Word Study · Strong's H6924 · Hebrew
קֶדֶם
qedem
keh'-dem
“the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
Rendered in the KJV as
aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).
- 87occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 22 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 36inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 87 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 36
- קֶֽדֶם׃8
- קֶ֑דֶם7
- מִקֶּ֑דֶם6
- קֶ֖דֶם6
- קֵ֖דְמָה6
- מִקֶּ֣דֶם4
- קֶ֔דֶם4
- קֵ֑דְמָה4
- קֵ֣דְמָה4
- מִקֶּ֗דֶם3
- קֵ֥דְמָה3
- קֵֽדְמָה׃3
and 24 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 20
- east -ward23
- [the] east13
- antiquity13
- from [the] east10
- from antiquity7
- ancient time4
- [was] from [the] east2
- and east -ward2
- from east2
- [are] from antiquity1
- [the] beginning of1
- [were] east -ward1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- noun · masculine singular32
- noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)24
- preposition + noun · masculine singular23
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 32
- HNcmsa/Sd · 24
- HR/Ncmsa · 23
- HC/Ncmsa/Sd · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmpc · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 87, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Genesis12 of 87 · 14%
- Psalms11 of 87 · 13%
- Numbers10 of 87 · 11%
- Isaiah9 of 87 · 10%
- Ezekiel6 of 87 · 7%
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Genesis12 occurrences
- Genesis 2:8מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularAnd the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.here: from [the] east
- Genesis 3:24מִקֶּ֨דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularSo He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.here: from east
- Genesis 10:30הַקֶּֽדֶם׃hakedemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularTheir territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.here: the east
- Genesis 11:2מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularAnd as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.here: from [the] east
- Genesis 12:8מִקֶּ֛דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularFrom there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.here: from [the] east
- Genesis 12:8מִקֶּ֔דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularFrom there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.here: [was] from [the] east
- Genesis 13:11מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularSo Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.here: from [the] east
- Genesis 13:14וָקֵ֥דְמָהvakedemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,here: and east -ward
- Genesis 25:6קֵ֖דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.here: east -ward
- Genesis 25:6קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singularBut while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.here: [the] east
- Genesis 28:14וָקֵ֖דְמָהvakedemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.here: and east -ward
- Genesis 29:1קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singularJacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.here: [the] east
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 27:13קֵ֥דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.here: east -ward
- Exodus 38:13קֵ֥דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.here: east -ward
Leviticus2 occurrences
- Leviticus 1:16קֵ֔דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.here: east -ward
- Leviticus 16:14קֵ֑דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.here: east -ward
Numbers10 occurrences
- Numbers 2:3קֵ֣דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:here: east -ward
- Numbers 3:38קֵ֣דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.here: east -ward
- Numbers 10:5קֵֽדְמָה׃kedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.here: east -ward
- Numbers 23:7קֶ֔דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularAnd Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’here: [the] east
- Numbers 34:3קֵֽדְמָה׃kedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,here: east -ward
- Numbers 34:10קֵ֑דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,here: east -ward
- Numbers 34:11מִקֶּ֣דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.here: from [the] east
- Numbers 34:11קֵֽדְמָה׃kedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.here: east -ward
- Numbers 34:15קֵ֥דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”here: east -ward
- Numbers 35:5קֵ֣דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.here: east -ward
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 33:15קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularwith the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,here: ancient time
- Deuteronomy 33:27קֶ֔דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularThe eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’here: ancient time
Joshua5 occurrences
- Joshua 7:2מִקֶּ֣דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularMeanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.here: from [the] east
- Joshua 15:5קֵ֙דְמָה֙kedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)The eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.here: east -ward
- Joshua 18:20קֵ֑דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.here: east -ward
- Joshua 19:12קֵ֚דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.here: east -ward
- Joshua 19:13קֵ֣דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.here: east -ward
Judges5 occurrences
- Judges 6:3קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularWhenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,here: [the] east
- Judges 6:33קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularThen all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.here: [the] east
- Judges 7:12קֶ֙דֶם֙kedemnoun · masculine singularNow the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.here: [the] east
- Judges 8:10קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularNow Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.here: [the] east
- Judges 8:11מִקֶּ֥דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularAnd Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.here: from [the] east
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 4:30קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularSolomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.here: [the] east
- 1 Kings 7:39קֵ֖דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.here: east -ward
