STRONGS H2205:
Abbreviations
זָקֵן adjective old, absolute
ז׳ Genesis 19:4 +
30 times (on distinction from verb see above); construct
זְקַן Genesis 24:2; plural
זְקֵנִים Genesis 18:11 +
44 times;
זְקֵנוֺת Zechariah 8:4; construct
זִקְנֵי Genesis 50:7 +
85 times; suffix
זְקֵנַי Lamentations 1:19,
זְקֵנֶיךָ Deuteronomy 21:2;
Deuteronomy 32:7,
זְקֵנָיו Joshua 8:33 +
3 times,
זְקֵנֶיהָ Judges 8:14,
זְקֵנֵינוּ Exodus 10:9;
Joshua 9:11,
זִקְנֵיכֶם Deuteronomy 5:20 +
2 times; —
1. old, of human beings, as adjective predicate
Genesis 18:11 (J),
Job 32:4 (
מִמֶּנּוּ לְיָמִים ז׳, in comparison), or attributive
אָב זָקֵן Genesis 44:20 (J),
אִישׁ ז׳ Judges 19:16, 17, 20, 22,
נָבִיא ז׳ 1 Kings 13:11, 25, 29,
מֶלֶךְ ז׳ Ecclesiastes 4:13; probably also
וּשְׂבַע ימים ז׳ Genesis 35:29 (P),
Job 42:17 and
Genesis 25:8 (P) according to
Sam Di; compare also
Ezra 3:12.
2. usually as substantive: a. old man (or woman), b. elder;
a. old man Genesis 43:27 (J),
Leviticus 19:32 (H),
Deuteronomy 28:50;
Deuteronomy 32:7 (||
אָב),
1 Samuel 2:31, 32;
1 Samuel 28:14;
Isaiah 47:6;
Job 12:20;
Job 32:9;
Proverbs 17:6;
Proverbs 20:29;
Psalm 119:100;
Joel 1:2;
old men and old women Zechariah 8:4 (twice in verse); compare
זְקַן בֵּיתוֺ Genesis 24:2 (J),
זִקְנֵי בֵיתוֺ 2 Samuel 12:17; especially opposed to
נַעַר Exodus 10:9 (E),
Isaiah 3:5;
Isaiah 20:4;
Jeremiah 51:22;
Lamentations 2:21;
Psalm 148:12, and in phrase
מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקֵן Genesis 19:4 (J),
Joshua 6:21 (JE),
Esther 3:13; opposed to
ילדים 1 Kings 12:6, 8, 13
2 Chronicles 10:6; 10:8; 10:13; opposed to
בַּחוּרִים Jeremiah 31:13;
Ezekiel 9:6;
Joel 3:1, compare
2 Chronicles 36:17 (+
יָשֵׁשׁ) and
Jeremiah 6:11 (+
מְלֵא ימים); opposed to
עוּל ימים Isaiah 65:20; opposed to
יונקי שׁדים and
עוללים Joel 2:16.
b. usually plural
elders, as having authority, term techn. (
100 times +); elders of a people, especially Israel
Exodus 3:16, 18;
Exodus 12:21 (all J),
Exodus 17:5, 6;
Exodus 18:12;
Exodus 19:7;
Exodus 24:1, 9, 14;
Joshua 24:1 (all E),
Numbers 11:16 (twice in verse) (
שֹׁטְרָיו),
Numbers 11:24;
Numbers 11:25;
Numbers 11:30;
Numbers 16:25;
Joshua 7:6;
Joshua 8:10;
Joshua 9:11 (all J E),
Deuteronomy 5:20 (||
רָאשֵׁי שִׁבְטֵיכֶם),
Deuteronomy 27:1;
Deuteronomy 29:9 (||
ראשׁי שׁבטיכם,
שֹׁטְרֵיכֶם),
Deuteronomy 31:9, 28;
Joshua 8:33 (||
שֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטָיו),
Joshua 23:2 (||
רָאשׁיו,
שֹׁפְטָיו,
שֹׁטְרָיו); compare also probably
Joshua 24:31 =
Judges 2:7 (all D);
Leviticus 9:1, compare
זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה Leviticus 4:15)both P),
Judges 21:16; see also
1 Samuel 4:3;
1 Samuel 8:4;
1 Samuel 15:30;
2 Samuel 3:17;
2 Samuel 5:3 =
1 Chronicles 11:3;
2 Samuel 17:4, 15;
1 Kings 8:1, 3
2 Chronicles 5:2, 4, also
1 Chronicles 15:25;
1 Chronicles 21:16; compare
Isaiah 3:2 (
גִּבּוֺר וְאִישׁ מִלְחָמָ֑ה שׁוֺפֵט וְנָבִיא וְקֹסֵם וְז׳),
Isaiah 9:14 (||
נְשׂוּאפָֿנִים, but see probably gloss, compare Ew Che Di Du and others); elders of one tribe (Judah)
1 Samuel 30:26;
2 Samuel 19:12, so of Gilead
