TBESH · H2205G
זָקֵן · za.qen · old: elder
: elder/leader 1) old 1a) old (of humans) 1b) elder (of those having authority)
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za.qen H2205
זָקֵן (za.qen) means “old: elder” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
זָקֵן Hebrew · H2205 178 tagged occurrences in 171 verses
Pronunciation guide: zaw-kane' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H2205H
זָקֵן · za.qen · old
: old 1) old 1a) old (of humans) 1b) elder (of those having authority) Also means: za.qen (זָקֵן ": elder" H2205)
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H2204 (זָקֵן); old
KJV glosses: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
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How translators render H2205
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 |
|---|---|
| the elders | 58 |
| of the elders | 13 |
| and the elders | 10 |
| elders | 9 |
| old | 8 |
| the old | 5 |
| to the elders | 5 |
| and old | 3 |
| some of the elders | 3 |
| then the elders | 3 |
| an old | 2 |
| and elders | 2 |
| and the leading | 2 |
| old age | 2 |
| so the elders | 2 |
| the aged | 2 |
| your elders | 2 |
| against the old | 1 |
| along with the elders | 1 |
| an elderly | 1 |
| and leaders | 1 |
| and old alike | 1 |
| and old women | 1 |
| and the elder | 1 |
| and your elders | 1 |
| as did the elders | 1 |
| as leaders | 1 |
| before its elders | 1 |
| for the old | 1 |
| from the elders | 1 |
| his elders | 1 |
| his elders wisdom | 1 |
| how is your elderly | 1 |
| including its elders | 1 |
| is the elder | 1 |
| more than the elders | 1 |
| neither elderly | 1 |
| o elders | 1 |
| of elders | 1 |
| of the aged | 1 |
| of the old | 1 |
| of the older | 1 |
| old men | 1 |
| or an old man | 1 |
| or the elderly | 1 |
| take some of the elders | 1 |
| than an old | 1 |
| the chief | 1 |
| the elderly | 1 |
| the old man | 1 |
| the old men | 1 |
| them | 1 |
| then some of the elders | 1 |
| they | 1 |
| to his own | 1 |
| were already old | 1 |
| were older | 1 |
| when the elders | 1 |
| with the elders | 1 |
| with their elders | 1 |
| with them | 1 |
| your old | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and the elders | 22 |
| of the elders | 15 |
| the elders | 14 |
| unto the elders | 14 |
| and all the elders | 7 |
| old | 6 |
| all the elders | 4 |
| and old | 4 |
| and the old | 4 |
| he and the elders | 3 |
| then the elders | 3 |
| with the elders | 3 |
| an old | 2 |
| an old man | 2 |
| for the elders | 2 |
| of old men | 2 |
| of the ancients | 2 |
| of the old men | 2 |
| to the elders | 2 |
| against the ancient | 1 |
| among the elders | 1 |
| ancient men | 1 |
| and before his ancients | 1 |
| and before the elders | 1 |
| and mine elders | 1 |
| and of the ancients | 1 |
| and old women | 1 |
| and teach his senators | 1 |
| and the ancient | 1 |
| and their elders | 1 |
| and there shall not be an old man | 1 |
| and unto all the elders | 1 |
| and with our old | 1 |
| and with them the elders | 1 |
| and your elders | 1 |
| at the ancient | 1 |
| both old | 1 |
| elder | 1 |
| elders | 1 |
| even the elders | 1 |
| for all the elders | 1 |
| for their elders | 1 |
| from the ancients | 1 |
| me now i pray thee before the elders | 1 |
| more than the ancients | 1 |
| neither do the aged | 1 |
| nor an old man | 1 |
| not the elders | 1 |
| of elders | 1 |
| of the aged | 1 |
| of the old | 1 |
| of the old man | 1 |
| old man | 1 |
| old men | 1 |
| so all the elders | 1 |
| than an old | 1 |
| that there shall not be an old man | 1 |
| the aged | 1 |
| the ancient | 1 |
| the ancients | 1 |
| the old | 1 |
| the old man | 1 |
| the old mens | 1 |
| thee thy elders | 1 |
| then all the elders | 1 |
| then thy elders | 1 |
| there shall yet old men | 1 |
| this ye old men | 1 |
| thou and the elders | 1 |
| to be the elders | 1 |
| unto him all the elders | 1 |
| unto his eldest | 1 |
| unto me all the elders | 1 |
| upon the ancient | 1 |
| what the ancients | 1 |
| where the old | 1 |
| wherefore our elders | 1 |
| which the old men | 1 |
| with the ancients | 1 |
| with the old | 1 |
| with the old men | 1 |
| with thee of the elders | 1 |
| your elders | 1 |
| your old men | 1 |
Verses containing H2205
Page 1 of 4. 171 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 18:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
Read word by word - Genesis 19:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
Read word by word - Genesis 24:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
Read word by word - Genesis 25:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
Read word by word - Genesis 35:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Genesis 43:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
Read word by word - Genesis 44:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’
Read word by word - Genesis 50:7
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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—
Read word by word - Exodus 3:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 3:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’
Read word by word - Exodus 4:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
Read word by word - Exodus 10:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.”
Read word by word - Exodus 12:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 17:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 17:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 18:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 19:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.
Read word by word - Exodus 24:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 24:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
Read word by word - Exodus 24:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Leviticus 4:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Leviticus 9:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
Read word by word - Leviticus 19:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
Read word by word - Numbers 11:16
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Numbers 11:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Numbers 11:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Numbers 11:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.
Read word by word - Numbers 16:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
Read word by word - Numbers 22:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
Read word by word - Numbers 22:7
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 5:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 19:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 21:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 21:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 21:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 21:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 21:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 21:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 22:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 22:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 22:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 22:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 25:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 25:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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,”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 25:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 27:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 28:50
· BSB · 1 occurrence
a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 29:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.9
- Deuteronomy 31:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 31:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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