Definition
from H2204; the beard (as indicating age)
Traditional renderings: beard.
Traditional renderings: beard.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders זָקָן:
- βραχίωνbrachiōn“arm”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
19 total
- Leviticus 13:29בְזָקָֽן׃ · chinIf a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
- Leviticus 13:30הַזָּקָ֖ן · chin…the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.
- Leviticus 14:9זְקָנוֹ֙ · his beardOn the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.
- Leviticus 19:27זְקָנֶֽךָ׃ · of your beardYou must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
- Leviticus 21:5זְקָנָ֖ם · of their beardsPriests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
- 1 Samuel 17:35בִּזְקָנ֔וֹ · it by its furI went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
- 1 Samuel 21:13זְקָנֽוֹ׃ · his beardSo he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
- 2 Samuel 10:4זְקָנָ֔ם · of each man’s beardSo Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
- 2 Samuel 10:5זְקַנְכֶ֖ם · your beardsWhen this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
- 2 Samuel 20:9בִּזְקַ֥ן · by the beard“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- 1 Chronicles 19:5זְקַנְכֶ֖ם · your beardsWhen someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
- Ezra 9:3וּזְקָנִ֔י · and beardWhen I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.
- Psalm 133:2הַזָּקָ֥ן · the beard; זְקַֽן־ · beardIt is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.
- Isaiah 7:20הַזָּקָ֖ן · your beardOn that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
- Isaiah 15:2זָקָ֖ן · beardDibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
- Jeremiah 41:5זָקָ֛ן · their beards…eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 48:37זָקָ֖ן · beardFor every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
- Ezekiel 5:1זְקָנֶ֑ךָ · and beard“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.