוללים Joel 2:16.
b. usually plural elders, as having authority, term techn. (100 times +); 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 (|| שֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטָיו), 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, 3 2 Chronicles 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:11; 18:11; 19:4; 19:4; 24:2; 24:2; 25:8; 35:29; 43:27; 44:20; 50:7

Exodus

3:16; 3:18; 10:9; 10:9; 12:21; 17:5; 17:6; 18:12; 19:7; 24:1; 24:1; 24:9; 24:9; 24:14

Leviticus

4:15; 9:1; 19:32

Numbers

11:16; 11:24; 11:25; 11:30; 16:25; 22:4; 22:7; 22:7

Deuteronomy

5:20; 5:20; 19:12; 21:2; 21:2; 21:3; 21:4; 21:6; 21:19; 21:20; 22:15; 22:16; 22:17; 22:18; 25:7; 25:8; 25:9; 27:1; 28:50; 29:9; 31:9; 31:28; 32:7; 32:7

Joshua

6:21; 7:6; 8:10; 8:33; 8:33; 9:11; 9:11; 23:2; 24:1; 24:31

Judges

2:7; 8:14; 8:14; 8:16; 11:5; 11:7; 11:8; 11:9; 11:10; 11:11; 19:16; 19:17; 19:20; 19:22; 21:16

Ruth

4:1; 4:2; 4:4; 4:9; 4:11; 4:11

1 Samuel

2:31; 2:32; 4:3; 8:4; 11:3; 15:30; 16:4; 28:14; 30:26

2 Samuel

3:17; 5:3; 12:17; 17:4; 17:15; 19:12

1 Kings

8:1; 8:3; 12:6; 12:8; 12:13; 13:11; 13:25; 13:29; 20:7; 20:8; 21:8; 21:11

2 Kings

6:32; 10:1; 10:5; 19:2; 23:1

1 Chronicles

11:3; 15:25; 21:16

2 Chronicles

5:2; 5:4; 10:6; 10:8; 10:13; 34:29; 36:17

Ezra

3:12; 10:8; 10:14

Esther

3:13

Job

12:20; 32:4; 32:9; 42:17

Psalms

105:22; 107:32; 119:100; 148:12

Proverbs

17:6; 20:29; 31:23

Ecclesiastes

4:13

Isaiah

3:2; 3:5; 9:14; 20:4; 24:23; 37:2; 47:6; 65:20

Jeremiah

6:11; 19:1; 26:17; 29:1; 31:13; 51:22

Lamentations

1:19; 1:19; 2:10; 2:21; 4:16; 5:12; 5:14

Ezekiel

7:26; 8:1; 8:11; 8:12; 9:6; 9:6; 14:1; 20:1; 20:3; 27:9

Joel

1:2; 1:14; 2:16; 3:1

Zechariah

8:4; 8:4

H2205

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Strong's Number H2205 matches the Hebrew זָקֵן (zāqēn),
which occurs 179 times in 171 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (1Ki 13:29–Jer 31:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old H2205 prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:7 - Then the king of Israel called all the elders H2205 of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:8 - And all the elders H2205 and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:8 - So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders H2205 and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:11 - And the men of his city, even the elders H2205 and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders H2205 sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, H2205 See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1 - And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, H2205 and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:5 - And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders H2205 also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders H2205 of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:1 - And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders H2205 of Judah and of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:3 - Therefore came all the elders H2205 of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - So David, and the elders H2205 of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders H2205 of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 - Then Solomon assembled the elders H2205 of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:4 - And all the elders H2205 of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old H2205 men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:8 - But he forsook the counsel which the old men H2205 gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, H2205

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:29 - Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders H2205 of Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, H2205 or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, H2205 that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:8 - And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, H2205 all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders H2205 of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, H2205 little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 - He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. H2205

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:4 - Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder H2205 than he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:9 - Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged H2205 understand judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:17 - So Job died, being old H2205 and full of days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:22 - To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators H2205 wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:32 - Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. H2205

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:100

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100 - I understand more than the ancients, H2205 because I keep thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:12 - Both young men, and maidens; old men, H2205 and children:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:6 - Children's children are the crown of old men; H2205 and the glory of children are their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29 - The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men H2205 is the gray head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:23 - Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders H2205 of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 - Better is a poor and a wise child than an old H2205 and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:2 - The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, H2205

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, H2205 and the base against the honourable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:14 - The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients H2205 of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:15 - The ancient H2205 and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, H2205 naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:23 - Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients H2205 gloriously.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders H2205 of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient H2205 hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:20 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man H2205 that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged H2205 with him that is full of days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1 - Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients H2205 of the people, and of the ancients H2205 of the priests;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:17 - Then rose up certain of the elders H2205 of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:1 - Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders H2205 which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old H2205 together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

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