From zaqen; the beard (as indicating age) -- beard.
see HEBREW zaqen
H2206. zaqan
זָקָן noun masculine2 Samuel 10:5 + and feminineIsaiah 15:2 + chin, beard (Assyrian zi‡nu, AsrbAnnals iv. 29; Arabic , Aramaic דְּקַן, ) — absolute ׳ז Leviticus 13:20 +; construct זְקַן 2 Samuel 20:9 +; suffix זְקָנִי Ezra 9:3; זְקָנֶ֑ךָ Leviticus 19:27; Ezekiel 5:1; זְקָנוֺ 1 Samuel 21:14 2t.; זְקַנְכֶם 2 Samuel 10:5; 1 Chronicles 19:5; זְקָנָם 2 Samuel 10:4; Leviticus 21:5; never plural —
1 chin (opposed to ראֹשׁ, top of head) Leviticus 13:29-30, 14:9 (all P), 2 Samuel 20:9; Ezekiel 5:1; compare also 1 Samuel 21:14; Psalm 133:4 (where however chin as bearded may be meant); chin, or lower jaw, of lion and bear 17:35.
2 beard, as growing (צמח) 2 Samuel 10:5 = 1 Chronicles 19:5; as cut off Isaiah 7:20 (ספה), 15:2 = Jeremiah 48:37 (גרע); compare זָקָן מְגֻלְּחֵי 41:5; 2 Samuel 10:4 (גלח); זּזְקָנִי ראשׁי שׂער Ezra 9:3; here belongs זקנ(ךׅ פאת Leviticus 19:27; 21:5 (both H; opposed to ראשׁ).