זָקֵן

za.qen

Hebrew H2205 Adjective 178 occurrences in 171 verses

זָקֵן old: elder

1. old

a. old (of humans)

b. elder (of those having authority)

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Concordance 171 verses

Deuteronomy 32:7 זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ

Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
Joshua 6:21 זָקֵ֑ן

At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
Joshua 7:6 וְזִקְנֵ֣י

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
Joshua 8:10 וְזִקְנֵ֧י

Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
Joshua 8:33 וּזְקֵנָ֡יו

All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
Joshua 9:11 זְֽקֵינֵינוּ֩

So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
Joshua 20:4 זִקְנֵ֥י־

When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
Joshua 23:2 לִזְקֵנָיו֙

he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
Joshua 24:1 לְזִקְנֵ֨י

Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
Joshua 24:31 הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים

Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.
Judges 2:7 הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים

And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.
Judges 8:14 זְקֵנֶ֔יהָ

There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
Judges 8:16 זִקְנֵ֣י

Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
Judges 11:5 זִקְנֵ֣י

and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Judges 11:7 לְזִקְנֵ֣י

Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
Judges 11:8 זִקְנֵ֨י

They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
Judges 11:9 זִקְנֵ֣י

But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
Judges 11:10 זִקְנֵֽי־

And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
Judges 11:11 זִקְנֵ֣י

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
Judges 19:16 זָקֵ֗ן

That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
Judges 19:17 הַזָּקֵ֛ן

When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
Judges 19:20 הַזָּקֵן֙

“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
Judges 19:22 הַזָּקֵן֙

While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
Judges 21:16 זִקְנֵ֣י

Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
Ruth 4:2 מִזִּקְנֵ֥י

Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
Ruth 4:4 זִקְנֵ֣י

I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
Ruth 4:9 לַזְּקֵנִ֜ים

At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.
Ruth 4:11 וְהַזְּקֵנִ֖ים

“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 2:31 זָקֵ֖ן

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.
1 Samuel 2:32 זָקֵ֛ן

You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
1 Samuel 4:3 זִקְנֵ֣י

When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
1 Samuel 8:4 זִקְנֵ֣י

So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
1 Samuel 11:3 זִקְנֵ֣י

“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
1 Samuel 15:30 זִקְנֵֽי־

“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
1 Samuel 16:4 זִקְנֵ֤י

So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
1 Samuel 28:14 זָקֵן֙

“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
1 Samuel 30:26 לְזִקְנֵ֥י

When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
2 Samuel 3:17 זִקְנֵ֥י

Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
2 Samuel 5:3 זִקְנֵ֨י

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
2 Samuel 12:17 זִקְנֵ֤י

The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
2 Samuel 17:4 זִקְנֵ֥י

This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
2 Samuel 17:15 זִקְנֵ֣י

So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
2 Samuel 19:11 זִקְנֵ֤י

Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
1 Kings 8:1 זִקְנֵ֣י

At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
1 Kings 8:3 זִקְנֵ֣י

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,
1 Kings 12:6 הַזְּקֵנִים֙

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
1 Kings 12:8 הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
1 Kings 12:13 הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
1 Kings 13:11 זָקֵ֔ן

Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
1 Kings 13:25 הַזָּקֵ֖ן

And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.