Lexicon :: Strong's H6924 - qeḏem

קֶדֶם

Transliteration

qeḏem

Pronunciation

keh'-dem

Part of Speech

adverb, masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From קָדַם (H6923)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1988a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

קֶדֶם qedem, keh'-dem; or קֵדְמָה qêdᵉmâh; from H6923; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward):—aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, × ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's H6924 in the following manner: east (32x), old (17x), eastward (11x), ancient (6x), east side (5x), before (3x), east part (2x), ancient time (2x), aforetime (1x), eternal (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

masculine noun

east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime
1. front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East
2. ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time
3. anciently, of old (adverb)
4. beginning
5. east
  
  adverb
eastward, to or toward the East

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H6924: Abbreviations

† קֶ֫דֶם noun [masculine] front, east, aforetime; — absoluteק׳ Deuteronomy 33:27 +, קֶ֑קֶם Judges 8:10 +; construct קֶדֶם Proverbs 8:22; once plural construct קַדְמֵי Proverbs 8:23; —

1. location.

a. front, מִקּ׳ Isaiah 9:11 from the front (i.e. East), in front (opposed to מֵאָחוֺר), אָחוֺר וָק׳ Psalm 139:5 behind and before; אֶהֳלֹךְ ק׳ Job 23:8 I go forward (opposed to אָחוֺר)

b. East: הַרהַֿקּ׳ Genesis 10:30 (J) mount of the East; בְּנֵיקֿ׳ = dwellers in the east, tribes east or northeast of Canaan Genesis 29:1 (E), Judges 6:3, 33; Judges 7:12; Judges 8:10; 1 Kings 5:10; Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 49:28; Ezekiel 25:4, 10; Job 1:3; הַרְרֵי ק׳ Numbers 23:7, see Di Sachau: Reise (1883), 159 ff.165 ff. Dr in Hast.^PETHOS; אֶרֶץ ק׳ Genesis 25:6 (J); מָֽלְאוּ מִקֶּדֶם Isaiah 2:6 they are full from the east (insert probablyקֶסֶם, מִקְסָם, or < קֹסְמִים before מִקּ׳, compare Lo De Du Che^Hpt Di-Kit); elsewhere מִקּ׳ =eastward:

(1) in the east Genesis 2:8

(2) on the eastern (side) Genesis 12:8 (J) Zechariah 14:4; לְ מִקּ׳ on the east of Genesis 3:24 (J), Genesis 12:8 (J), Numbers 34: (P), Joshua 7:2 (JE), Judges 8:11; Ezekiel 11:23 = Jonah 4:5; -3eastward, with verb of motion Genesis 11:2; Genesis 13:11 (both J).

2. temporal, ancient time, aforetime:

a. הַרְרֵי ק׳ Deuteronomy 33:15 ancient mountains, compare אֱלֹהֵי ק׳ Deuteronomy 33:27, מַלְכֵיקֿ׳ Isaiah 19:11, בִּשְׁמֵי שְׁמֵיקֿ׳ Psalm 68:34.

b. כִּימֵי ק׳ Psalm 44:2 in ancient days; compare מִימֵי ק׳ from of old Isaiah 23:7; Micah 7:20; Lamentations 1:7; Lamentations 2:17; Isaiah 37:26 = לְמִימֵי ק׳) 2 Kings 19:25 (see מִן 9b (2)); כִּימֵי ק׳ Isaiah 51:9; Jeremiah 46:26; יַרְחֵי ק׳ Job 29:2 months of old.

c. מִקּ׳ from of old Micah 5:1; Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 46:10; Habakkuk 1:12; Nehemiah 12:46; Psalm 77:12 מִנִּיק׳ 7; Psalm 8:2 springing out of, derived from, ancient times (compare Dr); יָמִים מִקּ׳ Psalm 77:6; Psalm 143:5 days from of old.

d. ק׳ alone, as adverb anciently, of old Psalm 74:2; Psalm 119:152; כְּק׳ Jeremiah 30:20; Lamentations 5:21; ישֵׁב ק׳ Psalm 55:20 he that sitteth (enthroned from) of old.

e. beginning, מִקַּדְמֵיאָֿ֑רֶץ Proverbs 8:23 from the beginnings of the earth; מִפְעָלָיו ק׳ Proverbs 8:22 the beginning of his works (|| רֵאשִׁית).

