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Lexicon :: Strong's H6937 - qāḏar

Aa
קָדַר
Transliteration
qāḏar
Pronunciation
kaw-dar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1989

Strong’s Definitions

קָדַר qâdar, kaw-dar'; a primitive root; to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments):—be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), × heavily, (cause to) mourn.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H6937 in the following manner: mourn (6x), black (4x), dark (4x), blackish (1x), darkened (1x), heavily (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H6937 in the following manner: mourn (6x), black (4x), dark (4x), blackish (1x), darkened (1x), heavily (1x).

  1. to mourn, be dark

    1. (Qal) to be dark

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to darken

      2. to cause to mourn

    3. (Hithpael) to grow dark

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָדַר qâdar, kaw-dar'; a primitive root; to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments):—be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), × heavily, (cause to) mourn.
STRONGS H6937: Abbreviations
† קָדַר verb be dark (dull-coloured, compare Arabic bdb087101 be dirty (on bdb087101a = ד see NöZMG xl (1886), 729); Late Hebrew Hiph. (of face) shew gloom; TargumJ קְדַר be dark); —
Qal Perfect consecutive וְקָדַר Micah 3:6; 1st person singular קָדַרְתִּי Jeremiah 8:21, etc.; Participle קֹדֵר Psalm 35:14 +; plural קֹדְרִים Job 5:11; Job 6:16; — be dark, of sky Jeremiah 4:28 (leaden-coloured, as with clouds, see Hithp.), of sun and moon Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15 [Joel 3:15]; figurative of lack of revelation from י׳, עֲלֵיהֶם הַיּוֺם וְק׳ Micah 3:6; of turbid stream Job 6:16; figurative of mourning (probably be squalid, of neglected person and dress of mourner, compare 2 Samuel 19:25) Jeremiah 8:21; Jeremiah 14:2 (לָאָרֶץ, metaphor of gates); Job 5:11; Job 30:28 (בְּלֹא חַמָּה), Psalm 35:14; Psalm 38:7; Psalm 42:10; Psalm 43:2.
Hiph.
1. darken: Perfect 1st person singular consecutive וְהִקְדַּרְתִּי Ezekiel 32:7 (object stars), compare Imperfect 1st person singular suffix אַקְדִּירֵם עָלֶיךָ Ezekiel 32:8.
2. cause to mourn וָאַקְדִּר עָלָיו לְבָנוֺן Ezekiel 31:15.
Hithp. Perfect 3rd person plural וְהַשָּׁמַיִם הִתְקַדְּרוּ עָבִים 1 Kings 18:45 and the heavens grew dark with clouds.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

19:25

1 Kings

18:45

Job

5:11; 5:11; 6:16; 6:16; 30:28

Psalms

35:14; 35:14; 38:7; 42:10; 43:2

Jeremiah

4:28; 8:21; 8:21; 14:2

Ezekiel

31:15; 32:7; 32:8

Joel

2:10; 3:15

Micah

3:6; 3:6

H6937

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6937 matches the Hebrew קָדַר (qāḏar),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And after a very little time, the heaven became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went in his carriage to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:11 - Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16 - Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:28 - I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 - My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:6 - I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9 - I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:2 - You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:21 - For the destruction of the daughter of my people I am broken: I am dressed in the clothing of grief; fear has taken me in its grip.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - This is what the Lord has said: The day when he goes down to the underworld, I will make the deep full of grief for him; I will keep back her streams and the great waters will be stopped: I will make Lebanon dark for him, and all the trees of the field will be feeble because of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:8 - All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark over you, and put dark night on your land, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 - The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:6 - For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
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