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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
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 2 / 4 (Deu 32:7–1Ki 13:25)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7 - Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, H2205 and they will tell thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, H2205 and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:6 - And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders H2205 of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:10 - And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders H2205 of Israel, before the people to Ai.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel, and their elders, H2205 and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - Wherefore our elders H2205 and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders H2205 of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, H2205 and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders H2205 of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 - And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders H2205 that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders H2205 that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders H2205 thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - And he took the elders H2205 of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders H2205 of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - And Jephthah said unto the elders H2205 of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - And the elders H2205 of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - And Jephthah said unto the elders H2205 of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:10 - And the elders H2205 of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:11 - Then Jephthah went with the elders H2205 of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 - And, behold, there came an old H2205 man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old H2205 man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20 - And the old H2205 man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:22 - Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old H2205 man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:16 - Then the elders H2205 of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:2 - And he took ten men of the elders H2205 of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:4 - And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders H2205 of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - And Boaz said unto the elders, H2205 and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, H2205 said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:31 - Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man H2205 in thine house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man H2205 in thine house for ever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:3 - And when the people were come into the camp, the elders H2205 of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:4 - Then all the elders H2205 of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3 - And the elders H2205 of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:30 - Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders H2205 of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders H2205 of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14 - And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old H2205 man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:26 - And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders H2205 of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:17 - And Abner had communication with the elders H2205 of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:3 - So all the elders H2205 of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - And the elders H2205 of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:4 - And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders H2205 of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:15 - Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders H2205 of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:11 - And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders H2205 of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 - 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 king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:3 - And all the elders H2205 of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, H2205 that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:8 - But he forsook the counsel of the old men, H2205 which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13 - And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's H2205 counsel that they gave him;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:11 - Now there dwelt an old H2205 prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old H2205 prophet dwelt.

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