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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 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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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 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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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 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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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1 - King David was very old; even when they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 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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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:15 - Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:22

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