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Strong's numbers

זָקֵן (H2205)

zâqên

zaw-kane'

from זָקֵן; old; aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

זָקֵן adj. old
1 old, of human beings
2 usu. as subst.
a old man (or woman)
b elder

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


171 occurrences

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  • Ezra 3:12
    But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
  • Ezra 10:8
    And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
  • Ezra 10:14
    Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
  • Esther 3:13
    And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
  • Job 12:20
    He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
  • Job 32:4
    Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
  • Job 32:9
    Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
  • Job 42:17
    So Job died, being old and full of days.
  • Psalms 105:22
    To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
  • Psalms 107:32
    Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.