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2 Chronicles 24:15
“But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
זָקֵןzâqên · zaw-kane'
H2204 · Hebrew
H2204 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be old
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- aged man, be (wax) old (man).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּזְקַ֧ן — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 27 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:12Genesis 18:13Genesis 19:31Genesis 24:1Genesis 27:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זָקֵן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.