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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6921

קָדִים

qadimkaw-deem'

east

69 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: qâdîym

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6921is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 34
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6921

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

The King James renders it: east(-ward, wind).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

qadim is rendered "east". It stands 69 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Fifty-two of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 41:6After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-four different ways.

The first use

After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.

Genesis 41:6קָדִ֑ים

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Fifty-two of the word's sixty-nine uses are in Ezekiel.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • east -ward18
  • east17
  • the east16
  • an east wind8
  • east wind3
  • and east -ward2
  • and to the east1
  • from the east1
  • the east towards1
  • the east wind1
  • to the east1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 69, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

34 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • קָדִ֑ים6
  • הַקָּדִ֑ים5
  • קָדִ֛ימָה5
  • הַקָּדִ֖ים4
  • קָדִ֛ים4
  • הַקָּדִ֔ים3
  • קָדִ֣ים3
  • קָדִ֔ים3
  • קָדִ֛מָה3
  • הַקָּדִֽים׃2
  • קָדִים֙2
  • קָדִ֖ים2

and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular28HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)17HNcmsa/Sd
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular17HTd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)2HC/Ncmsa/Sd
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HC/Rd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + directional ending (“toward”)1HNcmsc/Sd
  • preposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HR/Td/Ncmsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)1HTd/Ncmsa/Sd

Genesis

three uses
  • After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.

    Genesis 41:6

    • קָדִ֑יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: an east wind
  • After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.

    Genesis 41:23

    • קָדִ֑יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: an east wind
  • Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.

    Genesis 41:27

    • הַקָּדִ֑יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east wind

Exodus

three uses
  • So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

    Exodus 10:13

    • קָדִים֙kadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
    • הַקָּדִ֔יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

    Exodus 14:21

    • קָדִ֤יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: an east wind

Job

three uses
  • “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

    Job 15:2

    • קָדִ֣יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east wind
  • The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

    Job 27:21

    • קָדִ֣יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: an east wind
  • In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

    Job 38:24

    • קָדִ֣יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east wind

Psalms

two uses
  • With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

    Psalms 48:7

    • קָדִ֑יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.

    Psalms 78:26

    • קָ֭דִיםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: an east wind

Isaiah

one use
  • By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.

    Isaiah 27:8

    • קָדִֽים׃kadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east wind

Jeremiah

one use
  • I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”

    Jeremiah 18:17

    • קָדִ֥יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east

Ezekiel

fifty-two uses
  • Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.

    Ezekiel 11:1

    • קָדִ֔ימָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”

    Ezekiel 17:10

    • הַקָּדִים֙hakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.

    Ezekiel 19:12

    • הַקָּדִ֖יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

    Ezekiel 27:26

    • הַקָּדִ֔יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.

    Ezekiel 40:6

    • הַקָּדִ֔ימָהhakadimahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the east towards
  • There were three gate chambers on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the gateposts on either side also had the same measurements.

    Ezekiel 40:10

    • הַקָּדִ֗יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.

    Ezekiel 40:19

    • הַקָּדִ֖יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.

    Ezekiel 40:22

    • הַקָּדִ֑יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.

    Ezekiel 40:23

    • וְלַקָּדִ֑יםvelakadimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and to the east
  • And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.

    Ezekiel 40:32

    • הַקָּדִ֑יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.

    Ezekiel 40:44

    • הַקָּדִ֔יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.

    Ezekiel 41:14

    • לַקָּדִ֖יםlakadimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the east
  • And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

    Ezekiel 42:9

    • מֵֽהַקָּדִ֔יםmehakadimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: from the east
  • On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,

    Ezekiel 42:10

    • הַקָּדִ֛יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.

    Ezekiel 42:12

    • הַקָּדִ֖יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:

    Ezekiel 42:15

    • הַקָּדִ֑יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.

    Ezekiel 42:16

    • הַקָּדִ֖יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,

    Ezekiel 43:1

    • הַקָּדִֽים׃hakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.

    Ezekiel 43:2

    • הַקָּדִ֑יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.

    Ezekiel 43:4

    • הַקָּדִֽים׃hakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
  • The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”

    Ezekiel 43:17

    • קָדִֽים׃kadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.

    Ezekiel 44:1

    • קָדִ֑יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • 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.

    Ezekiel 45:7

    • קָדִ֑ימָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
    • קָדִֽימָה׃kadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

    Ezekiel 46:1

    • קָדִ֔יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.

    Ezekiel 46:12

    • קָדִ֔יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.

    Ezekiel 47:1

    • קָדִ֔ימָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
    • קָדִ֑יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.

    Ezekiel 47:2

    • קָדִ֑יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.

    Ezekiel 47:3

    • קָדִ֖יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.

    Ezekiel 47:18

    • קָדִ֡יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
    • קָדִֽימָה׃kadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • “Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.

    Ezekiel 48:1

    • קָדִ֛יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west.

    Ezekiel 48:2

    • קָדִ֛יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west.

    Ezekiel 48:3

    • קָדִ֛ימָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west.

    Ezekiel 48:4

    • קָדִ֛מָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west.

    Ezekiel 48:5

    • קָדִ֛מָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west.

    Ezekiel 48:6

    • קָדִ֛יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • Judah will have one portion bordering the territory of Reuben from east to west.

    Ezekiel 48:7

    • קָדִ֛יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary.

    Ezekiel 48:8

    • קָדִ֖יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
    • קָדִ֙ימָה֙kadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side, and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD.

    Ezekiel 48:10

    • וְקָדִ֗ימָהvekadimahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and east -ward
  • and will have these measurements: 4,500 cubits on the north side, 4,500 cubits on the south side, 4,500 cubits on the east side, and 4,500 cubits on the west side.

    Ezekiel 48:16

    • קָדִ֗יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
  • The pastureland of the city will extend 250 cubits to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west.

    Ezekiel 48:17

    • וְקָדִ֙ימָה֙vekadimahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and east -ward
  • The remainder of the length bordering the holy portion and running adjacent to it will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city.

    Ezekiel 48:18

    • קָדִ֙ימָה֙kadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • The remaining area on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city will belong to the prince. He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, extending eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the holy district toward the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. And in the center of them will be the holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple.

    Ezekiel 48:21

    • קָדִימָה֒kadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side.

    Ezekiel 48:23

    • קָדִ֛ימָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west.

    Ezekiel 48:24

    • קָדִ֛ימָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.

    Ezekiel 48:25

    • קָדִ֛ימָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.

    Ezekiel 48:26

    • קָדִ֛ימָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.

    Ezekiel 48:27

    • קָדִ֛מָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
  • On the east side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.

    Ezekiel 48:32

    • קָדִ֗ימָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward

Hosea

two uses
  • Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

    Hosea 12:1

    • קָדִ֔יםkadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: an east wind
  • Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

    Hosea 13:15

    • קָדִים֩kadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: an east wind

Jonah

one use
  • As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

    Jonah 4:8

    • קָדִים֙kadimnoun · masculine singulartagged: an east wind

Habakkuk

one use
  • All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.

    Habakkuk 1:9

    • קָדִ֑ימָהkadimahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward

The letters

Gematria 154· 714 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

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