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Lexicon :: Strong's H6924 - qeḏem

Aa
קֶדֶם
Transliteration
qeḏem
Pronunciation
keh'-dem
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Part of Speech
adverb, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1988a

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
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).
masculine noun

  1. 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

  2. eastward, to or toward the East

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
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.
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 CheHpt 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 Greek Version of the LXX), 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

H6924

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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 2 / 2 (Psa 77:5–Zec 14:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:5 - I have considered H2803 the days H3117 of old, H6924 the years H8141 of ancient times. H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:11 - I will remember H2142 the works H4611 of the LORD: H3050 surely H3588 I will remember H2142 thy wonders H6382 of old. H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:2 - I will open H6605 my mouth H6310 in a parable: H4912 I will utter H5042 dark sayings H2420 of H4480 old: H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:152 - Concerning thy testimonies, H5713 I have known H3045 of old H6924 that H3588 thou hast founded them H3245 for ever. H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5 - Thou hast beset me H6696 behind H268 and before, H6924 and laid H7896 thine hand H3709 upon me. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:5 - I remember H2142 the days H3117 of old; H6924 I meditate H1897 on all H3605 thy works; H6467 I muse H7878 on the work H4639 of thy hands. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 - The LORD H3068 possessed me H7069 in the beginning H7225 of his way, H1870 before H6924 his works H4659 of old. H227

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:23 - I was set up H5258 from everlasting, H5769 from the beginning, H7218 or ever H6924➔ the earth H776 was. ➔ H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - Therefore H3588 thou hast forsaken H5203 thy people H5971 the house H1004 of Jacob, H3290 because H3588 they be replenished H4390 from the east, H6924 and H6049➔ are soothsayers ➔H6049 like the Philistines, H6430 and H3206➔ they please themselves H5606 in the children ➔H3206 of strangers. H5237

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:12 - The Syrians H758 before, H6924 and the Philistines H6430 behind; H268 and they shall devour H398 Israel H3478 with H3605 open mouth. H6310 For all H3605 this H2063 his anger H639 is H7725➔ not H3808 turned away, ➔H7725 but H5750➔ his hand H3027 is stretched out H5186 still. ➔H5750

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - But they shall fly H5774 upon the shoulders H3802 of the Philistines H6430 toward the west; H3220 they shall spoil H962 them H1121 of the east H6924 together: H3162 they shall lay H4916 their hand H3027 upon Edom H123 and Moab; H4124 and the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 shall obey them. H4928

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - Surely H389 the princes H8269 of Zoan H6814 are fools, H191 the counsel H6098 of the wise H2450 counsellors H6098 of Pharaoh H6547 is become brutish: H1197 how H349 say ye H559 unto H413 Pharaoh, H6547 I H589 am the son H1121 of the wise, H2450 the son H1121 of H4428➔ ancient H6924 kings? ➔H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:7 - Is this H2063 your joyous H5947 city, whose antiquity H6927 is of H3117➔ ancient H6924 days? ➔H3117 her own feet H7272 shall carry her H2986 afar off H7350 to sojourn. H1481

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - Hast thou H8085➔ not H3808 heard ➔H8085 long ago, H7350 how I have done H6213 it; H853 and of H3117➔ ancient H6924 times, ➔H3117 that I have formed it? H3335 now H6258 have I brought it to pass, H935 that thou shouldest be H1961 to lay waste H7582 defenced H1219 cities H5892 into ruinous H5327 heaps. H1530

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:21 - Tell ye, H5046 and bring them near; H5066 yea, H637 let them take counsel H3289 together: H3162 who H4310 hath declared H8085 this H2063 from ancient time? H6924 who hath told it H5046 from that time? H227 have not H3808 I H589 the LORD? H3068 and H369➔ there is no ➔H369 God H430 else H5750 beside me; H1107 a H410➔ just H6662 God ➔H410 and a Saviour; H3467 there is none H369 beside me. H2108

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - Declaring H5046 the end H319 from the beginning, H7225 and from ancient times H6924 the things that H834 are H6213➔ not H3808 yet done, ➔H6213 saying, H559 My counsel H6098 shall stand, H6965 and H3605➔ I will do H6213 all ➔H3605 my pleasure: H2656

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:9 - Awake, H5782 awake, H5782 put on H3847 strength, H5797 O arm H2220 of the LORD; H3068 awake, H5782 as in the H3117➔ ancient H6924 days, ➔H3117 in the generations H1755 of old. H5769 Art thou H859 not H3808 it H1931 that hath cut H2672 Rahab, H7294 and wounded H2490 the dragon? H8577

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:20 - Their children H1121 also shall be H1961 as aforetime, H6924 and their congregation H5712 shall be established H3559 before me, H6440 and I will punish H6485 all H3605 that oppress them. H3905

