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Ezekiel 27:9

“The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

זָקֵןzâqên · zaw-kane'
H2205 · Hebrew
Definition
old
Derivation
from H2204 (זָקֵן);
KJV renderings
aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
Grammar
  • זִקְנֵ֨י — adjective, masculine, plural, construct
Code HAampc
Usage
Occurs 179 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:11Genesis 19:4Genesis 24:2Genesis 25:8Genesis 35:29

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.

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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.