H2208 - זָקֻן (zâqun)

H2208 זָקֻן (zâqun) zaw-koon'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

extreme age

Strong's Definition

old age

Derivation: properly, passive participle of H2204 (זָקֵן) (used only in the plural as a noun);

KJV Usage: old age.

TWOT Reference: 574e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) old age, extreme old age

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

old age, extreme old age

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

זָקֻן zâqûn BDB Definition: 1) old age, extreme old age Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: properly, passive participle of H2204 (used only in the plural as a noun) Same Word by TWOT Number: 574e Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

21:2 21:7 37:3 44:20

Genesis 21:2

So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised....

Genesis 21:7

She added, Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.

Genesis 37:3

Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

Genesis 44:20

And we answered......, We have... an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.