Strong's Lexicon

H2204

H2204 — זָקֵן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewzaqenverbOccurrences: 27TWOT: 574

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2204
Word:זָקֵן
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:27
Transliteration:zaqen
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:zaw-kane'
Meaning:1. to be old
KJV Renderings:aged man, be (wax) old (man).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2433

זָקֵן verb be or become old (compare, according to Thes, Arabic [untranscribed source text 1541] a she-camel that lets her lower lip hang down, see Lane968; [untranscribed source text 1542] decrepit man) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular זָקֵן Gen 18:12 + 14 t. (often hard to distinguished from predicate adjective זָקֵן q. v.); 3 feminine singular זָָֽקְנָה Prov 23:22 2 masculine singular זָקַנְתָּ 1Sam 8:5 זָקַ֫נְתָּה Josh 13:1 1 singular זָקַנְתִּי Josh 23:2 + 3 t.; זָקַנְ֑תִּי Gen 18:13; Gen 27:2 Imperfect וַיִּזְקַן 2Chr 24:15 — be (or become) old Gen 18:12; Gen 18:13; Gen 19:31; Gen 27:1; Gen 27:2 (all J ), 1Sam 2:22 ; 1Sam 4:18; 1Sam 8:1; 1Sam 8:5; 1Sam 12:2; 1Sam 17:122 Sam 1Sam 19:33; 1Kgs 1:1; 1Kgs 1:15; 2Kgs 4:14 also Gen 24:1 (|| בא בימים), so Josh 13:1 (twice in verse); Josh 23:1; Josh 23:2 (|| here בָּאתִי בימים), 1Chr 23:1 (|| שָׂבַע ימים), 1Chr 24:15 (|| id.); Prov 23:22; Ps 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`il only Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַזְקִין inchoate shew age, grow old = senescere Ew§ 122 c, compare Di ; of youth Prov 22:6 of tree-root Job 14:8.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זקן (h-k hn’)

Joshua 13:1

KJV: Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.to…: Heb. to possess it
EHCC: Joshua was old (and) stricken iz yean;

Joshua 33:1

EHCC: that Cie wazed old .

Joshua 2:1

KJV: And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.sent: or, had sentlodged: Heb. lay
EHCC: אם ‘and) stricken in age: |

Ruth 1:12

KJV: Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;should have…: or were with an husband
EHCC: for Zam too old to have an husband. i

1 Samuel 2:22

KJV: Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.assembled: Heb. assembled by troops
EHCC: Now Eli was very old, |

1 Samuel 4:18

KJV: And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
EHCC: for he was an old'man, i

1 Samuel 8:1

KJV: And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
EHCC: when Samuel was old, |

1 Samuel 12:2

KJV: And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
EHCC: 1 am old and grayheaded; 1

1 Samuel 17:12

KJV: Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
EHCC: went among men (for) an old ma |

2 Samuel 19:32

KJV: Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
EHCC: (33). Barzillai was a aged max, |

1 Kings 1:1

KJV: Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.stricken…: Heb. entered into days
EHCC: Now king David was olf :

Psalms 37:25

KJV: I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
EHCC: 1 have been young, and (now) am all;

Proverbs 23:22

KJV: Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
EHCC: despise not thy mother when she isad |

2 Chronicles 24:15

KJV: But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
EHCC: But Jehoiada waxed old, |

Proverbs 22:6

KJV: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.Train…: or, Catechisein…: Heb. in his way
EHCC: when he is old, he will not depart
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