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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)
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 letter you sent us has been read and translated in my presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - As soon as the copy of the letter of King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and compelled them by force to stop.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - You are sent by the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19 - Deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for worship in the temple of your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:6 - But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The astrologers answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among humans.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - He asked the king’s officer, “Why did the king issue such a harsh decree?” Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 - Then Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:25 - Arioch took Daniel to the king at once and said, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can tell the king what his dream means.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - Daniel replied, “No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:36 - “This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13 - Furious with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:2 - It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers[fn] and diviners came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:8 - Finally, Daniel came into my presence and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:13 - So Daniel was brought before the king, and the king said to him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - The wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this writing and tell me what it means, but they could not explain it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:17 - Then Daniel answered the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:19 - Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death; those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:24 - Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1 - It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:11 - Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: “Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king answered, “The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:18 - Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22 - My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - “I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God and he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:7 - “After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, 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, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:10 - A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 - “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,[fn] coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:20 - I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn that looked more imposing than the others and that had eyes and a mouth that spoke boastfully.
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