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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:8 - And H5193 the LORD H3068 God H430 planted H5193 a garden H1588 eastward H6924 in Eden; H5731 and H7760 there H8033 he put H7760 the man H120 whom H834 he had formed. H3335
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 H853 a flaming H3858 sword H2719 which turned every way, H2015 to keep H8104 the way H1870 of the tree H6086 of life. H2416
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:30 - And H1961 their dwelling H4186 was H1961 from Mesha, H4852 as thou goest H935 unto Sephar H5611 a mount H2022 of the east. H6924
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - And it came to pass, H1961 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. H8033
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - And he removed H6275 from thence H8033 unto a mountain H2022 on the east H6924 of Bethel, H1008 H1008 and pitched H5186 his tent, H168 having Bethel H1008 H1008 on the west, H3220 and Hai H5857 on the east: H6924 and H1129 there H8033 he builded H1129 an altar H4196 unto the LORD, H3068 and called H7121 upon the name H8034 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - Then H977 Lot H3876 chose H977 him all H3605 the plain H3603 of Jordan; H3383 and H5265 Lot H3876 journeyed H5265 east: H6924 and they separated themselves H6504 the one H376 from H5921 the other. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Abram, H87 after H310 that H6504 Lot H3876 was separated H6504 from him, H5973 Lift up H5375 now H4994 thine eyes, H5869 and look H7200 from H4480 the place H4725 where H834 thou H859 art H8033 northward, H6828 and southward, H5045 and eastward, H6924 and westward: H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - But unto the sons H1121 of the concubines, H6370 which H834 Abraham had, H85 Abraham H85 gave H5414 gifts, H4979 and sent them away H7971 from H5921 Isaac H3327 his son, H1121 while H5750 he H2416 yet H5750 lived, H2416 eastward, H6924 unto H413 the H776 east H6924 country. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - And H1961 thy seed H2233 shall be H1961 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 H1288 in thee and in thy seed H2233 shall H1288 all H3605 the families H4940 of the earth H127 be blessed. H1288
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:1 - Then H5375 Jacob H3290 went on H5375 his journey, H7272 and came H3212 into the land H776 of the people H1121 of the east. H6924
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13 - And the breadth H7341 of the court H2691 on the H6285 east H6924 side H6285 eastward H4217 shall be fifty H2572 cubits. H520
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13 - And for the H6285 east H6924 side H6285 eastward H4217 fifty H2572 cubits. H520
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:16 - And he shall pluck away H5493 his crop H4760 with his feathers, H5133 and cast H7993 it H853 beside H681 the altar H4196 on the east part, H6924 by H413 the place H4725 of the ashes: H1880
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:14 - And he shall take H3947 of the blood H1818 of the bullock, H6499 and sprinkle H5137 it with his finger H676 upon H5921 H6440 the mercy seat H3727 eastward; H6924 and before H6440 the mercy seat H3727 shall he sprinkle H5137 of H4480 the blood H1818 with his finger H676 seven H7651 times. H6471
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - And H2583 on the east side H6924 toward the rising of the sun H4217 shall they H2583 of the standard H1714 of the camp H4264 of Judah H3063 pitch H2583 throughout their armies: H6635 and H5387 Nahshon H5177 the son H1121 of Amminadab H5992 shall be captain H5387 of the children H1121 of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 H7126 shall be put to death. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:5 - When ye blow H8628 an alarm, H8643 then H5265 the camps H4264 that lie H2583 on the east parts H6924 shall go forward. H5265
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - And he took up H5375 his parable, H4912 and said, H559 Balak H1111 the king H4428 of Moab H4124 hath brought me H5148 from H4480 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
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - Then H1961 your south H5045 quarter H6285 shall be H1961 from the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 along by H5921 the coast H3027 of Edom, H123 and H1961 your south H5045 border H1366 shall be H1961 the outmost coast H7097 of H3220 the salt H4417 sea H3220 eastward: H6924
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:10 - And ye shall point out H184 your east H6924 border H1366 from Hazarenan H2704 H2704 to Shepham: H8221
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11 - And H3381 the coast H1366 shall go down H3381 from Shepham H8221 to Riblah, H7247 on the east side H6924 of Ain; H5871 and H3381 the border H1366 shall descend, H3381 and shall reach H4229 unto H5921 the side H3802 of the sea H3220 of Chinnereth H3672 eastward: H6924
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:15 - The H4294 two H8147 tribes H4294 and H2677 the H4294 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
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - And ye shall measure H4058 from without H2351 the city H5892 on the H6285 east H6924 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits, H520 and H853 on the H6285 south H5045 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits, H520 and H853 on the H6285 west H3220 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits, H520 and H853 on the H6285 north H6828 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits; H520 and the city H5892 shall be in the midst: H8432 this H2088 shall be H1961 to them the suburbs H4054 of the cities. H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:15 - And for the chief things H7218 of the H2042 ancient H6924 mountains, H2042 and for the precious things H4022 of the H1389 lasting H5769 hills, H1389
