Lexical Definition

‎זָקֵן‎ zâqên (zaw-kane') be old ^H:V
a primitive root

aged man, be (wax) old (man).

• to be old

1) to be old, become old
1a) (Qal) to be old, become old
1b) (Hiphil) to grow old, show age

See Greek: γηράσκω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זָקֵן‎ verb be or become old (compare, according to Thes, Arabic a she-camel that lets her lower lip hang down, see Lane⁹⁶⁸; decrepit man) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎זָקֵן‎ Gen 18:12 + 14 t. (often hard to distinguished from predicate adjective ‎זָקֵן‎ q. v.); 3 feminine singular ‎זָָֽקְנָה‎ Prov 23:22 2 masculine singular ‎זָקַנְתָּ‎ 1Sam 8:5 ‎זָקַ֫נְתָּה‎ Josh 13:1 1 singular ‎זָקַנְתִּי‎ Josh 23:2 + 3 t.; ‎זָקַנְ֑תִּי‎ Gen 18:13; Gen 27:2 Imperfect ‎וַיִּזְקַן‎ 2Chr 24:15 — be (or become) old Gen 18:12; Gen 18:13; Gen 19:31; Gen 27:1; Gen 27:2 (all J), 1Sam 2:22; 1Sam 4:18; 1Sam 8:1; 1Sam 8:5; 1Sam 12:2; 1Sam 17:122 Sam 1Sam 19:33; 1Kgs 1:1; 1Kgs 1:15; 2Kgs 4:14 also Gen 24:1 (|| ‎בא בימים‎), so Josh 13:1 (twice in verse); Josh 23:1; Josh 23:2 (|| here ‎בָּאתִי בימים‎), 1Chr 23:1 (|| ‎שָׂבַע ימים‎), 1Chr 24:15 (|| id.); Prov 23:22; Ps 37:25 (opposed to || ‎היה נער‎); note especially ‎זָקַנְתִּי מִהְיוֺת לאישׁ‎ Ruth 1:12 I am too old to belong to a man (husband). Hiph`il only Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַזְקִין‎ inchoate shew age, grow old = senescere Ew^{§ 122 c}, compare Di; of youth Prov 22:6 of tree-root Job 14:8.

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