זָקֵן

But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

So Job died, being old and full of days.

To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.