[קֵ֫דֶם], with ה locative I. קֵ֫דְמָה adverb eastward, to, toward, the east; — Genesis 25:6 (J), Leviticus 1:16; Leviticus 16:14; Numbers 34:3, 11, 15; Joshua 19:12, 13 (all P), 1 Kings 7:39 2 Chronicles 4:10; 1 Kings 17:3 = 2 Kings 13:17; Ezekiel 8:16 (twice in verse); + north, south, west, Genesis 13:14; Genesis 28:14 (both J), Numbers 2:3; Numbers 3:28; Numbers 10:5 (north, west, in ), Numbers 34:10 (all P); also as noun after פְּאַת = eastern side, Exodus 27:13; Exodus 38:13 (both P), + W Ezekiel 45:7 (strike out Co; read קֶדֶם Berthol Toy Krae), + north, south, west, Numbers 35:5; Joshua 18:20 so גְּבוּל ק׳ Joshua 15:5 (all P).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6925.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:8; 3:24; 10:30; 11:2; 12:8; 12:8; 13:11; 13:14; 25:6; 25:6; 28:14; 29:1

Exodus

27:13; 38:13

Leviticus

1:16; 16:14

Numbers

2:3; 3:28; 10:5; 23:7; 34; 34:3; 34:10; 34:11; 34:15; 35:5

Deuteronomy

33:15; 33:27; 33:27

Joshua

7:2; 15:5; 18:20; 19:12; 19:13

Judges

6:3; 6:33; 7:12; 8:10; 8:10; 8:11

1 Kings

5:10; 7:39; 17:3

2 Kings

13:17; 19:25

2 Chronicles

4:10

Nehemiah

12:46

Job

1:3; 23:8; 29:2

Psalms

8:2; 44:2; 55:20; 68:34; 74:2; 77:6; 77:12; 119:152; 139:5; 143:5

Proverbs

8:22; 8:22; 8:23; 8:23

Isaiah

2:6; 9:11; 11:14; 19:11; 23:7; 37:26; 45:21; 46:10; 51:9

Jeremiah

30:20; 46:26; 49:28

Lamentations

1:7; 2:17; 5:21

Ezekiel

8:16; 11:23; 25:4; 25:10; 45:7

Jonah

4:5

Micah

5:1; 7:20

Habakkuk

1:12

Zechariah

14:4

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Strong's Number H6924 matches the Hebrew קֶדֶם (qeḏem),
which occurs 87 times in 83 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 2:8–Psa 74:12)

Gen 2:8

Gen 2:8 - And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 planted^H5193 a garden^H1588 eastward^H6924 in Eden;^H5731 and there^H8033 he put^H7760 the man^H120 whom^H834 he had formed.^H3335

Gen 3:24

Gen 3:24 - So he drove out^H1644 the man;^H120 and he placed^H7931 at the east^H6924 of the garden^H1588 of Eden^H5731 Cherubims,^H3742 and a flaming^H3858 sword^H2719 which turned every way,^H2015 to keep^H8104 the way^H1870 of the tree^H6086 of life.^H2416

Gen 10:30

Gen 10:30 - And their dwelling^H4186 was from Mesha,^H4852 as thou goest^H935 unto Sephar^H5611 a mount^H2022 of the east.^H6924

Gen 11:2

Gen 11:2 - And it came to pass, as they journeyed^H5265 from the east,^H6924 that they found^H4672 a plain^H1237 in the land^H776 of Shinar;^H8152 and they dwelt^H3427 there.

Gen 12:8

Gen 12:8 - And he removed^H6275 from thence unto a mountain^H2022 on the east^H6924 of Bethel,^H1008 and pitched^H5186 his tent,^H168 having Bethel^H1008 on the west,^H3220 and Hai^H5857 on the east:^H6924 and there he builded^H1129 an altar^H4196 unto the LORD,^H3068 and called^H7121 upon the name^H8034 of the LORD.^H3068

Gen 13:11

Gen 13:11 - Then Lot^H3876 chose^H977 him all the plain^H3603 of Jordan;^H3383 and Lot^H3876 journeyed^H5265 east:^H6924 and they separated themselves^H6504 the one^H376 from the other.^H251

Gen 13:14

Gen 13:14 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Abram,^H87 after^H310 that Lot^H3876 was separated^H6504 from him, Lift up^H5375 now thine eyes,^H5869 and look^H7200 from the place^H4725 where thou art northward,^H6828 and southward,^H5045 and eastward,^H6924 and westward:^H3220

Gen 25:6

Gen 25:6 - But unto the sons^H1121 of the concubines,^H6370 which Abraham^H85 had, Abraham^H85 gave^H5414 gifts,^H4979 and sent them away^H7971 from Isaac^H3327 his son,^H1121 while he yet lived,^H2416 eastward,^H6924 unto the east^H6924 country.^H776

Gen 28:14

Gen 28:14 - And thy seed^H2233 shall be as the dust^H6083 of the earth,^H776 and thou shalt spread abroad^H6555 to the west,^H3220 and to the east,^H6924 and to the north,^H6828 and to the south:^H5045 and in thee and in thy seed^H2233 shall all the families^H4940 of the earth^H127 be blessed.^H1288

Gen 29:1

Gen 29:1 - Then Jacob^H3290 went on^H5375 his journey,^H7272 and came^H3212 into the land^H776 of the people^H1121 of the east.^H6924

Exo 27:13

Exo 27:13 - And the breadth^H7341 of the court^H2691 on the east^H6924 side^H6285 eastward^H4217 shall be fifty^H2572 cubits.^H520

Exo 38:13

Exo 38:13 - And for the east^H6924 side^H6285 eastward^H4217 fifty^H2572 cubits.^H520

Lev 1:16

Lev 1:16 - And he shall pluck away^H5493 his crop^H4760 with his feathers,^H5133 and cast^H7993 it beside^H681 the altar^H4196 on the east part,^H6924 by the place^H4725 of the ashes:^H1880

Lev 16:14

Lev 16:14 - And he shall take^H3947 of the blood^H1818 of the bullock,^H6499 and sprinkle^H5137 it with his finger^H676 upon the mercy seat^H3727 eastward;^H6924 and before^H6440 the mercy seat^H3727 shall he sprinkle^H5137 of the blood^H1818 with his finger^H676 seven^H7651 times.^H6471

Num 2:3

Num 2:3 - And on the east side^H6924 toward the rising^H4217 of the sun shall they of the standard^H1714 of the camp^H4264 of Judah^H3063 pitch^H2583 throughout their armies:^H6635 and Nahshon^H5177 the son^H1121 of Amminadab^H5992 shall be captain^H5387 of the children^H1121 of Judah.^H3063

Num 3:38

Num 3:38 - But those that encamp^H2583 before^H6440 the tabernacle^H4908 toward the east,^H6924 even before^H6440 the tabernacle^H168 of the congregation^H4150 eastward,^H4217 shall be Moses,^H4872 and Aaron^H175 and his sons,^H1121 keeping^H8104 the charge^H4931 of the sanctuary^H4720 for the charge^H4931 of the children^H1121 of Israel;^H3478 and the stranger^H2114 that cometh nigh^H7131 shall be put to death.^H4191

Num 10:5

Num 10:5 - When ye blow^H8628 an alarm,^H8643 then the camps^H4264 that lie^H2583 on the east parts^H6924 shall go forward.^H5265

Num 23:7

Num 23:7 - And he took up^H5375 his parable,^H4912 and said,^H559 Balak^H1111 the king^H4428 of Moab^H4124 hath brought^H5148 me from Aram,^H758 out of the mountains^H2042 of the east,^H6924 saying, Come,^H3212 curse^H779 me Jacob,^H3290 and come,^H3212 defy^H2194 Israel.^H3478

Num 34:3

Num 34:3 - Then your south^H5045 quarter^H6285 shall be from the wilderness^H4057 of Zin^H6790 along by the coast^H3027 of Edom,^H123 and your south^H5045 border^H1366 shall be the outmost coast^H7097 of the salt^H4417 sea^H3220 eastward:^H6924

Num 34:10

Num 34:10 - And ye shall point out^H184 your east^H6924 border^H1366 from Hazarenan^H2704 to Shepham:^H8221

Num 34:11

Num 34:11 - And the coast^H1366 shall go down^H3381 from Shepham^H8221 to Riblah,^H7247 on the east side^H6924 of Ain;^H5871 and the border^H1366 shall descend,^H3381 and shall reach^H4229 unto the side^H3802 of the sea^H3220 of Chinnereth^H3672 eastward:^H6924

Num 34:15

Num 34:15 - The two^H8147 tribes^H4294 and the half^H2677 tribe^H4294 have received^H3947 their inheritance^H5159 on this side^H5676 Jordan^H3383 near Jericho^H3405 eastward,^H6924 toward the sunrising.^H4217

