זְקֻנִים
za.qunextreme ageHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine4 occurrences1 book4 verses
Definition
properly, passive participle of H2204 (used only in the plural as a noun); old age
Traditional renderings: old age.
Traditional renderings: old age.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders זְקֻנִים:
- γῆραςgēras“old age”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Genesis 21:2לִזְקֻנָ֑יו · in his old ageSo Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
- Genesis 21:7לִזְקֻנָֽיו׃ · in his old ageShe added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
- Genesis 37:3זְקֻנִ֥ים · in his old ageNow Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
- Genesis 44:20זְקֻנִ֖ים · of his old ageAnd we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’