Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6924
קֶדֶם
qedemkeh'-dem
East; east; front: east; front: old; front: forward
87 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6924is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 22 of 39Old Testament books
- 36spellings
- 5meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6924
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
The King James renders it: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).
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
qedem is rendered "East; east; front: east; front: old; front: forward". It stands 87 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-two books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists five meanings for it, beginning with "East".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-six different ways.
The first use
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
Genesis 2:8מִקֶּ֑דֶם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty-two of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries five meanings: East, and east, and front: east, and front: old, and front: forward.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| EastStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 2:8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed. |
| eastStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| front: eastStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| front: oldStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| front: forwardStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- east -ward24
- from east14
- antiquity13
- east13
- from antiquity8
- ancient time4
- and east -ward2
- and from antiquity1
- and front1
- beginning of1
- forward1
- from beginnings of1
and 4 more, 87 uses in all
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.
The words it stands beside
All 87, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
36 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
- קֶֽדֶם׃8
- קֶ֑דֶם7
- מִקֶּ֑דֶם6
- קֶ֖דֶם6
- קֵ֖דְמָה6
- מִקֶּ֣דֶם4
- קֶ֔דֶם4
- קֵ֑דְמָה4
- קֵ֣דְמָה4
- מִקֶּ֗דֶם3
- קֵ֥דְמָה3
- קֵֽדְמָה׃3
and 24 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular32HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)24HNcmsa/Sd
- preposition + noun · masculine singular23HR/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)2HC/Ncmsa/Sd
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HTd/Ncmsa
Genesis
twelve uses
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
- מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
So 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.
- מִקֶּ֨דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
- הַקֶּֽדֶם׃hakedemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
- מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
From 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.
- מִקֶּ֛דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
- מִקֶּ֔דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
- מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
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,
- וָקֵ֥דְמָהvakedemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and east -ward
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.
- קֵ֖דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
- קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
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.
- וָקֵ֖דְמָהvakedemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and east -ward
Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
- קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
Exodus
two uses
The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.
- קֵ֥דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.
- קֵ֥דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Leviticus
two uses
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.
- קֵ֔דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
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.
- קֵ֑דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Numbers
ten uses
On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:
- קֵ֣דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
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.
- קֵ֣דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.
- קֵֽדְמָה׃kedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
And 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!’
- קֶ֔דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
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,
- קֵֽדְמָה׃kedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
- קֵ֑דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
- מִקֶּ֣דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from east
- קֵֽדְמָה׃kedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
- קֵ֥דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
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.
- קֵ֣דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Deuteronomy
two uses
with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,
- קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: ancient time
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
- קֶ֔דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: ancient time
Joshua
five uses
Meanwhile, 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.
- מִקֶּ֣דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
The eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.
- קֵ֙דְמָה֙kedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- קֵ֑דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.
- קֵ֚דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.
- קֵ֣דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Judges
five uses
Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
- קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
- קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
Now 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.
- קֶ֙דֶם֙kedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
Now 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.
- קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
- מִקֶּ֥דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
1 Kings
three uses
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
- קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
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.
- קֵ֖דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
- קֵ֑דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
2 Kings
two uses
“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.”
- קֵ֖דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Have 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.
- קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
2 Chronicles
one use
He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
- קֵ֖דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Nehemiah
one use
For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
- מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from antiquity
Job
three uses
and 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.
- קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
- קֶ֣דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: forward
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
- קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: long ago
Psalms
eleven uses
We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
- קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
- קֶ֗דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.
- קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: ancient time
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
- קֶּ֗דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
- מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from antiquity
I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
- מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from antiquity
I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.
- מִקֶּ֣דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from antiquity
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
- קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
- קֶ֣דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
- וָקֶ֣דֶםvakedemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and front
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
- מִקֶּ֗דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from antiquity
Proverbs
two uses
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
- קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: beginning of
From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
- מִקַּדְמֵי־mikadmei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from beginnings of
Isaiah
nine uses
For 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.
- מִקֶּ֔דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
Aram 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.
- מִקֶּ֗דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
They 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.
- קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
The 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”?
- קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: ancient time
Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
- קֶ֤דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
Have 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.
- קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
Speak 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.
- מִקֶּ֜דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from antiquity
I 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.’
- וּמִקֶּ֖דֶםumikedemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and from antiquity
Awake, 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?
- קֶ֔דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
Jeremiah
three uses
Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.
- כְּקֶ֔דֶםkekedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like long ago
I 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.
- קֶ֖דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
Concerning 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!
- קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
Lamentations
three uses
In 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.
- קֶ֑דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
The 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.
- קֶ֔דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
- כְּקֶֽדֶם׃kekedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like ancient time
Ezekiel
six uses
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.
- קֵ֔דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
- קֵ֖דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.
- מִקֶּ֥דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
therefore 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.
- קֶ֜דֶםkedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
I 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.
- קֶ֙דֶם֙kedemnoun · 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.
- קֵ֖דְמָהkedemahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Jonah
one use
Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.
- מִקֶּ֣דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
Micah
two uses
But 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.
- מִקֶּ֖דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from antiquity
You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
- קֶֽדֶם׃kedemnoun · masculine singulartagged: antiquity
Habakkuk
one use
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
- מִקֶּ֗דֶםmikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from antiquity
Zechariah
one use
On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
- מִקֶּדֶם֒mikedempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
The letters
Gematria 144· 704 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
