Strong's #2205: zaqen (pronounced zaw-kane')
from 2204; old:--aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
zâqên
1) old
1a) old (of humans)
1b) elder (of those having authority)
Part of Speech: adjective
Relation: from H2204
Usage:
This word is used 178 times:
Deuteronomy 29:10: "your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,"
Deuteronomy 31:9: "of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel."
Deuteronomy 31:28: "unto all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak"
Deuteronomy 32:7: "of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell"
Joshua 6:21: "both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep,"
Joshua 7:6: "until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon"
Joshua 8:10: "the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai."
Joshua 8:33: "And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side"
Joshua 9:11: " Wherefore our elders and all of our country spoke to us, saying, Take"
Joshua 20:4: "and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take"
Joshua 23:2: "called Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said"
Joshua 24:1: "of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers;"
Joshua 24:31: "of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived"
Judges 2:7: "of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived"
Judges 8:14: "unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men."
Judges 8:16: "And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught"
Judges 11:5: "made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch"
Judges 11:7: "And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel"
Judges 11:8: " And the elders of Gilead unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to"
Judges 11:9: "And Jephthah said the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again"
Judges 11:10: " And the elders of Gilead unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness"
Judges 11:11: "Then Jephthah went the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head"
Judges 19:16: "And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field"
Judges 19:17: "man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither"
Judges 19:20: " And the old man Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon"
Judges 19:22: "and beat at the door, and spoke to the master of the house, the old man,"
Judges 21:16: " Then the elders of the congregation How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing"
Ruth 4:2: "And he took ten of the elders of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down"
Ruth 4:4: "Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem"
Ruth 4:9: "And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day,"
Ruth 4:11: "the people were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make"
1 Samuel 2:31: "of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house."
1 Samuel 2:32: "Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house forever."
1 Samuel 4:3: "were come the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD"
1 Samuel 8:4: "Then all the elders gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,"
1 Samuel 11:3: " And the elders of Jabesh unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send"
1 Samuel 15:30: "me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again"
1 Samuel 16:4: "spoke, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said,"
1 Samuel 28:14: "unto her, What is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered"
1 Samuel 30:26: "Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying,"
2 Samuel 3:17: "had with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought"
2 Samuel 5:3: "So all the elders came to the king to Hebron; and king"
2 Samuel 12:17: " And the elders of his house and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would"
2 Samuel 17:4: "well, and all the elders of Israel."
2 Samuel 17:15: "counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I"
2 Samuel 19:11: "saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are"
1 Kings 8:1: "Solomon the elders of Israel, and all the heads"
1 Kings 8:3: "And all the elders came, and the priests took up the ark."
1 Kings 12:6: "Rehoboam with the old men, that stood before"
1 Kings 12:8: "But he forsook of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with"
