זָקֵן
zâqên · zaw-kane'
old
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2204 (זָקֵן);
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, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
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
178 occurrences · 178 OT · 0 NT · 82 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the elders22 · 19%
- of the elders15 · 13%
- unto the elders14 · 12%
- the elders13 · 11%
- and all the elders7 · 6%
- all the elders4 · 3%
- and the old4 · 3%
- and old4 · 3%
- he and the elders3 · 3%
- old3 · 3%
- with the elders3 · 3%
- then the elders3 · 3%
- for the elders2 · 2%
- being old2 · 2%
- even the elders2 · 2%
- an old man2 · 2%
- of old men2 · 2%
- to the elders2 · 2%
- of the old men2 · 2%
- an old2 · 2%
- thou and the elders1 · 1%
- the old man1 · 1%
- unto his eldest1 · 1%
- both old1 · 1%
- were old1 · 1%
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.