H2205 - זָקֵן (zâqên)

H2205 זָקֵן (zâqên) zaw-kane'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

old: elder

Strong's Definition

old

Derivation: from H2204 (זָקֵן);

KJV Usage: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.

TWOT Reference: 574b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) old

1a) old (of humans)

1b) elder (of those having authority)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G435 G1087 G1088 G4246

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

: elder/leader 1) old 1a) old (of humans) 1b) elder (of those having authority)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

זָקֵן zâqên BDB Definition: 1) old 1a) old (of humans) 1b) elder (of those having authority) Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2204 Same Word by TWOT Number: 574b Total KJV Occurrences: 164

Bible Occurrences (171)

18:11 19:4 24:2 25:8 35:29 43:27 44:20 50:7

3:16 3:18 4:29 10:9 12:21 17:5 17:6 18:12 19:7 24:1 24:9 24:14

4:15 9:1 19:32

11:16 11:24 11:25 11:30 16:25 22:4 22:7

6:21 7:6 8:10 8:33 9:11 20:4 23:2 24:1 24:31

2:7 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

4:2 4:4 4:9 4:11

2:31 2:32 4:3 8:4 11:3 15:30 16:4 28:14 30:26

3:17 5:3 12:17 17:4 17:15 19:11

8:1 8:3 12:6 12:8 12:13 13:11 13:25 13:29 20:7 20:8 21:8 21:11

6:32 10:1 10:5 19:2 23:1

11:3 15:25 21:16

5:2 5:4 10:6 10:8 10:13 34:29 36:17

3:12 10:8 10:14

3:13

12:20 32:4 32:9 42:17

105:22 107:32 119:100 148:12

17:6 20:29 31:23

4:13

3:2 3:5 3:14 9:15 20:4 24:23 37:2 47:6 65:20

6:11 19:1 26:17 29:1 31:13 51:22

1:19 2:10 2:21 4:16 5:12 5:14

7:26 8:1 8:11 8:12 9:6 14:1 20:1 20:3 27:9

1:2 1:14 2:16 2:28

8:4

Genesis 18:11

And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed... the age of childbearing....

Genesis 19:4

Before they had gone to bed, all... the men of the city... of Sodom, both young and old,... surrounded... the house.

Genesis 24:2

So Abraham instructed... the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, Place... your hand under my thigh,

Genesis 25:8

And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died..., old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 35:29

Then [he] breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him -.

Genesis 43:27

He asked... if they were well, and then he asked, How is your elderly father you told [me about]? Is he still alive?

Genesis 44:20

And we answered......, We have... an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.

Genesis 50:7

Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him — the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt —