זָקֵןzâqên
old
Pronunciation: zaw-kane' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2205
Meanings
1. old (Genesis 18:11; Job 32:4; Genesis 44:20)
2. usually as substantive: a. old man (or woman)>, b. elder
a. old man (or woman)
b. elder
a. old man (Genesis 43:27; Leviticus 19:32; Deuteronomy 28:50)
b. elders (Exodus 3:16; Exodus 3:18; Exodus 12:21)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 178 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:11 Abraham and Sarah were both very old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age of having children.
- Genesis 19:4 But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.
- Genesis 24:2 One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, “Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh.
- Genesis 25:8 and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.
- Genesis 35:29 Then he breathed his last and died at a ripe old age, joining his ancestors in death. And his sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.
- Genesis 43:27 After greeting them, he asked, “How is your father, the old man you spoke about? Is he still alive?”
See every passage
- Genesis 18:11, 19:4, 24:2, 25:8, 35:29, 43:27, 44:20, 50:7
- Exodus 3:16, 3:18, 4:29, 10:9, 12:21, 17:5, 17:6, 18:12, 19:7, 24:1, 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
- Deuteronomy 5:23, 19:12, 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, 29:10, 31:9, 31:28, 32:7
- Joshua 6:21, 7:6, 8:10, 8:33, 9:11, 20:4, 23:2, 24:1, 24:31
- Judges 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
- Ruth 4:2, 4:4, 4:9, 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, 19:11
- 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, 3:14, 9:15, 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, 2:10, 2:21, 4:16, 5:12, 5:14
- Ezekiel 7:26, 8:1, 8:11, 8:12, 9:6, 14:1, 20:1, 20:3, 27:9
- Joel 1:2, 1:14, 2:16, 2:28
- Zechariah 8:4
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).