Zaqen זָקֵן

Zaqen (Hebrew זָקֵן, Strong's H2204) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be old”. It occurs 27 times in 26 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Zaqen, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 18:12
  Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
• Genesis 18:13
  And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
• Genesis 19:31
  And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: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.
• Genesis 24:1
  And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
• Genesis 27:1
  And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.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.
• Genesis 27:2
  And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.

Joshua

• Joshua 13:1
  Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.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.
• Joshua 23:1
  And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.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,
• Joshua 23:2
  And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,

Ruth

• Ruth 1:12
  Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;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,

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 2:22
  Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.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.
• 1 Samuel 4:18
  And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.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.
• 1 Samuel 8:1
  And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
• 1 Samuel 8:5
  And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.“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.”
• 1 Samuel 12:2
  And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.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.
• 1 Samuel 17:12
  Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 19:32
  Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.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.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 1:1
  Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
• 1 Kings 1:15
  And Bath–sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 4:14
  And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 23:1
  So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 24:15
  But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.

Job

• Job 14:8
  Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

Psalms

• Psalm 37:25
  I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 22:6
  Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
• Proverbs 23:22
  Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).