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Lexicon :: Strong's H6925 - qŏḏām

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קֳדָם
Transliteration
qŏḏām
Pronunciation
kod-awm'
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Part of Speech
preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to קֶדֶם (H6924)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2966a

Strong’s Definitions

קֳדָם qŏdâm, kod-awm'; (Aramaic) or קְדָם qᵉdâm; (Aramaic) (Daniel 7:13), corresponding to H6924; before:—before, × from, × I (thought), × me, of, × it pleased, presence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H6925 in the following manner: before (29x), before (with H4481) (2x), of (with H4481) (2x), him (2x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H6925 in the following manner: before (29x), before (with H4481) (2x), of (with H4481) (2x), him (2x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. before, in front of

    1. before

    2. from before

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קֳדָם qŏdâm, kod-awm'; (Aramaic) or קְדָם qᵉdâm; (Aramaic) (Daniel 7:13), corresponding to H6924; before:—before, × from, × I (thought), × me, of, × it pleased, presence.
STRONGS H6925: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

קֳדָם 42 preposition before (so Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, etc. (Lzb360f.), Targum קָדָם, Syriac bdb111006; properly a substantive the front, compare Arabic bdb111007 the front; for √ see Biblical Hebrew H6924 קדם); — suffix קָדָמַי Daniel 2:9 +, מָ֑י- Daniel 2:6; קדמיך Kt, קֳדָמָךְ Qr, Daniel 5:23; Daniel 6:23; קֳדָמוֺהִי Daniel 4:5 + (compare Nerab קדמוה, Cooke189); 3rd person feminine singular קדמיה Kt, קֳדָמַהּ Qr, Daniel 7:7, 8, 20; קֳדָמֵיהוֺן † Daniel 4:4; —
1. before (= Hebrew לפְנֵי), especially in the phrases to answer, pray, say, etc., before a superior (as more respectful than to), Daniel 2:9 לְמֵאמַד קֳדָמַי, Daniel 2:10; Daniel 2:11; Daniel 2:27; Daniel 6:11 (see Dr), Daniel 6:12; Daniel 6:13; Daniel 6:14; קֱרִי ק׳ Ezra 4:18; Ezra 4:23; Ezra 5:23 (twice in verse); with שְׁפַר to seem fair Daniel 3:32; Daniel 6:2; after verbs of motion, in before, Daniel 2:24, 25; Daniel 3:13; Daniel 4:3 +; of time Daniel 7:7.
†2. מִןקֳֿדָם from before (= מִלִּפְנֵי, but as used in late Hebrew, Esther 1:19; Esther 4:8), with קַבֵּל Daniel 2:6, בְּעָא Daniel 2:18; of a decree, Daniel 6:27 מִןקֳֿדָמִי שִֹׁים טְעֵם (|| מִנִּי Daniel 3:29 +), compare Daniel 2:15; Ezra 7:14; of God, Daniel 5:24 דַּייְֿדָא פַּסּא שְׁלִיח מִןקֳֿדָמוֺהִי, Daniel 7:10 (so very often in Targum, DrSm lxx. f. lxxiii). Also = Hebrew מִפְּנֵי, with to fear Daniel 5:19; Daniel 6:27, be rooted up Daniel 7:8, fall Daniel 7:20.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:18; 4:23; 7:14

Esther

1:19; 4:8

Daniel

2:6; 2:6; 2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 2:11; 2:15; 2:18; 2:24; 2:25; 2:27; 3:13; 3:29; 4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 5:19; 5:23; 5:24; 6:2; 6:11; 6:12; 6:13; 6:14; 6:23; 6:27; 6:27; 7:7; 7:7; 7:8; 7:8; 7:10; 7:20; 7:20

H6925

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Strong's Number H6925 matches the Hebrew קֳדָם (qŏḏām),
which occurs 46 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:18 - the document which you sent to us has been [fn]translated and read before H6925 me.

