Word Study · Strong's H6927 · Hebrew
קַדְמָה
qadmah
kad-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qadmâh
“priority (in time)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
priority (in time); also used adverbially (before)
Rendered in the KJV as
afore, antiquity, former (old) estate.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- כְּקַדְמֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם1
- לְקַדְמַתְכֶֽן׃1
- לְקַדְמָתָ֔ן1
- לְקַדְמָתָ֑ן1
- קַדְמָתָהּ֙1
- שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת1
How it is rendered · 5
- to former state their2
- beginning its1
- like former state your1
- that before1
- to former state your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine plural2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine plural1
- relative particle (“who / which”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3fp · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp2fp · 1
- HTr/Ncfsc · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 16:55לְקַדְמָתָ֔ןlekadmatanpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluralAnd your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.here: to former state their
- Ezekiel 16:55לְקַדְמָתָ֑ןlekadmatanpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluralAnd your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.here: to former state their
- Ezekiel 16:55לְקַדְמַתְכֶֽן׃lekadmatkhenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine pluralAnd your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.here: to former state your
- Ezekiel 36:11כְּקַדְמֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םkekadmoteikhempreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralI will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.here: like former state your
Same headword in Strong's