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Lexicon :: Strong's H6924 - qeḏem

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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

H6924

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Strong's Number H6924 matches the Hebrew קֶדֶם (qeḏem),
which occurs 87 times in 83 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Psa 77:5–Zec 14:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:5 - I have considered H2803 the days H3117 of old, H6924
The years H8141 of long H5769 ago. H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:11 - I shall remember H2142 the deeds H4611 of [fn]the LORD; H3050
Surely H3588 I will remember H2142 Your wonders H6382 of old. H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:2 - I will open H6605 my mouth H6310 in a parable; H4912
I will utter H5042 dark H2420 sayings H2420 of old, H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:152

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:152 - Of old H6924 I have known H3045 from Your testimonies H5713
That You have founded H3245 them forever. H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5 - You have enclosed H6696 me behind H268 and before, H6924
And laid H7896 Your hand H3709 upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:5 - I remember H2142 the days H3117 of old; H6924
I meditate H1897 on all H3605 Your doings; H6467
I muse H7878 on the work H4639 of Your hands. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 - “The LORD H3068 possessed H7069 me at the beginning H7225 of His way, H1870
Before H6924 His works H4659 [fn]of old. H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:23 - “From everlasting H5769 I was [fn]established, H5258
From the beginning, H7218 from the earliest H6924 times H6924 of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For You have abandoned H5203 Your people, H5971 the house H1004 of Jacob, H3290
Because H3588 they are filled H4390 with influences from the east, H6924
And they are soothsayers H6049 like the Philistines, H6430
And they strike H5606 bargains with the children H3206 of foreigners. H5237

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:12 - The Arameans H758 on the east H6924 and the Philistines H6430 on the west; H268
And they devour H398 Israel H3478 with [fn]gaping H3605 jaws. H6310
In spite of all H3605 this, H2088 His anger H639 does not turn H7725 away H7725
And His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - They will swoop H5774 down H5774 on the slopes H3802 of the Philistines H6430 on the west; H3220
Together H3162 they will plunder H962 the sons H1121 of the east; H6924
[fn]They will possess H4916 H3027 Edom H123 and Moab, H4124
And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 will be [fn]subject H4928 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - The princes H8269 of [fn]Zoan H6814 are mere H389 fools; H191
The advice H6098 of Pharaoh’s H6547 wisest H2450 advisers H3289 has become H1197 [fn]stupid. H1197
How H349 can you men say H559 to Pharaoh, H6547
“I am a son H1121 of the wise, H2450 a son H1121 of ancient H6924 kings”? H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:7 - Is this H2088 your jubilant H5947 city,
Whose origin H6927 is from antiquity, H6927
Whose feet H7272 used to carry H2986 her to [fn]colonize H1481 distant H7350 places?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - “Have you not heard? H8085
Long H7350 ago H7350 I did H6213 it,
From ancient H6924 times H3117 H6924 I planned H3335 it.
Now H6258 I have brought H935 it to pass, H935
That you should turn H7582 fortified H1219 cities H5892 into ruinous H5327 heaps. H1530

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:21 - “Declare H5046 and set H5066 forth H5066 your case;
Indeed, H637 let them consult H3289 together. H3162
Who H4310 has announced H8085 this H2088 from of old? H6924
Who has long H227 since H227 declared H5046 it?
Is it not I, the LORD? H3068
And there H369 is no H369 other H5750 God H430 besides H4480 H1107 Me,
A righteous H6662 God H410 and a Savior; H3467
There H369 is none H369 except H2108 Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - Declaring H5046 the end H319 from the beginning, H7225
And from ancient H6924 times H6924 things which H834 have not been done, H6213
Saying, H559 ‘My purpose H6098 will be established, H6965
And I will accomplish H6213 all H3605 My good H2656 pleasure’; H2656

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:9 - Awake, H5782 awake, H5782 put H3847 on strength, H5797 O arm H2220 of the LORD; H3068
Awake H5782 as in the days H3117 of old, H6924 the generations H1755 of long H5769 ago. H5769
Was it not You who cut H2672 Rahab H7293 in pieces, H2672
Who pierced H2490 the dragon? H8577

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:20 - ‘[fn]Their children H1121 also will be as formerly, H6924
And [fn]their congregation H5712 shall be established H3559 before H6440 Me;
And I will punish H6485 all H3605 [fn]their oppressors. H3905