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Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes’ decree was read before H6925 Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues, they went in a hurry to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by military force.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - “Since you are sent [fn]on the part H6925 of the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God which is in your hand,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19 - “Also the utensils which are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before H6925 the God of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:6 - “But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and a reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one [fn]decree for you. For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt [fn]words before H6925 me until the [fn]situation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, so that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered [fn]the king and said, “There is no person on earth who could declare the matter [fn]to the king, because no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any soothsayer priest, sorcerer, or Chaldean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - “Moreover, the thing which the king demands is difficult, and there is no one else who could declare it [fn]to the king except gods, whose dwelling place is not with mortal flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - he said to Arioch, the king’s officer, “For what reason is the decree from the king so harsh?” Then Arioch informed Daniel of the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - so that they might request compassion from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 -

Thereupon, Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to kill the wise men of Babylon; he went and said this to him: “Do not kill the wise men of Babylon! Take me [fn]into the king’s presence H6925, and I will declare the interpretation to the king.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:25 -

Then Arioch hurriedly brought Daniel [fn]into the king’s presence H6925 and spoke to him as follows: “I have found a man among the [fn]exiles from Judah who can make the interpretation known to the king!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - Daniel answered before H6925 the king and said, “As for the secret about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, sorcerers, soothsayer priests, nor diviners are able to declare it to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:36 -

“This was the dream; and now we will tell its interpretation before H6925 the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13 -

Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and anger gave orders to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; then these men were brought before H6925 the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:2 - “I am pleased to declare the signs and miracles that the Most High God has done for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - “So I gave orders to bring into my presence H6925 all the wise men of Babylon, so that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - “Then the soothsayer priests, the sorcerers, the [fn]Chaldeans, and the diviners came in and I related the dream [fn]to them, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:8 - “But finally Daniel came in before H6925 me, whose name is Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is [fn]a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream [fn]to him, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:13 -

Then Daniel was brought in before H6925 the king. The king began speaking and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the [fn]exiles from Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - “Just now the wise men and the sorcerers were brought in before H6925 me to read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not declare the interpretation of the [fn]message.

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Then Daniel replied and said before H6925 the king, “[fn]Keep your gifts for yourself or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription to the king and make the interpretation known to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:19 - “Now because of the greatness which He granted him, all the peoples, nations, and populations of all [fn]languages trembled and feared in his presence H6925; whomever he wished, he killed, and whomever he wished, he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated, and whomever he wished he humbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but you have risen up against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before H6925 you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine out of them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:24 - “Then the [fn]hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1 -

[fn]It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, to be in charge of the whole kingdom,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 -

Now when Daniel learned that the document was signed, he entered his house (and in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and offering praise before H6925 his God, just as he had been doing previously.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:11 - Then these men came [fn]by agreement and found Daniel offering a prayer and imploring favor before H6925 his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - Then they approached and spoke before H6925 the king about the king’s injunction: “Did you not sign an injunction that any person who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king replied, “The statement is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which [fn]may not be revoked.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they responded and spoke before H6925 the king, “Daniel, who is one of the [fn]exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps offering his prayer three times a day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:18 - Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before H6925 him; and his sleep fled from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22 - “My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me, since [fn]I was found innocent before H6925 Him; and also [fn]toward H6925 you, O king, I have committed no crime.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - “[fn]I issue a decree that in all the realm of my kingdom people are to tremble and fear before H6925 the God of Daniel;

For He is the living God and enduring forever,

And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,

And His dominion will be [fn]forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:7 - “After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before H6925 it, and it had ten horns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:8 - “While I was thinking about the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the previous horns were plucked out before H6925 it; and behold, [fn]this horn possessed eyes like human eyes, and a mouth uttering great boasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:10 -

“A river of fire was flowing

And coming out from before H6925 Him;

Thousands upon thousands were serving Him,

And myriads upon myriads were standing before H6925 Him;

The court [fn]convened,

And the books were opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 -

“I kept looking in the night visions,

And behold, with the clouds of heaven

One like a son of man was coming,

And He came up to the Ancient of Days

And was presented before H6925 Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:20 - and the meaning of the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before H6925 which three of the horns fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth uttering great boasts, and [fn]which was larger in appearance than its associates.
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