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. 1 Kings 12:13 הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים ha.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

  2. 1 Kings 13:11 זָקֵ֔ן za.Ken · Describes something

    Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them also they told unto their father.

  3. 1 Kings 13:25 הַזָּקֵ֖ן ha.za.Ken · Describes something

    And, behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

  4. 1 Kings 13:29 הַזָּקֵ֔ן ha.za.Ken · Describes something

    And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.

  5. 1 Kings 20:7 זִקְנֵ֣י zik.Nei · Describes something

    Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

  6. 1 Kings 20:8 הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים ha.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent.

  7. 1 Kings 21:8 הַזְקֵנִ֤ים haz.ke.Nim · Describes something

    So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.

  8. 1 Kings 21:11 הַזְּקֵנִ֣ים ha.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

  9. 2 Kings 6:32 וְהַזְּקֵנִ֖ים ve.ha.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

  10. 2 Kings 6:32 הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים ha.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

  11. 2 Kings 10:1 הַזְּקֵנִ֔ים ha.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and unto them that brought up the sons of Ahab, saying,

  12. 2 Kings 10:5 וְהַזְּקֵנִים֩ ve.ha.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    And he that was over the household, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and they that brought up the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any man king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

  13. 2 Kings 19:2 זִקְנֵ֣י zik.Nei · Describes something

    And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

  14. 2 Kings 23:1 זִקְנֵ֥י zik.Nei · Describes something

    And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

  15. 1 Chronicles 11:3 זִקְנֵ֨י zik.Nei · Describes something

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel.

  16. 1 Chronicles 15:25 וְזִקְנֵ֥י ve.zik.Nei · Describes something

    So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

  17. 1 Chronicles 21:16 וְהַזְּקֵנִ֛ים ve.ha.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

  18. 2 Chronicles 5:2 זִקְנֵ֣י zik.Nei · Describes something

    Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.

  19. 2 Chronicles 5:4 זִקְנֵ֣י zik.Nei · Describes something

    And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;

  20. 2 Chronicles 10:6 הַזְּקֵנִים֙ ha.ze.ke.Nim · Describes something

    And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

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