זָקֵן

za.qen · old: elder

Hebrew · Strong's H2205 · Adjective · Sounds like: zaw-kane' · 178 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • old: elder H2205G · a Meaning of 128
  • old H2205H 50

Strong's dictionary

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
זָקֵן adj. old
1. old, of human beings
2. usu. as subst.
a. old man (or woman)
b. elder

Every occurrence

  1. Jeremiah 6:11 זָקֵ֖ן za.Ken · Describes something

    Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

  2. Jeremiah 19:1 וּמִזִּקְנֵ֣י u.mi.zik.Nei · Describes something

    Thus said Jehovah, Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

  3. Jeremiah 19:1 וּמִזִּקְנֵ֖י u.mi.zik.Nei · Describes something

    Thus said Jehovah, Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

  4. Jeremiah 26:17 מִזִּקְנֵ֖י mi.zik.Nei · Describes something

    Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

  5. Jeremiah 29:1 זִקְנֵ֣י zik.Nei · Describes something

    Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

  6. Jeremiah 31:13 וּזְקֵנִ֖ים u.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

  7. Jeremiah 51:22 זָקֵ֣ן za.Ken · Describes something

    and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;

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