Word Study · Strong's H2208 · Hebrew
זָקֻן
zaqun
zaw-koon'
Strong's 1890 spelling: zâqun
“old age”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
old age
Rendered in the KJV as
old age.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- זְקֻנִ֥ים1
- זְקֻנִ֖ים1
- לִזְקֻנָ֑יו1
- לִזְקֻנָֽיו׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- of old ages his2
- old ages2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine plural2
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
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- HNcmpa · 2
- HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms · 2
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 21:2לִזְקֻנָ֑יוlizkunavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.here: of old ages his
- Genesis 21:7לִזְקֻנָֽיו׃lizkunavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularShe added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”here: of old ages his
- Genesis 37:3זְקֻנִ֥יםzekunimnoun · masculine pluralNow 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.here: old ages
- Genesis 44:20זְקֻנִ֖יםzekunimnoun · masculine pluralAnd 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.’here: old ages