TBESH · H2204
זָקֵן · za.qen · be old
1) to be old, become old 1a) (Qal) to be old, become old 1b) (Hiphil) to grow old, show age
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za.qen H2204
זָקֵן (za.qen) means “be old” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
זָקֵן Hebrew · H2204 27 tagged occurrences in 26 verses
Pronunciation guide: zaw-kane' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to be old
KJV glosses: aged man, be (wax) old (man).
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How translators render H2204
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| old | 7 |
| was old | 5 |
| am old | 3 |
| is old | 3 |
| are old | 2 |
| grew old | 1 |
| grow old | 1 |
| he is old | 1 |
| i am too old | 1 |
| jesse was old | 1 |
| she is old | 1 |
| when jehoiada was old | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| was old | 6 |
| old | 3 |
| am old | 2 |
| waxed old | 2 |
| aged | 1 |
| an old man | 1 |
| and when he is old | 1 |
| behold now i am old | 1 |
| being old also | 1 |
| for he was an old | 1 |
| for i am too old | 1 |
| is old | 1 |
| thereof wax old | 1 |
| unto him behold thou art old | 1 |
| unto him thou art old | 1 |
| unto them i am old | 1 |
| when she is old | 1 |
| you and i am old | 1 |
Verses containing H2204
Page 1 of 1. 26 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 18:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
Read word by word - Genesis 18:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
Read word by word - Genesis 19:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
Read word by word - Genesis 24:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
Read word by word - Genesis 27:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
Read word by word - Genesis 27:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
Read word by word - Joshua 13:1
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.
Read word by word - Joshua 23:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
Read word by word - Joshua 23:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
Read word by word - Ruth 1:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 2:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 4:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 8:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 8:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 12:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 19:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.33
- 1 Kings 1:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 1:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 4:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 23:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 24:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.
Read word by word - Job 14:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
Read word by word - Psalms 37:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Read word by word - Proverbs 22:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Read word by word - Proverbs 23:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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