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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 she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?”

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Gen 18:13 - Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Can an old woman like me have a baby?’

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Gen 19:31 - One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can’t get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children.

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Gen 24:1 - Abraham was now a very old man, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

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Gen 27:1 - One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.”
“Yes, Father?” Esau replied.

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Gen 27:2 - “I am an old man now,” Isaac said, “and I don’t know when I may die.

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Jos 13:1 - When Joshua was an old man, the LORD said to him, “You are growing old, and much land remains to be conquered.

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Jos 23:1 - The years passed, and the LORD had given the people of Israel rest from all their enemies. Joshua, who was now very old,

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Jos 23:2 - called together all the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel. He said to them, “I am now a very old man.

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Rth 1:12 - No, my daughters, return to your parents’ homes, for I am too old to marry again. And even if it were possible, and I were to get married tonight and bear sons, then what?

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1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old, but he was aware of what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. He knew, for instance, that his sons were seducing the young women who assisted at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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1Sa 4:18 - When the messenger mentioned what had happened to the Ark of God, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and overweight. He had been Israel’s judge for forty years.

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1Sa 8:1 - As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.

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1Sa 8:5 - “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”

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1Sa 12:2 - Your king is now your leader. I stand here before you—an old, gray-haired man—and my sons serve you. I have served as your leader from the time I was a boy to this very day.

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1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. Jesse was an old man at that time, and he had eight sons.

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2Sa 19:32 - He was very old, about eighty, and very wealthy. He was the one who had provided food for the king during his stay in Mahanaim.

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1Ki 1:1 - King David was now very old, and no matter how many blankets covered him, he could not keep warm.

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1Ki 1:15 - So Bathsheba went into the king’s bedroom. (He was very old now, and Abishag was taking care of him.)

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2Ki 4:14 - Later Elisha asked Gehazi, “What can we do for her?”
Gehazi replied, “She doesn’t have a son, and her husband is an old man.”

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1Ch 23:1 - When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel.

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2Ch 24:15 - Jehoiada lived to a very old age, finally dying at 130.

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Job 14:8 - Though its roots have grown old in the earth
and its stump decays,

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Psa 37:25 - Once I was young, and now I am old.
Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned
or their children begging for bread.

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Pro 22:6 - Direct your children onto the right path,
and when they are older, they will not leave it.

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Pro 23:22 - Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

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