Num 35:5

Num 35:5 - And ye shall measure^H4058 from without^H2351 the city^H5892 on the east^H6924 side^H6285 two thousand^H505 cubits,^H520 and on the south^H5045 side^H6285 two thousand^H505 cubits,^H520 and on the west^H3220 side^H6285 two thousand^H505 cubits,^H520 and on the north^H6828 side^H6285 two thousand^H505 cubits;^H520 and the city^H5892 shall be in the midst:^H8432 this shall be to them the suburbs^H4054 of the cities.^H5892

Deu 33:15

Deu 33:15 - And for the chief things^H7218 of the ancient^H6924 mountains,^H2042 and for the precious things^H4022 of the lasting^H5769 hills,^H1389

Deu 33:27

Deu 33:27 - The eternal^H6924 God^H430 is thy refuge,^H4585 and underneath are the everlasting^H5769 arms:^H2220 and he shall thrust out^H1644 the enemy^H341 from before^H6440 thee; and shall say,^H559 Destroy^H8045 them.

Jos 7:2

Jos 7:2 - And Joshua^H3091 sent^H7971 men^H582 from Jericho^H3405 to Ai,^H5857 which is beside^H5973 Bethaven,^H1007 on the east side^H6924 of Bethel,^H1008 and spake^H559 unto them, saying,^H559 Go up^H5927 and view^H7270 the country.^H776 And the men^H582 went up^H5927 and viewed^H7270 Ai.^H5857

Jos 15:5

Jos 15:5 - And the east^H6924 border^H1366 was the salt^H4417 sea,^H3220 even unto the end^H7097 of Jordan.^H3383 And their border^H1366 in the north^H6828 quarter^H6285 was from the bay^H3956 of the sea^H3220 at the uttermost part^H7097 of Jordan:^H3383

Jos 18:20

Jos 18:20 - And Jordan^H3383 was the border^H1379 of it on the east^H6924 side.^H6285 This was the inheritance^H5159 of the children^H1121 of Benjamin,^H1144 by the coasts^H1367 thereof round about,^H5439 according to their families.^H4940

Jos 19:12

Jos 19:12 - And turned^H7725 from Sarid^H8301 eastward^H6924 toward the sunrising^H4217^H8121 unto the border^H1366 of Chislothtabor,^H3696 and then goeth out^H3318 to Daberath,^H1705 and goeth up^H5927 to Japhia,^H3309

Jos 19:13

Jos 19:13 - And from thence passeth on along^H5674 on the east^H4217^H6924 to Gittahhepher,^H1662 to Ittahkazin,^H6278 and goeth out^H3318 to Remmonmethoar^H7417 to Neah;^H5269

Jdg 6:3

Jdg 6:3 - And so it was, when Israel^H3478 had sown,^H2232 that the Midianites^H4080 came up,^H5927 and the Amalekites,^H6002 and the children^H1121 of the east,^H6924 even they came up^H5927 against them;

Jdg 6:33

Jdg 6:33 - Then all the Midianites^H4080 and the Amalekites^H6002 and the children^H1121 of the east^H6924 were gathered^H622 together,^H3162 and went over,^H5674 and pitched^H2583 in the valley^H6010 of Jezreel.^H3157

Jdg 7:12

Jdg 7:12 - And the Midianites^H4080 and the Amalekites^H6002 and all the children^H1121 of the east^H6924 lay^H5307 along in the valley^H6010 like grasshoppers^H697 for multitude;^H7230 and their camels^H1581 were without number,^H4557 as the sand^H2344 by the sea^H3220 side^H8193 for multitude.^H7230

Jdg 8:10

Jdg 8:10 - Now Zebah^H2078 and Zalmunna^H6759 were in Karkor,^H7174 and their hosts^H4264 with them, about fifteen^H2568^H6240 thousand^H505 men, all that were left^H3498 of all the hosts^H4264 of the children^H1121 of the east:^H6924 for there fell^H5307 an hundred^H3967 and twenty^H6242 thousand^H505 men^H376 that drew^H8025 sword.^H2719

Jdg 8:11

Jdg 8:11 - And Gideon^H1439 went up^H5927 by the way^H1870 of them that dwelt^H7931 in tents^H168 on the east^H6924 of Nobah^H5025 and Jogbehah,^H3011 and smote^H5221 the host:^H4264 for the host^H4264 was secure.^H983

