Word Study · Strong's H6937 · Hebrew
קָדַר
qadar
kaw-dar'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qâdar
“to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
Rendered in the KJV as
be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), [idiom] heavily, (cause to) mourn.
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- קֹדֵ֥ר4
- אַקְדִּירֵ֖ם1
- הַקֹּדְרִ֥ים1
- הִֽתְקַדְּרוּ֙1
- וָאַקְדִּ֤ר1
- וְהִקְדַּרְתִּ֖י1
- וְקָדַ֥ר1
- וְקָדְר֥וּ1
- וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים1
- קֹדֵ֣ר1
- קָדְר֣וּ1
- קָדָ֔רוּ1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- mourning4
- and I made mourn1
- and I will darken1
- and it will be dark1
- and mourners1
- and they will be dark1
- being dark1
- I am in mourning1
- I will darken them1
- that are dark1
- they are in mourning1
- they become dark1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 11
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular5
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural3
- Hc/Vhq1cs1
- Hc/Vhw1cs1
- Hc/Vqq3cp1
- Hc/Vqq3ms1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqrmsa · 5
- HVqp3cp · 3
- Hc/Vhq1cs · 1
- Hc/Vhw1cs · 1
- Hc/Vqq3cp · 1
- Hc/Vqq3ms · 1
- HC/Vqrmpa · 1
- HTd/Vqrmpa · 1
- HVhi1cs/Sp3mp · 1
- HVqp1cs · 1
- HVtp3cp · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job3 occurrences
- Job 5:11וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗יםvekoderimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralHe sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.here: and mourners
- Job 6:16הַקֹּדְרִ֥יםhakoderimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluraldarkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,here: that are dark
- Job 30:28קֹדֵ֣רkoderverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.here: being dark
Psalms4 occurrences
- Psalms 35:14קֹדֵ֥רkoderverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.here: mourning
- Psalms 38:6קֹדֵ֥רkoderverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.here: mourning
- Psalms 42:9קֹדֵ֥רkoderverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”here: mourning
- Psalms 43:2קֹדֵ֥רkoderverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFor You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?here: mourning
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 4:28וְקָדְר֥וּvekaderuHc/Vqq3cpTherefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”here: and they will be dark
- Jeremiah 8:21קָדַ֕רְתִּיkadartiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularFor the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.here: I am in mourning
- Jeremiah 14:2קָדְר֣וּkaderuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.here: they are in mourning
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 31:15וָאַקְדִּ֤רvaakdirHc/Vhw1csThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.here: and I made mourn
- Ezekiel 32:7וְהִקְדַּרְתִּ֖יvehikdartiHc/Vhq1csWhen I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.here: and I will darken
- Ezekiel 32:8אַקְדִּירֵ֖םʾakdiremverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAll the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.here: I will darken them
Joel2 occurrences
- Joel 2:10קָדָ֔רוּkadaruverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralBefore them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.here: they become dark
- Joel 3:15קָדָ֑רוּkadaruverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThe sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.here: they have become dark