What does זָקָן (zāqān) mean in the Bible?
זָקָן (zāqān): Beard as visible marker of age, authority, and masculinity; its removal signified shame or humiliation.
Hebrew · H2206
זָקָן
The beard (as indicating age )
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זָקָן H2206
Pronunciation zāqān
What does זָקָן (zāqān) mean in the Bible?
זָקָן (zāqān): Beard as visible marker of age, authority, and masculinity; its removal signified shame or humiliation.
Full entry for זָקָן (H2206) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2206?
The BSB source-word alignment has 19 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include beard (3), and beard (2), chin (2), his beard (2), your beards (2).
Where does זָקָן (zāqān) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 13:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (5), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Samuel (2), Isaiah (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It beard 3× Psalms 133:2, Isaiah 15:2, Jeremiah 48:37
and beard 2× Ezra 9:3, Ezekiel 5:1
chin 2× Leviticus 13:29, Leviticus 13:30
his beard 2× Leviticus 14:9, 1 Samuel 21:13
your beards 2× 2 Samuel 10:5, 1 Chronicles 19:5
by the beard 1× 2 Samuel 20:9
it by its fur 1× 1 Samuel 17:35
of each man’s beard 1× 2 Samuel 10:4
of their beards 1× Leviticus 21:5
of your beard 1× Leviticus 19:27
the beard 1× Psalms 133:2
their beards 1× Jeremiah 41:5
your beard 1× Isaiah 7:20
Show sample aligned rows
Leviticus 13:29 בְזָקָֽן׃ to chin Preposition-b | Noun - common singular Leviticus 13:30 הַזָּקָ֖ן to chin Article | Noun - common singular Leviticus 14:9 זְקָנוֹ֙ to his beard Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular Leviticus 19:27 זְקָנֶֽךָ׃ to of your beard Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular Leviticus 21:5 זְקָנָ֖ם to of their beards Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural 1 Samuel 17:35 בִּזְקָנ֔וֹ to it by its fur Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular 1 Samuel 21:13 זְקָנֽוֹ׃ to his beard Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular 2 Samuel 10:4 זְקָנָ֔ם to of each man’s beard Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural 2 Samuel 10:5 זְקַנְכֶ֖ם to your beards Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine plural 2 Samuel 20:9 בִּזְקַ֥ן to by the beard Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Leviticus 13:29
Aligned rows 19
Books represented 9
Leviticus 5 1 Samuel 2 2 Samuel 3 1 Chronicles 1 Ezra 1 Psalms 2 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 2 Ezekiel 1
Source forms
הַזָּקָ֖ן 2x haz·zā·qān Leviticus 13:30, Isaiah 7:20
זָקָ֖ן 2x zā·qān Isaiah 15:2, Jeremiah 48:37
זְקַנְכֶ֖ם 2x zə·qan·ḵem 2 Samuel 10:5, 1 Chronicles 19:5
בִּזְקַ֥ן 1x biz·qan 2 Samuel 20:9
בְזָקָֽן׃ 1x ḇə·zā·qān Leviticus 13:29
בִּזְקָנ֔וֹ 1x biz·qā·nōw 1 Samuel 17:35
הַזָּקָ֥ן 1x haz·zā·qān Psalms 133:2
וּזְקָנִ֔י 1x ū·zə·qā·nî Ezra 9:3
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - common singular 3x Leviticus 13:30, Psalms 133:2, Isaiah 7:20
Noun - common singular 3x Isaiah 15:2, Jeremiah 41:5, Jeremiah 48:37
Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine plural 2x 2 Samuel 10:5, 1 Chronicles 19:5
Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular 2x Leviticus 19:27, Ezekiel 5:1
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural 2x Leviticus 21:5, 2 Samuel 10:4
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular 2x Leviticus 14:9, 1 Samuel 21:13
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular 1x Ezra 9:3
Noun - common singular construct 1x Psalms 133:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Beard as visible marker of age, authority, and masculinity; its removal signified shame or humiliation.
Source Gloss
the beard (as indicating age )
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Beard as visible marker of age, authority, and masculinity; its removal signified shame or humiliation.
the beard (as indicating age) BDB: chin Usage: beard.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
זָקָן is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain