Strong's Concordance H2205

Original Word: זָקֵן
Transliteration: zâqên
Phonetic Spelling: zaw-kane'
from H2204; old; aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.

Usages throughout the bible

Deuteronomy 32:7 - Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, H2205 and they will tell thee.

Joshua 6:21 - And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, H2205 and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

Joshua 7:6 - And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders H2205 of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

Joshua 8:10 - And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders H2205 of Israel, before the people to Ai.

Joshua 8:33 - And all Israel, and their elders, H2205 and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

Joshua 9:11 - Wherefore our elders H2205 and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.

Joshua 20:4 - And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders H2205 of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

Joshua 23:2 - And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, H2205 and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

Joshua 24:1 - And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders H2205 of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Joshua 24:31 - And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders H2205 that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.

Judges 2:7 - And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders H2205 that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.

Judges 8:14 - And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders H2205 thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.

Judges 8:16 - And he took the elders H2205 of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

Judges 11:5 - And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders H2205 of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

Judges 11:7 - And Jephthah said unto the elders H2205 of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

Judges 11:8 - And the elders H2205 of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Judges 11:9 - And Jephthah said unto the elders H2205 of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

Judges 11:10 - And the elders H2205 of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

Judges 11:11 - Then Jephthah went with the elders H2205 of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.

Judges 19:16 - And, behold, there came an old H2205 man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

Judges 19:17 - And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old H2205 man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

Judges 19:20 - And the old H2205 man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

Judges 19:22 - Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old H2205 man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

Judges 21:16 - Then the elders H2205 of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Ruth 4:2 - And he took ten men of the elders H2205 of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

Ruth 4:4 - And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders H2205 of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

Ruth 4:9 - And Boaz said unto the elders, H2205 and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

Ruth 4:11 - And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, H2205 said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

1 Samuel 2:31 - Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man H2205 in thine house.

1 Samuel 2:32 - And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man H2205 in thine house for ever.

1 Samuel 4:3 - And when the people were come into the camp, the elders H2205 of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

1 Samuel 8:4 - Then all the elders H2205 of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

1 Samuel 11:3 - And the elders H2205 of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

1 Samuel 15:30 - Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders H2205 of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

1 Samuel 16:4 - And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders H2205 of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

1 Samuel 28:14 - And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old H2205 man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

1 Samuel 30:26 - And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders H2205 of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

2 Samuel 3:17 - And Abner had communication with the elders H2205 of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:

2 Samuel 5:3 - So all the elders H2205 of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Samuel 12:17 - And the elders H2205 of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

2 Samuel 17:4 - And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders H2205 of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:15 - Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders H2205 of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

2 Samuel 19:11 - And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders H2205 of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

1 Kings 8:1 - Then Solomon assembled the elders H2205 of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

1 Kings 8:3 - And all the elders H2205 of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

1 Kings 12:6 - And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, H2205 that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

1 Kings 12:8 - But he forsook the counsel of the old men, H2205 which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:

1 Kings 12:13 - And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's H2205 counsel that they gave him;

1 Kings 13:11 - Now there dwelt an old H2205 prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

1 Kings 13:25 - And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old H2205 prophet dwelt.