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:27 - The H430 eternal H6924 God H430 is thy refuge, H4585 and underneath H8478 are the H2220 everlasting H5769 arms: H2220 and he shall thrust out H1644 the enemy H341 from before thee; H6440 and shall say, H559 Destroy H8045 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - And H7971 Joshua H3091 sent H7971 men H376 from Jericho H3405 to Ai, H5857 which H834 is beside H5973 Bethaven, H1007 H1007 on the east side H6924 of Bethel, H1008 H1008 and spake H559 unto them, H413 saying, H559 Go up H5927 and view H7270 the country. H776 And H5927 the men H376 went up H5927 and viewed H7270 Ai. H5857
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - And the H1366 east H6924 border H1366 was the salt H4417 sea, H3220 even unto H5704 the end H7097 of Jordan. H3383 And their border H1366 in the H6285 north H6828 quarter H6285 was from the bay H3956 of the sea H3220 at the uttermost part H7097 of Jordan: H3383
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:20 - And Jordan H3383 was the border H1379 of it H853 on the H6285 east H6924 side. H6285 This H2063 was the inheritance H5159 of the children H1121 of Benjamin, H1144 by the coasts thereof H1367 round about, H5439 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:12 - And turned H7725 from Sarid H8301 eastward H6924 toward the sunrising H4217 H8121 unto H5921 the border H1366 of Chislothtabor, H3696 H3696 and then goeth out H3318 to H413 Daberath, H1705 and goeth up H5927 to Japhia, H3309
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:13 - And from thence H8033 passeth on along H5674 on the east H6924 H4217 to Gittahhepher, H1662 H1662 to Ittahkazin, H6278 H6278 and goeth out H3318 to Remmonmethoar H7417 H8388 to Neah; H5269
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - And so it was, H1961 when H518 Israel H3478 had sown, H2232 that H5927 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; H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33 - Then all H3605 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
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - And the Midianites H4080 and the Amalekites H6002 and all H3605 the children H1121 of the east H6924 lay along H5307 in the valley H6010 like grasshoppers H697 for multitude; H7230 and their camels H1581 were without H369 number, H4557 as the sand H2344 by H5921 the sea H3220 side H8193 for multitude. H7230
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:10 - Now Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna H6759 were in Karkor, H7174 and their hosts H4264 with them, H5973 about fifteen H2568 H6240 thousand H505 men, all H3605 that were left H3498 of all H3605 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
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:11 - And H5927 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 H1961 secure. H983
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:30 - And H7235 Solomon's H8010 wisdom H2451 excelled H7235 the wisdom H2451 of all H3605 the children H1121 of the east country, H6924 and all H3605 the wisdom H2451 of Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - And he put H5414 five H2568 bases H4350 on H5921 the H3802 right H3225 side H3802 of the house, H1004 and five H2568 on H5921 the H3802 left H8040 side H3802 of the house: H1004 and H853 he set H5414 the sea H3220 on H3802 the right H3233 side H3802 of the house H1004 eastward H6924 over against H4136 the south. H5045
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:3 - Get thee H3212 hence, H2088 and turn H6437 thee eastward, H6924 and hide thyself H5641 by the brook H5158 Cherith, H3747 that H834 is before H5921 H6440 Jordan. H3383
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17 - And he said, H559 Open H6605 the window H2474 eastward. H6924 And he opened H6605 it. Then H559 Elisha H477 said, H559 Shoot. H3384 And he shot. H3384 And he said, H559 The arrow H2671 of the H8668 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 H5704 thou have consumed H3615 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:25 - 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 fenced H1219 cities H5892 into ruinous H5327 heaps. H1530
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - And H853 he set H5414 the sea H3220 on H3802 the right H3233 side H3802 of the east end, H6924 over against H4136 the south. H5045
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:46 - For H3588 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
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His substance H4735 also was H1961 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 H5657 very H3966 great H7227 household; H5657 so that H1961 this H1931 man H376 was H1961 the greatest H1419 of all H3605 the men H1121 of the east. H6924
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - Behold, H2005 I go H1980 forward, H6924 but he is not H369 there; and backward, H268 but H3808 I H995 cannot H3808 perceive H995 him:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:2 - Oh that I were H4310 H5414 as in months H3391 past, H6924 as in the days H3117 when God H433 preserved me; H8104
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:19 - God H410 shall hear, H8085 and afflict them, H6031 even he that abideth H3427 of old. H6924 Selah. H5542 Because H834 they have no H369 changes, H2487 therefore H3808 they fear H3372 not H3808 God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 - To him that rideth H7392 upon the heavens H8064 of heavens, H8064 which were of old; H6924 lo, H2005 he doth send out H5414 his voice, H6963 and that a H6963 mighty H5797 voice. H6963
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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 H2088 mount H2022 Zion, H6726 wherein thou hast dwelt. H7931
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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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