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Lexicon :: Strong's H6937 - qāḏar

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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 Box 1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:11 - To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16 - That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:28 - Mourning I have gone without the sun, I have risen, in an assembly I cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 - As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:6 - I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9 - I say to God my rock, 'Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:2 - For thou art the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - For this doth the land mourn, And black have been the heavens above, because I have spoken -- I have purposed, And I have not repented, Nor do I turn back from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:21 - For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of his going down to sheol I have caused mourning, I have covered for him the deep, and diminish its flowings, And restrained are many waters, And I make Lebanon black for him, And all trees of the field have been covered for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - And in quenching thee I have covered the heavens, And have made black their stars, The sun with a cloud I do cover, And the moon causeth not its light to shine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:8 - All luminaries of light in the heavens, I make black over thee, And I have given darkness over thy land, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - At their face trembled hath the earth, Shaken have the heavens, Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 - Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:6 - Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.
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