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. Exodus 24:14 הַזְּקֵנִ֤ים ha.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them.

  2. Leviticus 4:15 זִקְנֵ֨י zik.Nei · Describes something

    And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before Jehovah; and the bullock shall be killed before Jehovah.

  3. Leviticus 9:1 וּלְזִקְנֵ֖י u.le.zik.Nei · Describes something

    And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

  4. Leviticus 19:32 זָקֵ֑ן za.Ken · Describes something

    Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

  5. Numbers 11:16 מִזִּקְנֵ֣י mi.zik.Nei · Describes something

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee.

  6. Numbers 11:16 זִקְנֵ֥י zik.Nei · Describes something

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee.

  7. Numbers 11:24 מִזִּקְנֵ֣י mi.zik.Nei · Describes something

    And Moses went out, and told the people the words of Jehovah: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.

  8. Numbers 11:25 הַזְּקֵנִ֑ים ha.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.

  9. Numbers 11:30 וְזִקְנֵ֥י ve.zik.Nei · Describes something

    And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

  10. Numbers 16:25 זִקְנֵ֥י zik.Nei · Describes something

    And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

  11. Numbers 22:4 זִקְנֵ֣י zik.Nei · Describes something

    And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

  12. Numbers 22:7 זִקְנֵ֤י zik.Nei · Describes something

    And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

  13. Numbers 22:7 וְזִקְנֵ֣י ve.zik.Nei · Describes something

    And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

  14. Deuteronomy 5:23 וְזִקְנֵיכֶֽם׃ ve.zik.nei.Khem · Describes something

    And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

  15. Deuteronomy 19:12 זִקְנֵ֣י zik.Nei · Describes something

    then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

  16. Deuteronomy 21:2 זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ ze.ke.Nei.cha · Describes something

    then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

  17. Deuteronomy 21:3 זִקְנֵי֩ zik.Nei · Describes something

    and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

  18. Deuteronomy 21:4 זִקְנֵי֩ zik.Nei · Describes something

    and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.

  19. Deuteronomy 21:6 זִקְנֵי֙ zik.Nei · Describes something

    And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

  20. Deuteronomy 21:19 זִקְנֵ֥י zik.Nei · Describes something

    then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

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