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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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

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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 document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 -

Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes’ document was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they went up hurriedly to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them stop [work] by force of arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - “For you are sent by the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem in accordance with 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 - “As for the utensils which are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver [those] in full before the God of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:6 - “But if you tell [me] the [content of the] dream along with its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and its interpretation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - “If you will not reveal to me the [content of the] dream, there is but one sentence for you; for you have [already] prepared lying and corrupt words [and you have agreed together] to speak [them] before me [hoping to delay your execution] until the situation is changed. Therefore, tell me the dream [first], and then I will know [with confidence] that you can give me its interpretation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king this matter, for no king, lord or ruler has ever asked such a thing as this of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - “Furthermore, what the king demands is an unusual and difficult thing indeed! No one except the gods can reveal it to the king, and their dwelling is not with [mortal] flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - he said to Arioch, the king’s captain, “Why is the decree from the king so harsh and urgent?” Then Arioch explained the matter to Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - in order that they might seek compassion from the God of heaven regarding this secret, so that Daniel and his companions would 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 -

So Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said this to him: “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will reveal to the king the interpretation [of his dream].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:25 -

Then Arioch hurriedly brought Daniel before the king and said this to him: “I have found a man among the exiles of Judah who can explain to the king the interpretation [of the dream].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - Daniel answered the king and said, “Regarding the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither the wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers are able to answer the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:36 -

“This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13 -

Then Nebuchadnezzar in a furious rage gave a command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; and these men were brought before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:2 - “It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - “So I gave orders to bring in before me all the wise men of Babylon, so that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - “Then the magicians, the enchanters (Magi), the Chaldeans [who were the master astrologers] and the diviners came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it and make known its meaning to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:8 - “But at last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is [fn]a spirit of the holy gods; and I told the dream to him, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:13 -

Then Daniel was brought in before the king. And the king said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the sons of the exiles of Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - “Now the wise men and the enchanters, were brought in before me so that they might read this writing and reveal its meaning to me, but they could not give the interpretation of the message.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:17 -

Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the writing to the king and reveal the interpretation to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:19 - and because of the greatness that He gave him, all the peoples, nations, and speakers of every language trembled and feared him. Whomever he wished he killed, and whomever he wished he kept alive; whomever he wished he promoted and whomever he wished he humbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - “And you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of His house have been brought before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But the God who holds in His hand your breath of life and your ways you have not honored and glorified [but have dishonored and defied].

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:24 - “Then the hand was sent from the presence [of the Most High God], and this inscription was written:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1 -

It seemed good to Darius [who became king after Belshazzar] to appoint over the kingdom 120 [fn]satraps who would be in charge throughout the kingdom,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 -

Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he went into his house (now in his roof chamber his windows were open toward Jerusalem); he continued to get down on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:11 - Then, by agreement, these men came [together] and found Daniel praying and making requests before his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - Then they approached and spoke before the king regarding his injunction, “Have you not signed an injunction that anyone who petitions (prays to) any god or man except you, O king, within the designated thirty days, is to be thrown into the den of lions?” The king answered, “The statement is true, in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be altered or revoked.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, does not pay any attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you have signed, but keeps praying [to his God] 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 fasting; and no music or entertainment was brought before him, and he remained unable to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22 - “My God has sent His angel and has shut the mouths of the lions so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also before you, O king, I have committed no crime.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - “I issue a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to [reverently] fear and tremble before the God of Daniel,

For He is the living God, enduring and steadfast forever,

And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,

And His dominion will be forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:7 - “After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, [I saw] a fourth beast (the Roman Empire), terrible and extremely strong; and it had huge iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns (ten kings).

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:8 - “While I was considering the horns, behold, there came up among them [fn]another horn, a little one, and three of the first horns were pulled up by the roots before it; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth boasting of great things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:10 -

“A river of fire was flowing

And coming out from before Him;

A thousand thousands were attending Him,

And ten thousand times ten thousand were standing 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 -

“I kept looking in the night visions,

And behold, [fn]on the clouds of heaven

One like a Son of Man was coming,

And He came up to the Ancient of Days

And was presented before Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:20 - and the meaning of the ten horns (kings) that were on its head and the other horn which came up later, and before which three of the horns fell, specifically, that horn which had eyes and a mouth that boasted great things and which looked larger than the others.
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