זָקֵן
zâqên · zaw-kane'
to be old
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be old
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: aged man, be (wax) old (man).
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the seed, life continuing
To cut, to sustain of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָקֵן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was old6 · 22%
- is old2 · 7%
- waxed old2 · 7%
- old2 · 7%
- being old also1 · 4%
- am old1 · 4%
- behold now, i am old1 · 4%
- unto him, thou art old1 · 4%
- unto them, i am old1 · 4%
- your way; for i am too old1 · 4%
- for he was an old1 · 4%
- unto him, behold, thou art old1 · 4%
- you: and i am old1 · 4%
- for an old man1 · 4%
- aged1 · 4%
- thereof wax old1 · 4%
- and now am old1 · 4%
- and when he is old1 · 4%
- when she is old1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.