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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 Box Gen 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - and Abraham and Sarah are aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, 'After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! -- my lord also is old!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - And the first-born saith unto the younger, 'Our father is old, and a man there is not in the earth to come in unto us, as is the way of all the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1 - And Abraham is old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all things;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 - And it cometh to pass that Isaac is aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, 'My son;' and he saith unto him, 'Here am I.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2 - And he saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:1 - And Joshua is old, entering into days, and Jehovah saith unto him, 'Thou hast become aged, thou hast entered into days; as to the land, very much hath been left to possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:1 - And it cometh to pass, many days after that Jehovah hath given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua is old, entering into days,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - and Joshua calleth for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and saith unto them, 'I have become old; I have entered into days;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:12 - Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been to-night to a husband, and also I have borne sons:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - And Eli is very old, and hath heard all that his sons do to all Israel, and how that they lie with the women who are assembling at the opening of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And it cometh to pass, at his mentioning the ark of God, that he falleth from off the throne backward, by the side of the gate, and his neck is broken, and he dieth, for the man is old and heavy, and he hath judged Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - And it cometh to pass, when Samuel is aged, that he maketh his sons judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - and say unto him, 'Lo, thou hast become aged, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways; now, appoint to us a king, to judge us, like all the nations.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:2 - and now, lo, the king is walking habitually before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, lo, they are with you, and I have walked habitually before you from my youth till this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - And David is son of this Ephrathite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name is Jesse, and he hath eight sons, and the man in the days of Saul hath become aged among men;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:32 - and Barzillai is very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he is a very great man;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1 - And king David is old, entering into days, and they cover him with garments, and he hath no heat,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto the king, to the inner chamber, and the king is very aged, and Abishag the Shunammite is serving the king:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - And he saith, 'And what -- to do for her?' and Gehazi saith, 'Verily she hath no son, and her husband is aged.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:1 - And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causeth his son Solomon to reign over Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:15 - And Jehoiada is aged and satisfied with days, and dieth -- a son of a hundred and thirty years in his death,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:25 - Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:6 - Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22 - Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
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