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

1 Kings 13:29 - And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old H2205 prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

1 Kings 20:7 - Then the king of Israel called all the elders H2205 of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

1 Kings 20:8 - And all the elders H2205 and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

1 Kings 21:8 - So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders H2205 and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

1 Kings 21:11 - And the men of his city, even the elders H2205 and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

2 Kings 6:32 - But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders H2205 sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, H2205 See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

2 Kings 10:1 - And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, H2205 and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,

2 Kings 10:5 - And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders H2205 also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

2 Kings 19:2 - And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders H2205 of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

2 Kings 23:1 - And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders H2205 of Judah and of Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 11:3 - Therefore came all the elders H2205 of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

1 Chronicles 15:25 - So David, and the elders H2205 of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

1 Chronicles 21:16 - And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders H2205 of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

2 Chronicles 5:2 - 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 Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

2 Chronicles 5:4 - And all the elders H2205 of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

2 Chronicles 10:6 - And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old H2205 men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

2 Chronicles 10:8 - But he forsook the counsel which the old men H2205 gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

2 Chronicles 10:13 - And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, H2205

2 Chronicles 34:29 - Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders H2205 of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:17 - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, H2205 or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

Ezra 3:12 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, H2205 that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

Ezra 10:8 - And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, H2205 all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

Ezra 10:14 - Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders H2205 of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

Esther 3:13 - And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, H2205 little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

Job 12:20 - He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. H2205

Job 32:4 - Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder H2205 than he.

Job 32:9 - Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged H2205 understand judgment.

Job 42:17 - So Job died, being old H2205 and full of days.

Psalms 105:22 - To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators H2205 wisdom.

Psalms 107:32 - Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. H2205

Psalms 119:100 - I understand more than the ancients, H2205 because I keep thy precepts.

Psalms 148:12 - Both young men, and maidens; old men, H2205 and children:

Proverbs 17:6 - Children's children are the crown of old men; H2205 and the glory of children are their fathers.

Proverbs 20:29 - The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men H2205 is the gray head.

Proverbs 31:23 - Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders H2205 of the land.

Ecclesiastes 4:13 - Better is a poor and a wise child than an old H2205 and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

Isaiah 3:2 - The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, H2205

Isaiah 3:5 - And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, H2205 and the base against the honourable.

Isaiah 3:14 - The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients H2205 of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 9:15 - The ancient H2205 and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Isaiah 20:4 - So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, H2205 naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 24:23 - Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients H2205 gloriously.

Isaiah 37:2 - And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders H2205 of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

Isaiah 47:6 - I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient H2205 hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

Isaiah 65:20 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man H2205 that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

Jeremiah 6:11 - Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged H2205 with him that is full of days.

Jeremiah 19:1 - Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients H2205 of the people, and of the ancients H2205 of the priests;

Jeremiah 26:17 - Then rose up certain of the elders H2205 of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

Jeremiah 29:1 - Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders H2205 which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;

Jeremiah 31:13 - Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old H2205 together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.