זָקֵן zaqen

Hebrew word for “old” · Strong’s H2205 · used 178 times in 171 verses

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Meaning

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

Senses in the lexicon

• old: elder (128)
• old (50)

How it is translated

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

• elders 124
• old 21
• old man 9
• old men 8
• old people 5
• old person 5
• some of the elders 3
• elder 1
• more than old people 1
• old women 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 21 (6), Judges 11 (6), Numbers 11 (4), Deuteronomy 22 (4), Judges 19 (4), Ruth 4 (4), Exodus 24 (3), Deuteronomy 25 (3), 1 Kings 12 (3), 1 Kings 13 (3)

Forms

• זקני 62
• הזקנים 21
• זקן 21
• זקנים 12
• מזקני 10
• וזקני 9
• הזקן 6
• והזקנים 5
• לזקני 4
• וזקנים 4

Words used with it

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

• עִיר ir “city” 28
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 20
• בָּחוּר bachur “youth” 10
• אָסַף asaph “to gather” 13
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 17
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 15
• נַעַר naar “youth” 12
• אָב av “father” 18
• דָּבָר davar “word” 19
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 16
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 16
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 13

Key verses

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

• Genesis 25:8 — Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
• Exodus 3:16 — Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me,…
• Exodus 3:18 — And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the…
• Numbers 11:25 — And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass,…
• Joshua 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 of Israel, and put dust upon…
• 1 Samuel 4:3 — And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark…
• 2 Chronicles 36:17 — Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon…
• Isaiah 9:15 — The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
• Isaiah 24:23 — Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
• Isaiah 47:6 — I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very…
• Lamentations 2:21 — The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger;…
• Joel 2:28 — And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream…

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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.