זָקֵן zaqen

Hebrew word for “be old” · Strong’s H2204 · used 27 times in 26 verses

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Meaning

1) to be old, become old; 1a) (Qal) to be old, become old; 1b) (Hiphil) to grow old, show age

How it is translated

Glosses given for zaqen in context, with how often each is used:

• old 22
• too old 1
• have become old 1
• became old 1
• will grow old 1
• will be old 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 18 (2), Genesis 27 (2), Joshua 23 (2), 1 Samuel 8 (2), 1 Kings 1 (2), Genesis 19 (1), Genesis 24 (1), Joshua 13 (1), Ruth 1 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1)

Forms

• זקן 15
• זקנתי 6
• יזקין 2
• זקנתה 1
• זקנת 1
• ויזקן 1
• זקנה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zaqen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 4
• מְאֹד meod “much” 4
• צָחַק tsachaq “to laugh” 2
• יְהוֹשׁוּעַ yehoshua “Joshua” 3
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 4
• שָׂרָה sarah “Sarah” 2
• זֶה zeh “this” 4
• יָלַד yalad “to beget” 3
• שָׂבֵעַ sava “to satisfy” 2
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 3
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 3
• גַּם gam “also” 3

Key verses

The verses using zaqen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 18:12 — Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
• Genesis 24:1 — And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
• Joshua 23:1 — And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
• 1 Samuel 2:22 — Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the…
• 1 Samuel 8:5 — And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
• 1 Samuel 12:2 — And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood…
• 1 Samuel 17:12 — Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the…
• 2 Samuel 19:32 — Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
• 1 Chronicles 23:1 — So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
• Psalms 37:25 — I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
• Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
• Proverbs 23:22 — Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.