Strong's H2206 · Hebrew
זָקָן
zâqân · /zaw-kawn'/
Definition
the beard (as indicating age)
KJV: beard.
Root / derivation: from H2204 (זָקֵן);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered זָקָן across 18 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
18 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Leviticus5 verses
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
Leviticus 13:30Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
Leviticus 14:9But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
Leviticus 19:27Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Leviticus 21:5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
1 Samuel2 verses
And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
1 Samuel 21:13And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. scrabbled: or, made marks
2 Samuel3 verses
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
2 Samuel 10:5When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
Isaiah2 verses
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Isaiah 15:2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
Jeremiah2 verses
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:37For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. clipped: Heb. diminished
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H2206 (zâqân) mean?
the beard (as indicating age)
How many times does H2206 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H2206 (זָקָן) appears in 18 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “beard.”
How is zâqân translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H2206 is rendered as “beard” (15×), “beards” (4×).
Where does the Hebrew word זָקָן come from?
from H2204 (זָקֵן);