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Hebrew adjective · H2205

זָקֵן

zaqenzaw-kane'

old: elder

178 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: zâqên

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2205is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 26 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 82
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2205

old

The King James renders it: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

zaqen is rendered "old: elder". It stands 178 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-six books.

  • Twenty-one of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 18:11And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
  • The Greek text spells it eighty-two different ways.

The first use

And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

Genesis 18:11זְקֵנִ֔ים

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • elders of62
  • old22
  • the elders16
  • the old10
  • and elders of8
  • from elders of7
  • an old5
  • and old5
  • and the elders5
  • elders5
  • to elders of4
  • and some of elders of2

and 24 more, 178 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

זָקֵןzaqenbe oldUses27

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 178, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

82 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • זִקְנֵ֣י25
  • זִקְנֵ֥י15
  • זִקְנֵ֤י6
  • הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים5
  • זִקְנֵ֨י5
  • מִזִּקְנֵ֣י5
  • הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים4
  • זָקֵ֖ן4
  • זְקֵנִ֣ים4
  • הַזְּקֵנִ֔ים3
  • וְזִקְנֵ֥י3
  • וְזִקְנֵ֣י3

and 70 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)62HAampc
  • the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural21HTd/Aampa
  • adjective · masculine singular20HAamsa
  • preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)14HR/Aampc
  • adjective · masculine plural12HAampa
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)8HC/Aampc
  • the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular6HTd/Aamsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural5HC/Td/Aampa
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural4HC/Aampa
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular3HC/Aamsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HC/R/Aampc
  • adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural2HAampc/Sp2mp

Genesis

nine uses
  • And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

    Genesis 18:11

    • זְקֵנִ֔יםzekenimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: old
  • Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

    Genesis 19:4

    • זָקֵ֑ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old
  • So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

    Genesis 24:2

    • זְקַ֣ןzekanadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the old of
  • And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

    Genesis 25:8

    • זָקֵ֣ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old
  • Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

    Genesis 35:29

    • זָקֵ֖ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: an old
  • He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”

    Genesis 43:27

    • הַזָּקֵ֖ןhazakenthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the old
  • And 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.’

    Genesis 44:20

    • זָקֵ֔ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old
  • Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—

    Genesis 50:7

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of

Exodus

twelve uses
  • Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

    Exodus 3:16

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

    Exodus 3:18

    • וְזִקְנֵ֨יvezikneiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and elders of
  • Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,

    Exodus 4:29

    • זִקְנֵ֖יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”

    Exodus 10:9

    • וּבִזְקֵנֵ֖ינוּuvizkeneinuconjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and with old our
  • Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.

    Exodus 12:21

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

    Exodus 17:5

    • מִזִּקְנֵ֣יmizikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: some of elders of
  • Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

    Exodus 17:6

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

    Exodus 18:12

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.

    Exodus 19:7

    • לְזִקְנֵ֣יlezikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to elders of
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

    Exodus 24:1

    • מִזִּקְנֵ֣יmizikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of elders of
  • Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

    Exodus 24:9

    • מִזִּקְנֵ֥יmizikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of elders of
  • And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

    Exodus 24:14

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֤יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders

Leviticus

three uses
  • The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

    Leviticus 4:15

    • זִקְנֵ֨יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.

    Leviticus 9:1

    • וּלְזִקְנֵ֖יulezikneiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to elders of
  • You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

    Leviticus 19:32

    • זָקֵ֑ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: an old

Numbers

nine uses
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.

    Numbers 11:16

    • מִזִּקְנֵ֣יmizikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from elders of
    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.

    Numbers 11:24

    • מִזִּקְנֵ֣יmizikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from elders of
  • Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

    Numbers 11:25

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֑יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.

    Numbers 11:30

    • וְזִקְנֵ֥יvezikneiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and elders of
  • So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

    Numbers 16:25

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,

    Numbers 22:4

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.

