Occurrences
Zâqên occurs 178 times in 171 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Exodus (12), Leviticus (3), Numbers (7), Deuteronomy (21), Joshua (9), Judges (14), Ruth (4), 1 Samuel (9), 2 Samuel (6), 1 Kings (12), 2 Kings (5), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (7), Ezra (3), Esther (1), Job (4), Psalms (4), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (6), Lamentations (6), Ezekiel (9), Joel (4), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 18:11 — Now Abraham and Sarah were old (זְקֵנִ֔ים) and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
- Genesis 19:4 — But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old (זָקֵ֑ן) and young, all the people from every quarter:
- Genesis 24:2 — And Abraham said unto his eldest (זְקַ֣ן) servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
- Genesis 25:8 — Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man (זָקֵ֣ן), and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 35:29 — And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old (זָקֵ֖ן) and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
- Genesis 43:27 — And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man (הַזָּקֵ֖ן) of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
- Genesis 44:20 — And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man (זָקֵ֔ן), and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
- Genesis 50:7 — And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders (זִקְנֵ֣י) of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
- Genesis 50:7 — And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders (זִקְנֵ֥י) of the land of Egypt,
- Exodus 3:16 — Go, and gather the elders (זִקְנֵ֣י) of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
- Exodus 3:18 — And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders (וְזִקְנֵ֨י) of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
- Exodus 4:29 — And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders (זִקְנֵ֖י) of the children of Israel:
- Exodus 10:9 — And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old (וּבִזְקֵנֵ֖ינוּ), with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
- Exodus 12:21 — Then Moses called for all the elders (זִקְנֵ֥י) of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
- Exodus 17:5 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders (מִזִּקְנֵ֣י) of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
- Exodus 17:6 — Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders (זִקְנֵ֥י) of Israel.
- Exodus 18:12 — And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders (זִקְנֵ֣י) of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.
- Exodus 19:7 — And Moses came and called for the elders (לְזִקְנֵ֣י) of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
- Exodus 24:1 — And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders (מִזִּקְנֵ֣י) of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
- Exodus 24:9 — Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders (מִזִּקְנֵ֥י) of Israel:
- Exodus 24:14 — And he said unto the elders (הַזְּקֵנִ֤ים), Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
- Leviticus 4:15 — And the elders (זִקְנֵ֨י) of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.
- Leviticus 9:1 — And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders (וּלְזִקְנֵ֖י) of Israel;
- Leviticus 19:32 — Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man (זָקֵ֑ן), and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
- Numbers 11:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders (מִזִּקְנֵ֣י) of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
- Numbers 11:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders (זִקְנֵ֥י) of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
- Numbers 11:24 — And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders (מִזִּקְנֵ֣י) of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
- Numbers 11:25 — And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders (הַזְּקֵנִ֑ים): and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
- Numbers 11:30 — And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders (וְזִקְנֵ֥י) of Israel.
- Numbers 16:25 — And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders (זִקְנֵ֥י) of Israel followed him.
- Numbers 22:4 — And Moab said unto the elders (זִקְנֵ֣י) of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
- Numbers 22:7 — And the elders (זִקְנֵ֤י) of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
- Numbers 22:7 — And the elders of Moab and the elders (וְזִקְנֵ֣י) of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
- Deuteronomy 5:23 — And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders (וְזִקְנֵיכֶֽם);
- Deuteronomy 19:12 — Then the elders (זִקְנֵ֣י) of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- Deuteronomy 21:2 — Then thy elders (זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ) and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
- Deuteronomy 21:3 — And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders (זִקְנֵי֩) of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
- Deuteronomy 21:4 — And the elders (זִקְנֵי֩) of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
- Deuteronomy 21:6 — And all the elders (זִקְנֵי֙) of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
- Deuteronomy 21:19 — Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders (זִקְנֵ֥י) of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
- Deuteronomy 21:20 — And they shall say unto the elders (זִקְנֵ֣י) of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
- Deuteronomy 22:15 — Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders (זִקְנֵ֥י) of the city in the gate:
- Deuteronomy 22:16 — And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders (הַזְּקֵנִ֑ים), I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
- Deuteronomy 22:17 — And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders (זִקְנֵ֥י) of the city.
- Deuteronomy 22:18 — And the elders (זִקְנֵ֥י) of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
- Deuteronomy 25:7 — And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders (הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים), and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
- Deuteronomy 25:8 — Then the elders (זִקְנֵי) of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
- Deuteronomy 25:9 — Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders (הַזְּקֵנִים֒), and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.
- Deuteronomy 27:1 — And Moses with the elders (וְזִקְנֵ֣י) of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
- Deuteronomy 28:50 — A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old (לְזָקֵ֔ן), nor shew favour to the young: