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H2205Hזָקֵןza.qen

oldPart of speech: Hebrew Adjective

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Occurrences by book

  1. 7
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. 4
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 3
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 6
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 4
  15. 1
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. 1
  18. 3
  19. 2
  20. 2
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 3
  24. 3
  25. 2
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. 1
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 2
  39. Malachi: 0

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Other meanings of H2205

  • H2205Gזָקֵןza.qenold: elderH:AOccurrences: 128

50 occurrences in 49 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. 2 Chronicles 10:8

    But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.

    הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים (זְּקֵנִ֖ים) ze.ke.Nim “elders”

  2. 2 Chronicles 10:13

    And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,

    הַזְּקֵנִֽים׃ (זְּקֵנִֽים) ze.ke.Nim “elders”

  3. 2 Chronicles 36:17

    So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.

    זָקֵ֣ן za.Ken “[the] old”

  4. Ezra 3:12

    But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:

    הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים (זְּקֵנִ֗ים) ze.ke.Nim “old”

  5. Esther 3:13

    And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the takin

    זָקֵ֜ן za.Ken “old [man]”

  6. Job 32:4

    Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;

    זְֽקֵנִים־ ze.ke.nim- “[were] old”

  7. Job 32:9

    It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

    וּ֝זְקֵנִ֗ים (זְקֵנִ֗ים) ze.ke.Nim “old [people]”

  8. Job 42:17

    And Job came to his end, old and full of days.

    זָקֵ֖ן za.Ken “old”

  9. Psalms 119:100

    I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.

    מִזְּקֵנִ֥ים (זְּקֵנִ֥ים) ze.ke.Nim “old [people]”

  10. Psalms 148:12

    Young men and virgins; old men and children:

    זְ֝קֵנִ֗ים ze.ke.Nim “old [people]”

  11. Proverbs 17:6

    Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

    זְ֭קֵנִים Ze.ke.nim “old [people]”

  12. Proverbs 20:29

    The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.

    זְקֵנִ֣ים ze.ke.Nim “old [people]”

  13. Ecclesiastes 4:13

    A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

    זָקֵן֙ za.Ken “old”

  14. Isaiah 20:4

    So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

    וּזְקֵנִ֖ים (זְקֵנִ֖ים) ze.ke.Nim “old [men]”

  15. Isaiah 47:6

    I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;

    זָקֵ֕ן za.Ken “[the] old”

  16. Isaiah 65:20

    No longer will there be there a child whose days are cut short, or an old man whose days have not come to their full measure: for the young man at his death will be a hundred years old, and he whose life is shorter than a hundred years will seem as one c

    וְזָקֵ֔ן (זָקֵ֔ן) za.Ken “an old [person]”

  17. Jeremiah 6:11

    For this reason I am full of the wrath of the Lord, I am tired of keeping it in: may it be let loose on the children in the street, and on the band of the young men together: for even the husband with his wife will be taken, the old man with him who is f

    זָקֵ֖ן za.Ken “[the] old”

  18. Jeremiah 31:13

    Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.

    וּזְקֵנִ֖ים (זְקֵנִ֖ים) ze.ke.Nim “old [men]”

  19. Jeremiah 51:22

    With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;

    זָקֵ֣ן za.Ken “old [man]”

  20. Lamentations 2:21

    The young men and the old are stretched on the earth in the streets; my virgins and my young men have been put to the sword: you have sent death on them in the day of your wrath, causing death without pity.

    וְזָקֵ֔ן (זָקֵ֔ן) za.Ken “old [person]”

  21. Lamentations 5:14

    The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.

    זְקֵנִים֙ ze.ke.Nim “old [men]”

  22. Ezekiel 9:6

    Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.

    זָקֵ֡ן za.Ken “old [man]”

  23. Joel 2:28 (not in Bible in Basic English)

    זִקְנֵיכֶם֙ (זִקְנֵי) zik.nei. “old [men]”

  24. Zechariah 8:4

    This is what the Lord of armies has said: There will again be old men and old women seated in the open spaces of Jerusalem, every man with his stick in his hand because he is so old.

    זְקֵנִ֣ים ze.ke.Nim “old [men]”וּזְקֵנ֔וֹת (זְקֵנ֔וֹת) ze.ke.Not “old [women]”