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. Job 12:20 זְקֵנִ֣ים ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

  2. Job 32:4 זְֽקֵנִים־ ze.ke.nim- · Describes something

    Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.

  3. Job 32:9 וּ֝זְקֵנִ֗ים u.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

  4. Job 42:17 זָקֵ֖ן za.Ken · Describes something

    So Job died, being old and full of days.

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