Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2205

זָקֵן

za.qen · “old: elder”

Used 179 times across 26 books

Definition

: elder/leader
1) old
1a) old (of humans)
1b) elder (of those having authority)

Where it appears

Genesis

9

Exodus

12

Leviticus

3

Numbers

9

Deuteronomy

21

Joshua

9

Judges

14

Ruth

4

1 Samuel

9

2 Samuel

6

1 Kings

12

2 Kings

6

1 Chronicles

3

2 Chronicles

7

Ezra

3

Esther

1

Job

4

Psalms

4

Proverbs

3

Ecclesiastes

1

Isaiah

9

Jeremiah

7

Lamentations

7

Ezekiel

10

Joel

4

Zechariah

2

In the text

Genesis 18:11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.Genesis 19:4But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:Genesis 24:2And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:Genesis 25:8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.Genesis 35:29And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.Genesis 43:27And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?Genesis 44:20And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.Genesis 50:7And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,Exodus 3:16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:Exodus 3:18And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.

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