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Lexicon :: Strong's H2204 - zāqēn

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Strong's

Red Letter

זָקֵן

Transliteration

zāqēn

Pronunciation

zaw-kane'

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Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 574

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.
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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 Samuel

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

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

22:6; 23:22; 23:22

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

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

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Gen 18:12 - Sarah^H8283 laughed^H6711 [fn]to herself,^H7130 saying,^H559 “After^H310 I have become^H1086 old,^H1086 shall I have^H1961 pleasure,^H5730 my lord^H113 being^H2204 old^H2204 also?”

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Gen 18:13 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to Abraham,^H85 “Why^H4100 did Sarah^H8283 laugh,^H6711 saying,^H559 ‘Shall I indeed^H637^H552 [fn]bear^H3205 a child, when I am^H2204 so old?’^H2204

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Gen 19:31 - Then the firstborn^H1067 said^H559 to the younger,^H6810 “Our father^H1 is old,^H2204 and there^H369 is not a man^H376 [fn]on earth^H776 to come^H935 in to us after the manner^H1870 of the earth.^H776

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Gen 24:1 - Now Abraham^H85 was old,^H2204 advanced^H935 in age;^H3117 and the LORD^H3068 had blessed^H1288 Abraham^H85 in every^H3605 way.^H3605

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Gen 27:1 - Now it came^H1961 about, when^H3588 Isaac^H3327 was old^H2204 and his eyes^H5869 were too^H4480 dim^H3543 to see,^H7200 that he called^H7121 his older^H1419 son^H1121 Esau^H6215 and said^H559 to him, “My son.”^H1121 And he said^H559 to him, “Here^H2009 I am.”

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Gen 27:2 - [fn]Isaac said,^H559 “Behold^H2009 now,^H4994 I am^H2204 old^H2204 and I do not know^H3045 the day^H3117 of my death.^H4194

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Jos 13:1 - Now Joshua^H3091 was old^H2204 and advanced^H935 in years^H3117 when the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to him, “You are old^H2204 and advanced^H935 in years,^H3117 and very^H3966 much^H7235 of the land^H776 remains^H7604 to be possessed.^H3423

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Jos 23:1 - Now it came^H1961 about after^H310 many^H7227 days,^H3117 when^H310^H834 the LORD^H3068 had given^H5117 rest^H5117 to Israel^H3478 from all^H3605 their enemies^H340 [fn]on every^H5439 side,^H5439 and Joshua^H3091 was old,^H2204 advanced^H935 in years,^H3117

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Jos 23:2 - that Joshua^H3091 called^H7121 for all^H3605 Israel,^H3478 for their elders^H2205 and their heads^H7218 and their judges^H8199 and their officers,^H7860 and said^H559 to them, “I am^H2204 old,^H2204 advanced^H935 in years.^H3117

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Rth 1:12 - “Return,^H7725 my daughters!^H1323 Go,^H1980 for I am^H2204 too^H4480 old^H2204 to have^H1961 a husband.^H376 If^H3588 I said^H559 I have^H3426 hope,^H8615 if I should even^H1571 have^H1961 a husband^H376 tonight^H3915 and also^H1571 bear^H3205 sons,^H1121

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1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli^H5941 was very^H3966 old;^H2204 and he heard^H8085 all^H3605 that his sons^H1121 were doing^H6213 to all^H3605 Israel,^H3478 and how^H854^H834 they lay^H7901 with the women^H802 who served^H6633 at the doorway^H6607 of the tent^H168 of meeting.^H4150

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1Sa 4:18 - When he mentioned^H2142 the ark^H727 of God,^H430 [fn]Eli fell^H5307 off^H4480^H5921 the seat^H3678 backward^H322 beside^H5704^H3027 the gate,^H8179 and his neck^H4665 was broken^H7665 and he died,^H4191 for [fn]he was old^H2204 and heavy.^H3515 Thus he judged^H8199 Israel^H3478 forty^H705 years.^H8141

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1Sa 8:1 - And it came^H1961 about when^H834 Samuel^H8050 was old^H2204 that he appointed^H7760 his sons^H1121 judges^H8199 over Israel.^H3478

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1Sa 8:5 - and they said^H559 to him, “Behold,^H2009 you have grown^H2204 old,^H2204 and your sons^H1121 do not walk^H1980 in your ways.^H1870 Now^H6258 appoint^H7760 a king^H4428 for us to judge^H8199 us like all^H3605 the nations.”^H1471

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1Sa 12:2 - “Now,^H6258 here^H2009 is the king^H4428 walking^H1980 before^H6440 you, but I am^H2204 old^H2204 and gray,^H7867 and behold^H2009 my sons^H1121 are with you. And I have walked^H1980 before^H6440 you from my youth^H5271 even^H5704 to this^H2088 day.^H3117

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1Sa 17:12 - Now David^H1732 was the son^H1121 of [fn]the Ephrathite^H673 of Bethlehem^H1035 in Judah,^H3063 whose name^H8034 was Jesse,^H3448 and he had eight^H8083 sons.^H1121 And [fn]Jesse was old^H2204 in the days^H3117 of Saul,^H7586 advanced^H935 in years among men.^H376

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2Sa 19:32 - Now Barzillai^H1271 was very^H3966 old,^H2204 being eighty^H8084 years^H8141 old;^H1121 and he had [fn]sustained^H3557 the king^H4428 while he stayed^H7871 at Mahanaim,^H4266 for he was a very^H3966 great^H1419 man.^H376

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1Ki 1:1 - Now King^H4428 David^H1732 was old,^H2204 advanced^H935 in age;^H3117 and they covered^H3680 him with clothes,^H899 but he could not keep^H2552 warm.^H2552

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1Ki 1:15 - So Bathsheba^H1339 went^H935 in to the king^H4428 in the bedroom.^H2315 Now the king^H4428 was very^H3966 old,^H2204 and Abishag^H49 the Shunammite^H7767 was ministering^H8334 to the king.^H4428

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2Ki 4:14 - So he said,^H559 “What^H4100 then is to be done^H6213 for her?” And Gehazi^H1522 [fn]answered,^H559 “Truly^H61 she has^H369 no^H369 son^H1121 and her husband^H376 is old.”^H2204

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1Ch 23:1 - Now when David^H1732 [fn]reached^H2204 old^H2204 age,^H3117 he made^H4427 his son^H1121 Solomon^H8010 king^H4427 over^H5921 Israel.^H3478

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2Ch 24:15 - Now when Jehoiada^H3077 [fn]reached^H2204 a ripe^H7646^H3117 old^H2204 age^H3117 he died;^H4191 he was one hundred^H3967 and thirty^H7970 years^H8141 old^H1121 at his death.^H4194

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Job 14:8 - “Though^H518 its roots^H8328 grow^H2204 old^H2204 in the ground^H776
And its stump^H1503 dies^H4191 in the dry^H6083 soil,^H6083

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Psa 37:25 - I have been^H1961 young^H5288 and now^H1571 I am old,^H2204
Yet I have not seen^H7200 the righteous^H6662 forsaken^H5800
Or his [fn]descendants^H2233 begging^H1245 bread.^H3899

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Pro 22:6 - Train^H2596 up a child^H5288 [fn]in the way^H1870 he should go,
Even^H1571 when^H3588 he is old^H2204 he will not depart^H5493 from it.

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Pro 23:22 - Listen^H8085 to your father^H1 who begot^H3205 you,
And do not despise^H936 your mother^H517 when^H3588 she is old.^H2204

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