Strongs H2205

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זָקֵן (zâqên) a (zaw-kane')
Source: from H2204;
Meaning: old
KJV: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

g.cd.ad

זָקֵן adj. old

1 old, of human beings
2 usu. as subst.
- a old man (or woman)
- b elder

Displaying only every 10^th verse out of 171:

JER 26:17

OET-LV: 17 And_ men _they _arose of_the _elders _of the_earth/land and_they _said to all _of the _assembly _of the _people to_say. (JER 26:17)

OET-RV: 17 Then some of Yehudah’s elders stepped forward and spoke to all the people who were gathered there, (JER 26:17)

JOB 32:9

OET-LV: 9 Not many_people they _are _wise and_old_people they _understand justice. (JOB 32:9)

OET-RV: 9 Not so many people are wise,
⇔ and older people don’t necessarily understand what’s right. (JOB 32:9)

EZR 10:14

OET-LV: 14 Let _them _stand please leaders _of_our to/from_all/each/any/every the_assembly and_all/each/any/every one_who is_in_cities _of_our who_he _has _married women foreign let _him _come to_times appointed and_with_them the_elders _of a _city and_a _city and_judges _of_its until (to)_turn_back the _burning _of the _anger our _god _of_our from_him/it until to_the _message/thing/matter (the)_this. (EZR 10:14)

OET-RV: 14 So let’s delegate our leaders to make the decisions for all of us. Then we can arrange to meet together by city with our elders and judges to apply the decisions about our foreign wives, until God’s anger towards us about these matters cools down. (EZR 10:14)

SA1 8:4

OET-LV: 4 and_ all _of _they _gathered _together the _elders _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_they _came to Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) to_(the)_Rāmāh. (SA1 8:4)

OET-RV: 4 Eventually, the Israeli elders met together with Shemuel at Ramah (SA1 8:4)

KI1 12:6

OET-LV: 6 And_he _consulted the_king Rəḩaⱱˊām with the_elders who they _had _been standing with the _presence _of Shəlomoh/(Solomon) his/its_father when_was_he alive to_say how are_you(pl) counselling to_bring _back DOM the_people the_this message. (KI1 12:6)

OET-RV: 6 Then King Rehavam consulted with the elders (who’d served his father Shelomoh while he was alive), asking them for advice on how to respond. (KI1 12:6)

CH1 21:16

OET-LV: 16 and_ Dāvid _he _lifted _up DOM eyes _of_his and_he/it _saw DOM the _messenger _of YHWH standing between the_earth/land and_between the_heavens and_sword _of_his was_drawn in_his/its_hand it_was_stretched _out over Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_ Dāvid _he _fell and_the_elders covered in_sackcloth(s) on faces _of_their. (CH1 21:16)

OET-RV: 16 As David looked up, he saw Yahweh’s messenger standing between the earth and the heavens, holding his sword stretched out over Yerushalem. Then David and the elders, who were all dressed in sackcloth, fell to their knees and bowed their faces to the ground. (CH1 21:16)

JOS 20:4

OET-LV: 4 And_he _will _flee to one of_the_cities the_these and_he _will _stand the _entrance _of the _gate _of the_city and_he _will _speak in_the _ears _of the _elders _of the_city (the)_that DOM words/messages _of_his and_they _will _gather DOM_him/it to_the_city to_themselves and_they _will _give to_him/it a _place and_he _will _dwell with_them. (JOS 20:4)

OET-RV: 4 When that person flees to one of these cities, they must stand at the city gate and tell the elders there what happened. Then they should bring the person into the city and give them a place there to live in. (JOS 20:4)

EST 3:13

OET-LV: 13 And_ documents _they _were _sent by_the _hand _of the _runners to all _of the _provinces _of the_king to_annihilate to_kill and_to_destroy DOM all _of the_Yəhūdī/(Jews) from_young _man and_unto old_man little _one[s] and_women in/on_day one on_day_thir- teen of_month two_plus ten that is_the _month _of Adar and_spoil _of_their to_take _as _plunder. (EST 3:13)

OET-RV: 13 Couriers delivered the letters to the officials in every province in the empire. The letters said to completely destroy all the Jews, including the children and women, on a single day. That was to be the thirteenth day of March early in the following year. The letters also stated that those who killed the Jews could take everything that belonged to them. (EST 3:13)

