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זָקֵן

zâqên · Hebrew · Strong's H2205 · 178 occurrences

The KJV renders 7 different Hebrew words as “ancient”

What it means

old

from H2204 (זָקֵן);

How the KJV renders it

aged, ancient, elder, old man, men and women, senator

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

ancient
also renders yâshîysh (H3453), ʻôwlâm (H5769), ʻattîyq (H6267), ʻattîyq (H6268), qâdûwm (H6917), qedem (H6924)
elder
also renders presbytérion (G4244), presbýteros (G4245), gâdôwl (H1419), rab (H7227), sîyb (H7868)
aged
also renders presbýtēs (G4246), yâshîysh (H3453)
old man
also renders presbýtēs (G4246)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

178 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 11:3 HAampc1 Chronicles 15:25 HC/Aampc1 Chronicles 21:16 HC/Td/Aampa1 Kings 8:1 HAampc1 Kings 8:3 HAampc1 Kings 12:6 HTd/Aampa1 Kings 12:8 HTd/Aampa1 Kings 12:13 HTd/Aampa1 Kings 13:11 HAamsa1 Kings 13:25 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 13:29 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 20:7 HAampc1 Kings 20:8 HTd/Aampa1 Kings 21:8 HTd/Aampa1 Kings 21:11 HTd/Aampa1 Samuel 2:31 HAamsa1 Samuel 2:32 HAamsa1 Samuel 4:3 HAampc1 Samuel 8:4 HAampc1 Samuel 11:3 HAampc1 Samuel 15:30 HAampc1 Samuel 16:4 HAampc1 Samuel 28:14 HAamsa1 Samuel 30:26 HR/Aampc2 Chronicles 5:2 HAampc2 Chronicles 5:4 HAampc2 Chronicles 10:6 HTd/Aampa2 Chronicles 10:8 HTd/Aampa2 Chronicles 10:13 HTd/Aampa2 Chronicles 34:29 HAampc2 Chronicles 36:17 HAamsa2 Kings 6:32 HC/Td/Aampa2 Kings 10:1 HTd/Aampa2 Kings 10:5 HC/Td/Aampa2 Kings 19:2 HAampc2 Kings 23:1 HAampc2 Samuel 3:17 HAampc2 Samuel 5:3 HAampc2 Samuel 12:17 HAampc2 Samuel 17:4 HAampc2 Samuel 17:15 HAampc2 Samuel 19:11 HAampcDeuteronomy 5:23 HC/Aampc/Sp2mpDeuteronomy 19:12 HAampcDeuteronomy 21:2 HAampc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 21:3 HAampcDeuteronomy 21:4 HAampcDeuteronomy 21:6 HAampcDeuteronomy 21:19 HAampcDeuteronomy 21:20 HAampcDeuteronomy 22:15 HAampcDeuteronomy 22:16 HTd/AampaDeuteronomy 22:17 HAampcDeuteronomy 22:18 HAampcDeuteronomy 25:7 HTd/AampaDeuteronomy 25:8 HAampcDeuteronomy 25:9 HTd/AampaDeuteronomy 27:1 HC/AampcDeuteronomy 28:50 HR/AamsaDeuteronomy 29:10 HAampc/Sp2mp

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.