BDB2434 H2205
BDB2433 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB2435
זָקֵן adjective old, absolute ׳ז Gen 19:4 + 30 t. (on distinction from verb see above); construct זְקַן Gen 24:2 plural זְקֵנִים Gen 18:11 + 44 t.; זְקֵנוֺת Zech 8:4 construct זִקְנֵי Gen 50:7 + 85 t.; suffix זְקֵנַי Lam 1:19, זְקֵנֶיךָ Deut 21:2; Deut 32:7, זְקֵנָיו Josh 8:33 + 3 t., זְקֵנֶיהָ Judg 8:14, זְקֵנֵינוּ Exod 10:9; Josh 9:11, זִקְנֵיכֶם Deut 5:20 + 2 t.; — 2. usually as substantive:
a. old man (or woman),
b. elder;
a. old man Gen 43:27 (
J),
Lev 19:32 (
H),
Deut 28:50;
Deut 32:7 (||
אָב),
1Sam 2:31;
1Sam 2:32;
1Sam 28:14;
Isa 47:6;
Job 12:20;
Job 32:9;
Prov 17:6;
Prov 20:29;
Ps 119:100;
Joel 1:2 old men and old women Zech 8:4 (twice in verse); compare
זְקַן בֵּיתוֺ Gen 24:2 (
J),
זִקְנֵי בֵיתוֺ 2Sam 12:17 especially opposed to
נַעַר Exod 10:9 (
E),
Isa 3:5;
Isa 20:4;
Jer 51:22;
Lam 2:21;
Ps 148:12, and in phrase
מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקֵן Gen 19:4 (
J),
Josh 6:21 (
JE),
Esth 3:13 opposed to
ילדים 1Kgs 12:6;
1Kgs 12:8;
1Kgs 12:13 =
2Chr 10:6;
2Chr 10:8;
2Chr 10:13 opposed to
בַּחוּרִים Jer 31:13;
Ezek 9:6;
Joel 3:1, compare
2Chr 36:17 (+
יָשֵׁשׁ) and
Jer 6:11 (+
מְלֵא ימים); opposed to
עוּל ימים Isa 65:20 opposed to
יונקי שׁדים and
עוללים Joel 2:16.
b. usually plural
elders, as having authority, term techn. (100 t. +); elders of a people, especially Israel
Exod 3:16;
Exod 3:18;
Exod 12:21 (all
J),
Exod 17:5;
Exod 17:6;
Exod 18:12;
Exod 19:7;
Exod 24:1;
Exod 24:9;
Exod 24:14;
Josh 24:1 (all
E),
Num 11:16 (twice in verse) (
שֹׁטְרָיו), v
Num 11:24 v
Num 11:25 v
Num 11:30;
Num 16:25;
Josh 7:6;
Josh 8:10;
Josh 9:11 (all
J E),
Deut 5:20 (||
רָאשֵׁי שִׁבְטֵיכֶם),
Deut 27:1;
Deut 29:9 (||
ראשׁי שׁבטיכם,
שֹׁטְרֵיכֶם),
Deut 31:9;
Deut 31:28;
Josh 8:33 (||
שֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטָיו),
Josh 23:2 (||
רָאשׁיו,
שֹׁפְטָיו,
שֹׁטְרָיו); compare also probably
Josh 24:31 =
Judg 2:7 (all
D);
Lev 9:1, compare
זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה Lev 4:15 ( both
P),
Judg 21:16 see also
1Sam 4:3;
1Sam 8:4;
1Sam 15:30;
2Sam 3:17;
2Sam 5:3 =
1Chr 11:3;
2Sam 17:4;
2Sam 17:15;
1Kgs 8:1;
1Kgs 8:3 =
2Chr 5:2;
2Chr 5:4, also
1Chr 15:25;
1Chr 21:16 compare
Isa 3:2 (
גִּבּוֺר וְאִישׁ מִלְחָמָ֑ה ׳שׁוֺפֵט וְנָבִיא וְקֹסֵם וְז),
Isa 9:14 (||
נְשׂוּאפָֿנִים, but see probably gloss, compare
Ew Che Di Du and others); elders of one tribe (Judah)
1Sam 30:26;
2Sam 19:12, so of Gilead
Judg 11:5;
Judg 11:7;
Judg 11:8;
Judg 11:9;
Judg 11:10;
Judg 11:11 after the division of the kingdoms, of Northern Israel
זקני הארץ 1Kgs 20:7 compare v
1Kgs 20:8, also
2Kgs 6:32 (twice in verse);
2Kgs 10:1 (||
שָׂרִים etc.) compare v
2Kgs 10:5 under Josiah
זקני יְהוּדָה 2Kgs 23:1 =
2Chr 34:29 see also
הארץ ׳ז Jer 26:17, compare
זקני ארץ Prov 31:23, compare
Lam 1:19;
Lam 2:10;
Lam 4:16;
Lam 5:12;
Lam 5:14 (||
שׂרים; +
שַׁעַר); often in Ezek.:
Ezek 7:26 (||
כהן), of Judah
Ezek 8:1, of Israel
Ezek 8:11;
Ezek 8:12;
Ezek 14:1;
Ezek 20:1;
Ezek 20:3, also
Ezek 9:6 (but strike out
Co). Exilic
הַגּוֺלָה ׳ז Jer 29:1 (||
הכהנים,
הנביאים); post-exile
Ezra 10:8 (||
שׂרים), possibly also
Joel 1:14 elders of
׳י Isa 24:23 (compare
Exod 24:1;
Exod 24:9),
זִקְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים 2Kgs 19:2 =
Isa 37:2, so
Jer 19:1 (||
זקני העם); of other peoples, Midian
Num 22:4;
Num 22:7, Moab v
Num 22:7 (all
E), Egypt
Ps 105:22 (||
שׂרים); of Gebal
Ezek 27:9 elders of a city, especially as sitting in the gate to judge
Deut 19:12;
Deut 21:2 (+
שֹׁפְטֶיךָ) v
Deut 21:3 v
Deut 21:4 v
Deut 21:6 v
Deut 21:19 (+
שַׁעַרמְֿקֹמוֺ), v
Deut 21:20;
Deut 22:15 (+
הַשָּׁ֑עְרָה), v
Deut 22:16 v
Deut 22:17 v
Deut 22:18;
Deut 25:7 (+
הַשַּׁ֫עֲרָה), v
Deut 25:8 v
Deut 25:9 (all in Deuteronomic code, and only so therein),
Ruth 4:2;
Ruth 4:4;
Ruth 4:9;
Ruth 4:11 (compare
שַׁעַר v
Ruth 4:1 v
Ruth 4:11),
מוֺשַׁב זְקֵנִים Ps 107:32 (||
קְהַלעָֿ֑ם);
Judg 8:14 (||
שׂרים), v
Judg 8:16;
1Sam 11:3;
1Sam 16:4;
1Kgs 21:8;
1Kgs 21:11;
Ezra 10:14.