Definition
a primitive root; to be old
Traditional renderings: aged man, be (wax) old (man).
Traditional renderings: aged man, be (wax) old (man).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders זָקֵן:
- πρεσβύτεροςpresbuteros“elder: Elder”58%
- πρεσβύτηςpresbutēs“old man”42%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
27 total
- Genesis 18:12זָקֵֽן׃ · is oldSo she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
- Genesis 18:13זָקַֽנְתִּי׃ · oldAnd the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
- Genesis 19:31זָקֵ֑ן · is oldOne day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
- Genesis 24:1זָקֵ֔ן · was oldBy now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
- Genesis 27:1זָקֵ֣ן · oldWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
- Genesis 27:2זָקַ֑נְתִּי · old“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
- Joshua 13:1זָקֵ֔ן · was old; זָקַ֙נְתָּה֙ · are oldNow Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.
- Joshua 23:1זָקֵ֔ן · was oldA long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
- Joshua 23:2זָקַ֔נְתִּי · am old…he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
- Ruth 1:12זָקַ֖נְתִּי · I am too oldReturn home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
- 1 Samuel 2:22זָקֵ֣ן · oldNow Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- 1 Samuel 4:18זָקֵ֥ן · oldAs soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
- 1 Samuel 8:1זָקֵ֖ן · grew oldWhen Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 8:5זָקַ֔נְתָּ · are old“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
- 1 Samuel 12:2זָקַ֣נְתִּי · am oldNow here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.
- 1 Samuel 17:12זָקֵ֖ן · [Jesse] was oldNow David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.
- 2 Samuel 19:32זָקֵ֣ן · oldBarzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
- 1 Kings 1:1זָקֵ֔ן · was oldNow King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
- 1 Kings 1:15זָקֵ֣ן · oldSo Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.
- 2 Kings 4:14זָקֵֽן׃ · is oldSo he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
- 1 Chronicles 23:1זָקֵ֖ן · was oldWhen David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 24:15וַיִּזְקַ֧ן · When Jehoiada was oldWhen Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.
- Job 14:8יַזְקִ֣ין · grow oldIf its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
- Psalm 37:25זָ֫קַ֥נְתִּי · am oldI once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
- Proverbs 22:6יַ֝זְקִ֗ין · he is oldTrain up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Proverbs 23:22זָקְנָ֥ה · she is oldListen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.