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:26 - And I will deliver them H5414 into the hand H3027 of those that seek H1245 their lives, H5315 and into the hand H3027 of Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon, H894 and into the hand H3027 of his servants: H5650 and afterward H310 H3651 it shall be inhabited, H7931 as in the days H3117 of old, H6924 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 - Concerning Kedar, H6938 and concerning the kingdoms H4467 of Hazor, H2674 which H834 Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 shall smite, H5221 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Arise ye, H6965 go up H5927 to H413 Kedar, H6938 and spoil H7703 the men H1121 of the east. H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - The LORD H3068 hath done H6213 that which H834 he had devised; H2161 he hath fulfilled H1214 his word H565 that H834 he had commanded H6680 in the days H3117 of old: H6924 he hath thrown down, H2040 and H3808➔ hath H2550➔ not ➔H3808 pitied: ➔H2550 and he hath caused H8055➔ thine enemy H341 to rejoice ➔H8055 over thee, H5921 he hath set up H7311 the horn H7161 of thine adversaries. H6862

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:21 - Turn thou us H7725 unto thee, H413 O LORD, H3068 and we shall be turned; H7725 renew H2318 our days H3117 as of old. H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - And he brought H935 me H853 into H413 the inner H6442 court H2691 of the LORD'S H3068 house, H1004 and, behold, H2009 at the door H6607 of the temple H1964 of the LORD, H3068 between H996 the porch H197 and H996 the altar, H4196 were about H6242➔ five and H2568 twenty ➔H6242 men, H376 with their backs H268 toward H413 the temple H1964 of the LORD, H3068 and their faces H6440 toward the east; H6924 and they H1992 worshipped H7812 the sun toward H8121 the east. H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:23 - And H5927➔ the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 went up ➔H5927 from H5921 the midst H8432 of the city, H5892 and stood H5975 upon H5921 the mountain H2022 which H834 is on the east side H6924 of the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - Behold, H2005 therefore H3651 I will deliver thee H5414 to the men H1121 of the east H6924 for a possession, H4181 and they shall set H3427 their palaces H2918 in thee, and make H5414 their dwellings H4908 in thee: they H1992 shall eat H398 thy fruit, H6529 and they H1992 shall drink H8354 thy milk. H2461

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:10 - Unto the men H1121 of the east H6924 with H5921 the Ammonites, H1121 H5983 and will give them H5414 in possession, H4181 that H4616 the Ammonites H1121 H5983 may H2142➔ not H3808 be remembered ➔H2142 among the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:7 - And a portion shall be for the prince H5387 on the one side H2088 and on the other side H2088 of the oblation H8641 of the holy H6944 portion, and of the possession H272 of the city, H5892 before H6440 the oblation H8641 of the holy H6944 portion, and H413 before H6440 the possession H272 of the city, H5892 from the H6285➔ west H3220 side ➔H6285 westward, H3220 and from the H6285➔ east H6924 side ➔H6285 eastward: H6921 and the length H753 shall be over against H5980 one H259 of the portions, H2506 from the H1366➔ west H3220 border ➔H1366 unto H413 the H1366➔ east H6921 border. ➔H1366

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5 - So H3318➔ Jonah H3124 went out ➔H3318 of H4480 the city, H5892 and sat H3427 on the east side H6924 of the city, H5892 and H6213➔ there H8033 made ➔H6213 him a booth, H5521 and sat H3427 under it H8478 in the shadow, H6738 till H5704 H834 he might see H7200 what H4100 would become H1961 of the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - But thou, H859 Bethlehem H1035 H1035 Ephratah, H672 though thou be H1961 little H6810 among the thousands H505 of Judah, H3063 yet out of thee H4480 shall he come forth H3318 unto me H589 that is to be H1961 ruler H4910 in Israel; H3478 whose goings forth H4163 have been from of old, H6924 from H3117 everlasting. H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:20 - Thou wilt perform H5414 the truth H571 to Jacob, H3290 and the mercy H2617 to Abraham, H85 which H834 thou hast sworn H7650 unto our fathers H1 from the days H3117 of old. H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - And H5975➔ his feet H7272 shall stand ➔H5975 in H3117➔ that H1931 day ➔H3117 upon H5921 the mount H2022 of Olives, H2132 which H834 is before H5921 H6440 Jerusalem H3389 on the east, H6924 and H1234➔ the mount H2022 of Olives H2132 shall cleave ➔H1234 in the midst thereof H2677 toward the east H4217 and toward the west, H3220 and there shall be a H1516➔ very H3966 great H1419 valley; ➔H1516 and H4185➔ half H2677 of the mountain H2022 shall remove ➔H4185 toward the north, H6828 and half of it H2677 toward the south. H5045

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