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Lexicon :: Strong's H2208 - zāqun

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זָקֻן
Transliteration
zāqun
Pronunciation
zaw-koon'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, passive participle of זָקֵן (H2204) (used only in the plural as a noun)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 574e

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: זק (Strongs) זקנים (Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

זָקֻן zâqun, zaw-koon'; properly, passive participle of H2204 (used only in the plural as a noun); old age:—old age.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H2208 in the following manner: old age (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H2208 in the following manner: old age (4x).
  1. old age, extreme old age

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָקֻן zâqun, zaw-koon'; properly, passive participle of H2204 (used only in the plural as a noun); old age:—old age.
STRONGS H2208: Abbreviations
זְקֻנִים noun plural [masculine] old ageבֶּןזֿ׳ Genesis 37:3 i.e. a late-born son; יֶלֶד ז׳ Genesis 44:20 id.; (ילדה)בֵּן לִזְקֻנָיו Genesis 21:2, 7 (all J E).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:2; 21:7; 37:3; 44:20

H2208

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2208 matches the Hebrew זָקֻן (zāqun),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:2 - She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:7 - Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3 - Jacob[fn] loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we responded, ‘Yes, my lord, we have a father who is an old man, and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him very much.’
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