זָקֻן
zakun · old age
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2208 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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zakun (זָקֻן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “old age”.
How to say it
za·kun
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The last years of life, the age of an old person.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 21:2
Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which Elohim had spoken to him.
- Genesis 21:7
And she said, “Who would have said to 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 all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long robe.
- Genesis 44:20
And we said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a young child of his old age; his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’