Judges 11:5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; after the division of the kingdoms, of Northern Israel
זקני הארץ 1 Kings 20:7 compare
1 Kings 20:8, also
2 Kings 6:32 (twice in verse);
2 Kings 10:1 (||
שָׂרִים etc.) compare
2 Kings 10:5; under Josiah
זקני יְהוּדָה 2 Kings 23:1 2 Chronicles 34:29; see also
הארץ ז׳ Jeremiah 26:17, compare
זקני ארץ Proverbs 31:23, compare
Lamentations 1:19;
Lamentations 2:10;
Lamentations 4:16;
Lamentations 5:12, 14 (||
שׂרים; +
שַׁעַר); often in Ezek.:
Ezekiel 7:26 (||
כהן), of Judah
Ezekiel 8:1, of Israel
Ezekiel 8:11, 12;
Ezekiel 14:1;
Ezekiel 20:1, 3, also
Ezekiel 9:6 (but strike out Co). Exilic
הַגּוֺלָה ז׳ Jeremiah 29:1 (||
הכהנים,
הנביאים); post-exile
Ezra 10:8 (||
שׂרים), possibly also
Joel 1:14; elders of
י׳ Isaiah 24:23 (compare
Exodus 24:1, 9),
זִקְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים 2 Kings 19:2 =
Isaiah 37:2, so
Jeremiah 19:1 (||
זקני העם); of other peoples, Midian
Numbers 22:4, 7, Moab
Numbers 22:7 (all E), Egypt
Psalm 105:22 (||
שׂרים); of Gebal
Ezekiel 27:9; elders of a city, especially as sitting in the gate to judge
Deuteronomy 19:12;
Deuteronomy 21:2 (+
שֹׁפְטֶיךָ)
Deuteronomy 21:3;
Deuteronomy 21:4;
Deuteronomy 21:6;
Deuteronomy 21:19 (+
שַׁעַרמְֿקֹמוֺ),
Deuteronomy 21:20;
Deuteronomy 22:15 (+
הַשָּׁ֑עְרָה),
Deuteronomy 22:16;
Deuteronomy 22:17;
Deuteronomy 22:18;
Deuteronomy 25:7 (+
הַשַּׁ֫עֲרָה),
Deuteronomy 25:8;
Deuteronomy 25:9 (all in Deuteronomic code, and only so therein),
Ruth 4:2, 4, 9, 11 (compare
שַׁעַר Ruth 4:1;
Ruth 4:11),
מוֺשַׁב זְקֵנִים Psalm 107:32 (||
קְהַלעָֿ֑ם);
Judges 8:14 (||
שׂרים),
Judges 8:16;
1 Samuel 11:3;
1 Samuel 16:4;
1 Kings 21:8, 11;
Ezra 10:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
18:11; 18:11; 19:4; 19:4; 24:2; 24:2; 25:8; 35:29; 43:27; 44:20; 50:7
Exodus
3:16; 3:18; 10:9; 10:9; 12:21; 17:5; 17:6; 18:12; 19:7; 24:1; 24:1; 24:9; 24:9; 24:14
Leviticus
4:15; 9:1; 19:32
Numbers
11:16; 11:24; 11:25; 11:30; 16:25; 22:4; 22:7; 22:7
Deuteronomy
5:20; 5:20; 19:12; 21:2; 21:2; 21:3; 21:4; 21:6; 21:19; 21:20; 22:15; 22:16; 22:17; 22:18; 25:7; 25:8; 25:9; 27:1; 28:50; 29:9; 31:9; 31:28; 32:7; 32:7
Joshua
6:21; 7:6; 8:10; 8:33; 8:33; 9:11; 9:11; 23:2; 24:1; 24:31
Judges
2:7; 8:14; 8:14; 8:16; 11:5; 11:7; 11:8; 11:9; 11:10; 11:11; 19:16; 19:17; 19:20; 19:22; 21:16
Ruth
4:1; 4:2; 4:4; 4:9; 4:11; 4:11
1 Samuel
2:31; 2:32; 4:3; 8:4; 11:3; 15:30; 16:4; 28:14; 30:26
2 Samuel
3:17; 5:3; 12:17; 17:4; 17:15; 19:12
1 Kings
8:1; 8:3; 12:6; 12:8; 12:13; 13:11; 13:25; 13:29; 20:7; 20:8; 21:8; 21:11
2 Kings
6:32; 10:1; 10:5; 19:2; 23:1
1 Chronicles
11:3; 15:25; 21:16
2 Chronicles
5:2; 5:4; 10:6; 10:8; 10:13; 34:29; 36:17
Ezra
3:12; 10:8; 10:14
Esther
3:13
Job
12:20; 32:4; 32:9; 42:17
Psalms
105:22; 107:32; 119:100; 148:12
Proverbs
17:6; 20:29; 31:23
Ecclesiastes
4:13
Isaiah
3:2; 3:5; 9:14; 20:4; 24:23; 37:2; 47:6; 65:20
Jeremiah
6:11; 19:1; 26:17; 29:1; 31:13; 51:22
Lamentations
1:19; 1:19; 2:10; 2:21; 4:16; 5:12; 5:14
Ezekiel
7:26; 8:1; 8:11; 8:12; 9:6; 9:6; 14:1; 20:1; 20:3; 27:9
Joel
1:2; 1:14; 2:16; 3:1
Zechariah
8:4; 8:4
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