Old
זָקֵןStrong’s H2205zaqen (za-qen)
Appears in 171 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zaqen is the Hebrew word usually translated “elders of”, “old” and “elders”. It appears in 171 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.”
Meaning
- Oldold (of humans) · elder (of those having authority)
How it's translated
- elders of 64
- old 30
- the elders 16
- and elders of 9
- from elders of 7
- an old 5
- and the elders 5
- elders 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 21
- Judges 14
- Exodus 12
- 1 Kings 12
- Joshua 9
- 1 Samuel 9
26 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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?
All 171 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
זָקֵן zaqen · old
: elder/leader 1) old 1a) old (of humans) 1b) elder (of those having authority)
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.