Be old
זָקֵןStrong’s H2204zaqen (za-qen)
Appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zaqen is the Hebrew word usually translated “was old”, “am old” and “is old”. It appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
“Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
Meaning
- To be old, become old(Qal) to be old, become old · (Hiphil) to grow old, show age
How it's translated
- he was old 12
- i am old 6
- he is old 3
- you are old 1
- you have become old 1
- and he became old 1
- it will grow old 1
- he will be old 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 6
- 1 Samuel 6
- Joshua 3
- 1 Kings 2
- Proverbs 2
- Ruth 1
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 18:13And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
- Genesis 19:31And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
- Genesis 24:1And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
- Genesis 27:1And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
- Genesis 27:2And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
- Joshua 13:1Now 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.
Hebrew dictionary
זָקֵן zaqen · be old
1) to be old, become old 1a) (Qal) to be old, become old 1b) (Hiphil) to grow old, show age
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “old” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OLD, adjective
- Advanced far in years or life; having lived beyond the middle period, or rather towards the end of life, or towards the end of the ordinary term of living; applied to animals or plants; as an old man; an old age; an old camel or horse; an old tree.“Abraham was seventy five years old when he departed from Haran” Genesis 12:4
- Having been long made or used; decayed by time; as an old garment; an old house.
- Being of long continuance; begun long ago; as an old acquaintance.
- Having been long made; not new or fresh; as old wine.
All definitions
- Being of a former year's growth; not of the last crop; as old wheat; old hay.
- Ancient; that existed in former ages; as the old inhabitants of Britain; the old Romans.
- Of any duration whatever; as a year old; seven years old How old art thou?
- subsisting before something else.
- Long practiced. he is grown old in vice.
- That has been long cultivated; as old land; an old farm; opposed to new land, land lately cleared and cultivated.
- More than enough; great.
- In vulgar language, crafty; cunning.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.