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Lexicon :: Strong's H2204 - zāqēn

Aa
זָקֵן
Transliteration
zāqēn
Pronunciation
zaw-kane'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 574

Strong’s Definitions

זָקֵן zâqên, zaw-kane'; a primitive root; to be old:—aged man, be (wax) old (man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H2204 in the following manner: ...old (26x), aged (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H2204 in the following manner: ...old (26x), aged (1x).

  1. to be old, become old

    1. (Qal) to be old, become old

    2. (Hiphil) to grow old, show age

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָקֵן zâqên, zaw-kane'; a primitive root; to be old:—aged man, be (wax) old (man).
STRONGS H2204: Abbreviations
† זָקֵן verb be or become old (compare, according to Thes, Arabic bdb027807 a she-camel that lets her lower lip hang down, see Lane968; bdb027808 decrepit man) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular זָקֵן Genesis 18:12 + 14 times (often hard to distinguished from predicate adjective זָקֵן which see); 3rd person feminine singular זָֽקְנָה Proverbs 23:22; 2nd person masculine singular זָקַנְתָּ 1 Samuel 8:5; זָקַ֫נְתָּה Joshua 13:1; 1st person singular זָקַנְתִּי Joshua 23:2 + 3 times; זָקַנְ֑תִּי Genesis 18:13; Genesis 27:2; Imperfect וַיִּזְקַן 2 Chronicles 24:15; — be (or become) old Genesis 18:12, 13; Genesis 19:31; Genesis 27:1, 2 (all J), 1 Samuel 2:22; 1 Samuel 4:18; 1 Samuel 8:1; 1 Samuel 8:5; 1 Samuel 12:2; 1 Samuel 17:12; 2 Samuel 19:33; 1 Kings 1:1, 15; 2 Kings 4:14; also Genesis 24:1 (|| בא בימים), so Joshua 13:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 23:1, 2(|| here בָּאתִי בימים), 1 Chronicles 23:1 (|| שָׂבַע ימים), 1 Chronicles 24:15 (|| id.); Proverbs 23:22; Psalm 37:25 (opposed to || היה נער); note especially זָקַנְתִּי מִהְיוֺת לאישׁ Ruth 1:12 I am too old to belong to a man (husband).
Hiph. only Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַזְקִין inchoate shew age, grow old = senescere Ew§ 122 c, compare Di; of youth Proverbs 22:6; of tree-root Job 14:8.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:12; 18:12; 18:13; 18:13; 19:31; 24:1; 27:1; 27:2; 27:2

Joshua

13:1; 13:1; 23:1; 23:2; 23:2

Ruth

1:12

1 Samuel

2:22; 4:18; 8:1; 8:5; 8:5; 12:2; 17:12

2 Samuel

19:33

1 Kings

1:1; 1:15

2 Kings

4:14

1 Chronicles

23:1; 24:15

2 Chronicles

24:15

Job

14:8

Psalms

37:25

Proverbs

22:6; 23:22; 23:22

H2204

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2204 matches the Hebrew זָקֵן (zāqēn),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1 - Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 - Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2 - And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:1 - Now Joshua was old and full of years; and the Lord said to him, You are old and full of years, and there is still very much land to be taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:1 - Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - Joshua sent for all Israel, for their responsible men and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers, and said to them, I am old, and full of years:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:12 - Go back, my daughters, and go on your way; I am so old now that I may not have another husband. If I said, I have hopes, if I had a husband tonight, and might have sons,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:2 - And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:32 - Now Barzillai was a very old man, as much as eighty years old: and he had given the king everything he had need of, while he was at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1 - Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - Then Bath-sheba went into the king's room; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was waiting on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no son and her husband is old.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:1 - Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:15 - But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:25 - I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:6 - If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22 - Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
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