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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 - cumque se verterent huc atque illuc ecce caeli contenebrati sunt et nubes et ventus et facta est pluvia grandis ascendens itaque Ahab abiit in Hiezrahel

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:11 - qui ponit humiles in sublimi et maerentes erigit sospitate

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16 - qui timent pruinam inruet super eos nix

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:28 - maerens incedebam sine furore consurgens in turba clamavi

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 - [Vulgate 34:14] quasi ad amicum quasi ad fratrem meum sic ambulabam quasi lugens mater tristis incurvabar

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:6 - [Vulgate 37:7] adflictus sum et incurvatus nimis tota die maerens ambulabam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9 - [Vulgate 41:10] dicam Deo petra mea quare oblitus es mei quare tristis incedo adfligente inimico

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:2 - [Vulgate 42:2] tu enim Deus fortitudo mea quare proiecisti me quare tristis incedo adfligente inimico

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - lugebit terra et maerebunt caeli desuper eo quod locutus sum cogitavi et non paenituit me nec aversus sum ab eo

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:21 - super contritionem filiae populi mei contritus sum et contristatus stupor obtinuit me

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - luxit Iudaea et portae eius corruerunt et obscuratae sunt in terra et clamor Hierusalem ascendit

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - haec dicit Dominus Deus in die quando descendit ad inferos indixi luctum operui eum abysso et prohibui flumina eius et coercui aquas multas contristatus est super eum Libanus et omnia ligna agri concussa sunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - et operiam cum extinctus fueris caelos et nigrescere faciam stellas eius solem nube tegam et luna non dabit lumen suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:8 - omnia luminaria caeli maerere faciam super te et dabo tenebras super terram tuam dicit Dominus Deus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - a facie eius contremuit terra moti sunt caeli sol et luna obtenebrati sunt et stellae retraxerunt splendorem suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 - sol et luna obtenebricata sunt et stellae retraxerunt splendorem suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:6 - propterea nox vobis pro visione erit et tenebrae vobis pro divinatione et occumbet sol super prophetas et obtenebrabitur super eos dies
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