Word Study · Strong's H2206 · Hebrew
זָקָן
zaqan
zaw-kawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: zâqân
“the beard (as indicating age)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the beard (as indicating age)
Rendered in the KJV as
beard.
- 19occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 19 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- הַזָּקָ֖ן2
- זָקָ֖ן2
- זְקַנְכֶ֖ם2
- בִּזְקַ֥ן1
- בְזָקָֽן׃1
- בִּזְקָנ֔וֹ1
- הַזָּקָ֥ן1
- וּזְקָנִ֔י1
- זָקָ֛ן1
- זְקַֽן־1
- זְקָנוֹ֙1
- זְקָנֽוֹ׃1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 10
- beard your4
- beard3
- the beard3
- beard his2
- beard their2
- [the] beard of1
- and beard my1
- in [the] beard1
- on [the] beard of1
- on beard its1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 11
- noun · masculine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 3
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
- HNcmsc/Sp2mp · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HC/Ncbsc/Sp1ms · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 19, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Leviticus5 of 19 · 26%
- 2 Samuel3 of 19 · 16%
- 1 Samuel2 of 19 · 11%
- Psalms2 of 19 · 11%
- Isaiah2 of 19 · 11%
Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus5 occurrences
- Leviticus 13:29בְזָקָֽן׃vezakanpreposition + noun · masculine singularIf a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,here: in [the] beard
- Leviticus 13:30הַזָּקָ֖ןhazakanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularthe 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.here: the beard
- Leviticus 14:9זְקָנוֹ֙zekanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularOn 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.here: beard his
- Leviticus 19:27זְקָנֶֽךָ׃zekanechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYou must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.here: beard your
- Leviticus 21:5זְקָנָ֖םzekanamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralPriests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.here: beard their
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 17:35בִּזְקָנ֔וֹbizkanopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularI 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.here: on beard its
- 1 Samuel 21:13זְקָנֽוֹ׃zekanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo 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.here: beard his
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 10:4זְקָנָ֔םzekanamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralSo Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.here: beard their
- 2 Samuel 10:5זְקַנְכֶ֖םzekankhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralWhen 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.”here: beard your
- 2 Samuel 20:9בִּזְקַ֥ןbizkanpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.here: on [the] beard of
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 133:2הַזָּקָ֥ןhazakanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularIt is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.here: the beard
- Psalms 133:2זְקַֽן־zekan-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.here: [the] beard of
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 7:20הַזָּקָ֖ןhazakanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularOn 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.here: the beard
- Isaiah 15:2זָקָ֖ןzakannoun · masculine singularDibon 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.here: beard
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 41:5זָקָ֛ןzakannoun · masculine singulareighty 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.here: beard
- Jeremiah 48:37זָקָ֖ןzakannoun · masculine singularFor every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.here: beard