    Numbers 22:7

    • זִקְנֵ֤יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
    • וְזִקְנֵ֣יvezikneiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and elders of

Deuteronomy

twenty-one uses
  • And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,

    Deuteronomy 5:23

    • וְזִקְנֵיכֶֽם׃vezikneikhemconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and elders your
  • the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.

    Deuteronomy 19:12

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.

    Deuteronomy 21:2

    • זְקֵנֶ֖יךָzekeneichaadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: elders your
  • Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,

    Deuteronomy 21:3

    • זִקְנֵי֩zikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

    Deuteronomy 21:4

    • זִקְנֵי֩zikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

    Deuteronomy 21:6

    • זִקְנֵי֙zikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,

    Deuteronomy 21:19

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

    Deuteronomy 21:20

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

    Deuteronomy 22:15

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.

    Deuteronomy 22:16

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֑יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

    Deuteronomy 22:17

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.

    Deuteronomy 22:18

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

    Deuteronomy 25:7

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֗יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”

    Deuteronomy 25:8

    • זִקְנֵי־ziknei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

    Deuteronomy 25:9

    • הַזְּקֵנִים֒hazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.

    Deuteronomy 27:1

    • וְזִקְנֵ֣יvezikneiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and elders of
  • a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

    Deuteronomy 28:50

    • לְזָקֵ֔ןlezakenpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: for an old
  • All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,

    Deuteronomy 29:10

    • זִקְנֵיכֶם֙zikneikhemadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: elders your
  • So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

    Deuteronomy 31:9

    • זִקְנֵ֖יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

    Deuteronomy 31:28

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

    Deuteronomy 32:7

    • זְקֵנֶ֖יךָzekeneichaadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: old your

Joshua

nine uses
  • At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.

    Joshua 6:21

    • זָקֵ֑ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old
  • Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.

    Joshua 7:6

    • וְזִקְנֵ֣יvezikneiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and elders of
  • Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.

    Joshua 8:10

    • וְזִקְנֵ֧יvezikneiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and elders of
  • All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

    Joshua 8:33

    • וּזְקֵנָ֡יוuzekenavconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and elders its
  • So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’

    Joshua 9:11

    • זְֽקֵינֵינוּ֩zekeineinuadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: elders our
  • When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

    Joshua 20:4

    • זִקְנֵ֥י־ziknei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,

    Joshua 23:2

    • לִזְקֵנָיו֙lizkenavpreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to elders its
  • Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

    Joshua 24:1

    • לְזִקְנֵ֨יlezikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to elders of
  • Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.

    Joshua 24:31

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֗יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the old

Judges

fourteen uses
  • And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.

    Judges 2:7

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֗יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the old
  • There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.

    Judges 8:14

    • זְקֵנֶ֔יהָzekeneihaadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: elders its
  • Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.

    Judges 8:16

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

    Judges 11:5

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”

    Judges 11:7

    • לְזִקְנֵ֣יlezikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to elders of
  • They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”

    Judges 11:8

    • זִקְנֵ֨יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”

    Judges 11:9

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”

    Judges 11:10

    • זִקְנֵֽי־ziknei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

    Judges 11:11

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.

    Judges 19:16

    • זָקֵ֗ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old
  • When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”

    Judges 19:17

    • הַזָּקֵ֛ןhazakenthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the old
  • “Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”

    Judges 19:20

    • הַזָּקֵן֙hazakenthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the old
  • While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”

    Judges 19:22

    • הַזָּקֵן֙hazakenthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the old
  • Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

    Judges 21:16

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of

Ruth

four uses
  • Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.

    Ruth 4:2

    • מִזִּקְנֵ֥יmizikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from elders of
  • I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.

    Ruth 4:4

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

    Ruth 4:9

    • לַזְּקֵנִ֜יםlazekenimpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: to the elders
  • “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

    Ruth 4:11

    • וְהַזְּקֵנִ֖יםvehazekenimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and the elders

1 Samuel

nine uses
  • Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.

    1 Samuel 2:31

    • זָקֵ֖ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: an old
  • You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.