DEU 21:2

OET-LV: 2 And_they _will _go _out your _of_elders and_judges _of_your and_they _will _measure to the_cities which are_around _of the_one_slain. (DEU 21:2)

OET-RV: 2 then your elders and your judges must go out and work out the distance to each of the towns close to that victim. (DEU 21:2)

KI2 10:1

OET-LV: 10 and_belonged_to_ʼAḩʼāⱱ seventy sons in_Shomrōn and_ Yēhūʼ/(Jehu) _he _wrote letters and_he _sent_them Shomrōn to the _officials _of Yizrəˊ^ʼēl/(Jezreel) the_elders and_near/to those_guarding ʼAḩʼāⱱ to_say. (KI2 10:1)

OET-RV: 10 King Ahab had seventy sons who lived in Shomron (Samaria), so Yehu sent letters to the leaders and elders of Yizre’el, and to the guardians of Ahab’s children, saying, (KI2 10:1)

KI1 21:8

OET-LV: 8 And_she _wrote letters in/on_name _of ʼAḩʼāⱱ and_she _sealed_them with_seal _of_his and_she _sent the to the_elders and_near/to the_nobles who were_in_city _of_his who_were_dwelling with Nāⱱōt. (KI1 21:8)

OET-RV: 8 So she wrote letters in Ahav’s name and sealed them with his seal. Then she sent them to the city elders and nobles who lived near Navot. (KI1 21:8)

DEU 31:28

OET-LV: 28 Assemble to_me DOM all _of the _elders _of your(pl)_tribes _of_your(pl) and_officials _of_your(pl) so_that _I _may _speak in_ears _of_their DOM the_words/messages the_these and_so _that _I _may _call _as _witnesses against_them DOM the_heavens and_DOM the_earth/land. (DEU 31:28)

OET-RV: 28 Bring all the elders and officials of your tribes here to me, so that I can speak these words in their ears and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them, (DEU 31:28)

EZE 20:1

OET-LV: 20 and_he/it _was in_year (the)_seventh in_the_month on_ten of_month men they _came of_the _elders _of of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_consult DOM YHWH and_they _lived before_me. (EZE 20:1)

OET-RV: 20 Seven years after we’d been taken to Babylon, some Israeli elders came to get me to ask Yahweh for advice for them. (EZE 20:1)

GEN 24:2

OET-LV: 2 And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he/it _said to servant _of_his (the)_old _of his _household _of_his who_was_ruling in_all that to_him/it put please hand _of_your under thigh _of_my. (GEN 24:2)

OET-RV: 2 Then Abraham said to his oldest slave in his household who was in charge of everything that belonged to him, “Please put your hand under my thigh, (GEN 24:2)

EXO 4:29

OET-LV: 29 And_ Mosheh _he/it _went and_ʼAhₐron and_they _gathered DOM all _of the _elders _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (EXO 4:29)

OET-RV: 29 Then Mosheh and Aharon went to Egypt and they assembled all the Israeli elders (EXO 4:29)

EXO 10:9

OET-LV: 9 And_ Mosheh _he/it _said with_our _young _of_men and_with_our _old _of_men we _will _go with_sons _of_our and_with_daughters _of_our with_flock[s]_of_our and_with_herds _of_our we _will _go if/because (the)_festival _of YHWH to/for_us. (EXO 10:9)

OET-RV: 9 “We’ll take our children and our old folks,” Mosheh answered. “We’ll go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because the festival of Yahweh is for all of us.” (EXO 10:9)

SA2 5:3

OET-LV: 3 And_ all _of _they _came the _elders _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to the_king to_Ḩeⱱrōn and_he _made to/for_them the_king Dāvid a _covenant at_Ḩeⱱrōn to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH and_they _anointed DOM Dāvid to_king over Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (SA2 5:3)

OET-RV: 3 So with Yahweh as their witness, all the Israeli elders made a formal agreement with David, and they anointed him as king over all Yisrael. (SA2 5:3)

JOB 12:20

OET-LV: 20 he_is_removing a _lip of_trusted_ones and_the_discernment _of elders he _takes _away. (JOB 12:20)

OET-RV: 20 He deprives trusted advisors of the opportunity to speak,
⇔ and he takes discernment away from the elders. (JOB 12:20)

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