- 1 Kings 17:3קֵ֑דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.here: east -ward
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 13:17קֵ֖דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”here: east -ward
- 2 Kings 19:25קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularHave you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.here: antiquity
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Job3 occurrences
- Job 1:3קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singularand he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.here: [the] east
- Job 23:8קֶ֣דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularIf I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.here: forward
- Job 29:2קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singular“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,here: long ago
Psalms11 occurrences
- Psalms 44:1קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singularWe have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.here: antiquity
- Psalms 55:19קֶ֗דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularGod will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.here: antiquity
- Psalms 68:33קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularto Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.here: ancient time
- Psalms 74:2קֶּ֗דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularRemember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.here: antiquity
- Psalms 74:12מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularYet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.here: from antiquity
- Psalms 77:5מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularI considered the days of old, the years long in the past.here: from antiquity
- Psalms 77:11מִקֶּ֣דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularI will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.here: from antiquity
- Psalms 78:2קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singularI will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,here: antiquity
- Psalms 119:152קֶ֣דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularLong ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.here: antiquity
- Psalms 139:5וָקֶ֣דֶםvakedemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularYou hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.here: and front
- Psalms 143:5מִקֶּ֗דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularI remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.here: from antiquity
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 8:22קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.here: [the] beginning of
- Proverbs 8:23מִקַּדְמֵי־mikadmei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.here: from [the] beginnings of
Isaiah9 occurrences
- Isaiah 2:6מִקֶּ֔דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularFor You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.here: from [the] east
- Isaiah 9:12מִקֶּ֗דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularAram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.here: from [the] east
- Isaiah 11:14קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularThey will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.here: [the] east
- Isaiah 19:11קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singularThe princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?here: ancient time
- Isaiah 23:7קֶ֤דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularIs this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?here: antiquity
- Isaiah 37:26קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularHave you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.here: antiquity
- Isaiah 45:21מִקֶּ֜דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularSpeak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.here: from antiquity
- Isaiah 46:10וּמִקֶּ֖דֶםumikedemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singularI declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’here: and from antiquity
- Isaiah 51:9קֶ֔דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularAwake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?here: antiquity
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 30:20כְּקֶ֔דֶםkekedempreposition + noun · masculine singularTheir children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.here: like long ago
- Jeremiah 46:26קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularI will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.here: antiquity
- Jeremiah 49:28קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singularConcerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!here: [the] east
Lamentations3 occurrences
- Lamentations 1:7קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularIn the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.here: antiquity
- Lamentations 2:17קֶ֔דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singularThe LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.here: antiquity
- Lamentations 5:21כְּקֶֽדֶם׃kekedempreposition + noun · masculine singularRestore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,here: like ancient time
Ezekiel6 occurrences
- Ezekiel 8:16קֵ֔דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.here: [were] east -ward
- Ezekiel 8:16קֵ֖דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.here: east -ward
- Ezekiel 11:23מִקֶּ֥דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularAnd the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.here: [was] from [the] east
- Ezekiel 25:4קֶ֜דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartherefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.here: [the] east
- Ezekiel 25:10קֶ֙דֶם֙kedemnoun · masculine singularI will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations.here: [the] east
- Ezekiel 45:7קֵ֖דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)Now the prince will have the area bordering each side of the area formed by the holy district and the property of the city, extending westward from the western side and eastward from the eastern side, running lengthwise from the western boundary to the eastern boundary and parallel to one of the tribal portions.here: east -ward
Micah2 occurrences
- Micah 5:2מִקֶּ֖דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singularBut you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel— One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.here: [are] from antiquity
- Micah 7:20קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singularYou will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.here: antiquity