זָקָן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2206

chin — used 19 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

chin tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זָקָן: n.m. beard and chin tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. 2 S 10:5 + beard and f. Is 15:2 + chin (Assyrian ziḳnu, Asrb. Annals iv. 29; Arabic ذَقَنٌ, Aramaic דְּקַן, ܕܩܰܢ )—abs. ז׳ Lv 13:20 +; cstr. זְקַן 2 S 20:9 +; sf. זְקָנִי Ezr 9:3; זְקָנֶ֑ךָ Lv 19:27 Ez 5:1; זְקָנוֹ 1 S 21:14 + 2 times; זְקַנְכֶם 2 S 10:5 1 Ch 19:5; זְקָנָם 2 S 10:4 Lv 21:5; never pl.— chin (opp. רֹאשׁ, top of head) Lv 13:29, 30; 14:9 (all P), 2 S 20:9 Ez 5:1; cf. also 1 S 21:14 ψ 133:2 (where however chin as bearded may be meant); chin, or lower jaw, of lion and bear 1 S 17:35. beard, as growing (צמח) 2 S 10:5 = 1 Ch 19:5; as cut off Is 7:20 (ספה), 15:2 = Je 48:37 (גרע); cf. מְגֻלְּחֵי זָקָן Je 41:5 2 S 10:4 (גלח); שׂער ראשׁי וּזְקָנִי Ezr 9:3; here belongs פאת זקן(ך) Lv 19:27; 21:5 (both H; opp. ראשׁ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: beard (12); the beard (3); their beard (2).

In the verses

Leviticus 19:27 · tree →

לֹ֣א תַקִּ֔פוּ פְּאַ֖ת רֹאשְׁכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֣א תַשְׁחִ֔ית אֵ֖ת פְּאַ֥ת זְקָנֶֽךָ׃

Word for word: not you.will.round.off the.side your.head your and not you.will.trim (et) the.side your.beard your

JPS 1917: Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Leviticus 13:29 · tree →

וְאִישׁ֙ א֣וֹ אִשָּׁ֔ה כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה ב֖וֹ נָ֑גַע בְּרֹ֖אשׁ א֥וֹ בְזָקָֽן׃

Word for word: and man or a.woman (dm) it.will.be on him a.plague on.[the] head or in.[the] beard

JPS 1917: And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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