1Ki 4:30

1Ki 4:30 - And Solomon's^H8010 wisdom^H2451 excelled^H7235 the wisdom^H2451 of all the children^H1121 of the east country,^H6924 and all the wisdom^H2451 of Egypt.^H4714

1Ki 7:39

1Ki 7:39 - And he put^H5414 five^H2568 bases^H4350 on the right^H3225 side^H3802 of the house,^H1004 and five^H2568 on the left^H8040 side^H3802 of the house:^H1004 and he set^H5414 the sea^H3220 on the right^H3233 side^H3802 of the house^H1004 eastward^H6924 over against^H4136 the south.^H5045

1Ki 17:3

1Ki 17:3 - Get^H3212 thee hence, and turn^H6437 thee eastward,^H6924 and hide^H5641 thyself by the brook^H5158 Cherith,^H3747 that is before^H6440 Jordan.^H3383

2Ki 13:17

2Ki 13:17 - And he said,^H559 Open^H6605 the window^H2474 eastward.^H6924 And he opened^H6605 it. Then Elisha^H477 said,^H559 Shoot.^H3384 And he shot.^H3384 And he said,^H559 The arrow^H2671 of the LORD'S^H3068 deliverance,^H8668 and the arrow^H2671 of deliverance^H8668 from Syria:^H758 for thou shalt smite^H5221 the Syrians^H758 in Aphek,^H663 till thou have consumed^H3615 them.

2Ki 19:25

2Ki 19:25 - Hast thou not heard^H8085 long ago^H7350 how I have done^H6213 it, and of ancient^H6924 times^H3117 that I have formed^H3335 it? now have I brought^H935 it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste^H7582 fenced^H1219 cities^H5892 into ruinous^H5327 heaps.^H1530

2Ch 4:10

2Ch 4:10 - And he set^H5414 the sea^H3220 on the right^H3233 side^H3802 of the east end,^H6924 over against^H4136 the south.^H5045

Neh 12:46

Neh 12:46 - For in the days^H3117 of David^H1732 and Asaph^H623 of old^H6924 there were chief^H7218 of the singers,^H7891 and songs^H7892 of praise^H8416 and thanksgiving^H3034 unto God.^H430

Job 1:3

Job 1:3 - His substance^H4735 also was seven^H7651 thousand^H505 sheep,^H6629 and three^H7969 thousand^H505 camels,^H1581 and five^H2568 hundred^H3967 yoke^H6776 of oxen,^H1241 and five^H2568 hundred^H3967 she asses,^H860 and a very^H3966 great^H7227 household;^H5657 so that this man^H376 was the greatest^H1419 of all the men^H1121 of the east.^H6924

Job 23:8

Job 23:8 - Behold, I go^H1980 forward,^H6924 but he is not there; and backward,^H268 but I cannot perceive^H995 him:

Job 29:2

Job 29:2 - Oh that^H5414 I were as in months^H3391 past,^H6924 as in the days^H3117 when God^H433 preserved^H8104 me;

Psa 44:1

Psa 44:1 - [[To the chief Musician^H5329 for the sons^H1121 of Korah,^H7141 Maschil.]]^H4905 We have heard^H8085 with our ears,^H241 O God,^H430 our fathers^H1 have told^H5608 us, what work^H6467 thou didst^H6466 in their days,^H3117 in the times^H3117 of old.^H6924

Psa 55:19

Psa 55:19 - God^H410 shall hear,^H8085 and afflict^H6030 them, even he that abideth^H3427 of old.^H6924 Selah.^H5542 Because they have no changes,^H2487 therefore they fear^H3372 not God.^H430

Psa 68:33

Psa 68:33 - To him that rideth^H7392 upon the heavens^H8064 of heavens,^H8064 which were of old;^H6924 lo, he doth send out^H5414 his voice,^H6963 and that a mighty^H5797 voice.^H6963

Psa 74:2

Psa 74:2 - Remember^H2142 thy congregation,^H5712 which thou hast purchased^H7069 of old;^H6924 the rod^H7626 of thine inheritance,^H5159 which thou hast redeemed;^H1350 this mount^H2022 Zion,^H6726 wherein thou hast dwelt.^H7931

Psa 74:12

Psa 74:12 - For God^H430 is my King^H4428 of old,^H6924 working^H6466 salvation^H3444 in the midst^H7130 of the earth.^H776

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