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:26 - “I shall give H5414 them over to the [fn]power H3027 of those who are seeking H1245 their lives, H5315 even into the hand H3027 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 and into the hand H3027 of his [fn]officers. H5650 Afterwards, H310 H3651 however, it will be inhabited H7931 as in the days H3117 of old,” H6924 declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 - Concerning Kedar H6938 and the kingdoms H4467 of Hazor, H2674 which H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 defeated. H5221 Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“Arise, H6965 go H5927 up to Kedar H6938
And devastate H7703 the [fn]men H1121 of the east. H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 - In the days H3117 of her affliction H6040 and homelessness H4788
Jerusalem H3389 remembers H2142 all H3605 her precious H4262 things H4262
That were from the days H3117 of old, H6924
When her people H5971 fell H5307 into the hand H3027 of the adversary H6862
And no H369 one H369 helped H5826 her.
The adversaries H6862 saw H7200 her,
They mocked H7832 at her [fn]ruin. H4868

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - The LORD H3068 has done H6213 what H834 He purposed; H2161
He has accomplished H1214 His word H565
Which H834 He commanded H6680 from days H3117 of old. H6924
He has thrown H2040 down H2040 without H3808 sparing, H2550
And He has caused the enemy H340 to rejoice H8055 over H5921 you;
He has exalted H7311 the [fn]might H7161 of your adversaries. H6862

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:21 - Restore H7725 us to You, O LORD, H3068 that we may be restored; H7725
Renew H2318 our days H3117 as of old, H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - Then He brought H935 me into the inner H6442 court H2691 of the LORD’S H3068 house. H1004 And behold, H2009 at the entrance H6607 to the temple H1964 of the LORD, H3068 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar, H4196 were about twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 with their backs H268 to the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 and their faces H6440 toward the east; H6924 and they were [fn]prostrating H7812 themselves eastward H6924 toward the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:23 - The glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 went H5927 up from the midst H8432 of the city H5892 and stood H5975 over H5921 the mountain H2022 which H834 is east H6924 of the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - therefore, H3651 behold, H2009 I am going to give H5414 you to the sons H1121 of the east H6924 for a possession, H4181 and they will set H3427 their encampments H2918 among you and make H5414 their dwellings H4908 among you; they will eat H398 your fruit H6529 and drink H8354 your milk. H2461

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:10 - and I will give H5414 it for a possession H4181 along H5921 with the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 to the sons H1121 of the east, H6924 so H4616 that the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 will not be remembered H2142 among the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:7 - “The prince H5387 shall have land on either H2088 side H2088 of the holy H6944 [fn]allotment H8641 and the [fn]property H272 of the city, H5892 adjacent H413 H6440 to the holy H6944 [fn]allotment H8641 and the [fn]property H272 of the city, H5892 on the west H3220 side H6285 toward the west H3220 and on the east H6924 side H6285 toward the east, H6921 and in length H753 comparable H5980 to one H259 of the portions, H2506 from the west H3220 border H1366 to the east H6921 border. H1366

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5 - Then Jonah H3124 went H3318 out from the city H5892 and sat H3427 east H6924 of [fn]it. There H8033 he made H6213 a shelter H5521 for himself and sat H3427 under H8478 it in the shade H6738 until H5704 H834 he could see H7200 what H4100 would happen H1961 in the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - “[fn]But as for you, Bethlehem H1035 Ephrathah, H672
Too little H6810 to be among the clans H505 of Judah, H3063
From you One will go H3318 forth H3318 for Me to be ruler H4910 in Israel. H3478
[fn]His goings H4163 forth H4163 are from long H6924 ago, H6924
From the days H3117 of eternity.” H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:20 - You will give H5414 [fn]truth H571 to Jacob H3290
And [fn]unchanging H2617 love H2617 to Abraham, H85
Which H834 You swore H7650 to our forefathers H1
From the days H3117 of old. H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:12 - Are You not from everlasting, H6924
O LORD, H3068 my God, H430 my Holy H6918 One? H6918
We will not die. H4191
You, O LORD, H3068 have appointed H7760 them to judge; H4941
And You, O Rock, H6697 have established H3245 them to correct. H3198

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - In that day H3117 His feet H7272 will stand H5975 on the Mount H2022 of Olives, H2132 which H834 is in front H6440 of Jerusalem H3389 on the east; H6924 and the Mount H2022 of Olives H2132 will be split H1234 in its middle H2677 from east H4217 to west H3220 by a very H3966 large H1419 valley, H1516 so that half H2677 of the mountain H2022 will move H4185 toward the north H6828 and the other half H2677 toward the south. H5045

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