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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

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 that ye sent to us has been read before me distinctly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - As soon as the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them cease by force and power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - Because thou art sent by the king, and by his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19 - And the vessels that have been given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:6 - But if ye shew the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour; therefore shew me the dream and its interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - but if ye do not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me its interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so rigorous from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - that they would desire mercies of the God of the heavens concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 - Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:25 - Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him: I have found a man of the sons of the captivity of Judah that will make known unto the king the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The secret that the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the magicians, the scribes, the astrologers, shew unto the king;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:36 - This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13 - Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then were these men brought before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:2 - It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - And I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - Then came in the scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:13 - Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - And now the wise men, the magicians, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:17 - Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet will I read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:19 - and for the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he exalted, and whom he would he humbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:24 - then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1 - It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be in all the kingdom;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:11 - But those men came in a body, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask anything of any god or man within thirty days, except of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:18 - Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22 - My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocence was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:7 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceeding strong; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:8 - I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another, a little horn, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:10 - A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 - I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like a son of man, and he came up even to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:20 - and concerning the ten horns that were in its head, and the other that came up, and before which three fell: even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose look was more imposing than its fellows.
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