    1 Samuel 2:32

    • זָקֵ֛ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: an old
  • When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”

    1 Samuel 4:3

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

    1 Samuel 8:4

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • “Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”

    1 Samuel 11:3

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

    1 Samuel 15:30

    • זִקְנֵֽי־ziknei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”

    1 Samuel 16:4

    • זִקְנֵ֤יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • “What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.

    1 Samuel 28:14

    • זָקֵן֙zakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old
  • When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”

    1 Samuel 30:26

    • לְזִקְנֵ֥יlezikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to elders of

2 Samuel

six uses
  • Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.

    2 Samuel 3:17

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

    2 Samuel 5:3

    • זִקְנֵ֨יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

    2 Samuel 12:17

    • זִקְנֵ֤יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

    2 Samuel 17:4

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.

    2 Samuel 17:15

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?

    2 Samuel 19:11

    • זִקְנֵ֤יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of

1 Kings

twelve uses
  • At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

    1 Kings 8:1

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,

    1 Kings 8:3

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

    1 Kings 12:6

    • הַזְּקֵנִים֙hazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

    1 Kings 12:8

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֖יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

    1 Kings 12:13

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֖יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.

    1 Kings 13:11

    • זָקֵ֔ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old
  • And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.

    1 Kings 13:25

    • הַזָּקֵ֖ןhazakenthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the old
  • So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.

    1 Kings 13:29

    • הַזָּקֵ֔ןhazakenthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the old
  • Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”

    1 Kings 20:7

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”

    1 Kings 20:8

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֖יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

    1 Kings 21:8

    • הַזְקֵנִ֤יםhazkenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.

    1 Kings 21:11

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֣יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders

2 Kings

six uses
  • Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

    2 Kings 6:32

    • וְהַזְּקֵנִ֖יםvehazekenimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and the elders
    • הַזְּקֵנִ֗יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:

    2 Kings 10:1

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֔יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”

    2 Kings 10:5

    • וְהַזְּקֵנִים֩vehazekenimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and the elders
  • And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz

    2 Kings 19:2

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

    2 Kings 23:1

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of

1 Chronicles

three uses
  • So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

    1 Chronicles 11:3

    • זִקְנֵ֨יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

    1 Chronicles 15:25

    • וְזִקְנֵ֥יvezikneiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and elders of
  • When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

    1 Chronicles 21:16

    • וְהַזְּקֵנִ֛יםvehazekenimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and the elders

2 Chronicles

seven uses
  • At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

    2 Chronicles 5:2

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,

    2 Chronicles 5:4

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

    2 Chronicles 10:6

    • הַזְּקֵנִים֙hazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

    2 Chronicles 10:8

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֖יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders

    2 Chronicles 10:13

    • הַזְּקֵנִֽים׃hazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the elders
  • Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 34:29

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,

    2 Chronicles 36:17

    • זָקֵ֣ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old

Ezra

three uses
  • But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

    Ezra 3:12

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֗יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the old
  • Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

    Ezra 10:8

    • וְהַזְּקֵנִ֔יםvehazekenimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and the elders
  • Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”

    Ezra 10:14

    • זִקְנֵי־ziknei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of

Esther

one use
  • And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

    Esther 3:13

    • זָקֵ֜ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old

Job

four uses
  • He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

    Job 12:20

    • זְקֵנִ֣יםzekenimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: elders
  • Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

    Job 32:4

    • זְֽקֵנִים־zekenim-adjective · masculine pluraltagged: old
  • It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.

    Job 32:9

    • וּ֝זְקֵנִ֗יםuzekenimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and old
  • And so Job died, old and full of years.

    Job 42:17

    • זָקֵ֖ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old

Psalms

four uses
  • to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

    Psalms 105:22

    • וּזְקֵנָ֥יוuzekenavconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and elders his
  • Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.

    Psalms 107:32

    • זְקֵנִ֣יםzekenimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: elders
  • I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.

    Psalms 119:100

    • מִזְּקֵנִ֥יםmizekenimpreposition + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: more than old
  • young men and maidens, old and young together.

    Psalms 148:12

    • זְ֝קֵנִ֗יםzekenimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: old

Proverbs

three uses
  • Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.

    Proverbs 17:6

    • זְ֭קֵנִיםzekenimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: old
  • The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.

    Proverbs 20:29

    • זְקֵנִ֣יםzekenimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: old
  • Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.

    Proverbs 31:23

    • זִקְנֵי־ziknei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

    Ecclesiastes 4:13

    • זָקֵן֙zakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old

Isaiah

nine uses
  • the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,

    Isaiah 3:2

    • וְזָקֵֽן׃vezakenconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and elder
  • The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

    Isaiah 3:5

    • בַּזָּקֵ֔ןbazakenpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: in the old
  • The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

    Isaiah 3:14

    • זִקְנֵ֥יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

    Isaiah 9:15

    • זָקֵ֥ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: an old
  • so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

    Isaiah 20:4

    • וּזְקֵנִ֖יםuzekenimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and old
  • The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.

    Isaiah 24:23

    • זְקֵנָ֖יוzekenavadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: elders his
  • And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz

    Isaiah 37:2

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

    Isaiah 47:6

    • זָקֵ֕ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old
  • No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

    Isaiah 65:20

    • וְזָקֵ֔ןvezakenconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and an old

Jeremiah

seven uses
  • But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.

    Jeremiah 6:11

    • זָקֵ֖ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old
  • This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,

    Jeremiah 19:1

    • וּמִזִּקְנֵ֣יumizikneiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and some of elders of
    • וּמִזִּקְנֵ֖יumizikneiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and some of elders of
  • Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,

    Jeremiah 26:17

    • מִזִּקְנֵ֖יmizikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from elders of
  • This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

    Jeremiah 29:1

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

    Jeremiah 31:13

    • וּזְקֵנִ֖יםuzekenimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and old
  • With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.

    Jeremiah 51:22

    • זָקֵ֣ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old

Lamentations

six uses
  • I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

    Lamentations 1:19

    • וּזְקֵנַ֖יuzekenaiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and elders my
  • The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

    Lamentations 2:10

    • זִקְנֵ֣יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.

    Lamentations 2:21

    • וְזָקֵ֔ןvezakenconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and old
  • The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.

    Lamentations 4:16

    • וּזְקֵנִ֖יםvuzekenimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and elders
  • Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.

    Lamentations 5:12

    • זְקֵנִ֖יםzekenimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: elders
  • The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

    Lamentations 5:14

    • זְקֵנִים֙zekenimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: old

Ezekiel

ten uses
  • Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.

    Ezekiel 7:26

    • מִזְּקֵנִֽים׃mizekenimpreposition + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: from elders
  • In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.

    Ezekiel 8:1

    • וְזִקְנֵ֥יvezikneiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and elders of
  • Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.

    Ezekiel 8:11

    • מִזִּקְנֵ֣יmizikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from elders of
  • “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”

    Ezekiel 8:12

    • זִקְנֵ֤יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

    Ezekiel 9:6

    • זָקֵ֡ןzakenadjective · masculine singulartagged: old
    • הַזְּקֵנִ֔יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the old
  • Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.

    Ezekiel 14:1

    • מִזִּקְנֵ֖יmizikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from elders of
  • In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.

    Ezekiel 20:1

    • מִזִּקְנֵ֥יmizikneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from elders of
  • “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 20:3

    • זִקְנֵ֤יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of
  • The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.

    Ezekiel 27:9

    • זִקְנֵ֨יzikneiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: elders of

Joel

four uses
  • Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?

    Joel 1:2

    • הַזְּקֵנִ֔יםhazekenimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: O elders
  • Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

    Joel 1:14

    • זְקֵנִ֗יםzekenimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: elders
  • Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.

    Joel 2:16

    • זְקֵנִ֔יםzekenimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: elders
  • And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

    Joel 2:28

    • זִקְנֵיכֶם֙zikneikhemadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: old your

Zechariah

two uses
  • This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.

    Zechariah 8:4

    • זְקֵנִ֣יםzekenimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: old
    • וּזְקֵנ֔וֹתuzekenotconjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine pluraltagged: and old

The letters

Gematria 157· 807 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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