Hebrew prep · H6925
קֳדָם
qodamkod-awm'
before
42 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qŏdâm
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6925is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 26spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6925
before
The King James renders it: before, [idiom] from, [idiom] I (thought), [idiom] me, [phrase] of, [idiom] it pleased, presence.
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
qodam is rendered "before". It stands 42 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Thirty-eight of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:18The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.
The first use
The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.
Ezra 4:18קָדָמָֽי׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- before20
- before me8
- before him7
- before it3
- before you2
- and before him1
- before them1
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 42, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
26 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
- קֳדָ֣ם9
- קֳדָם־4
- קֳדָ֥ם3
- קֳדָ֖ם2
- קֳדָמ֔וֹהִי2
- קָֽדָמַ֔י2
- וּקְדָמ֖וֹהִי1
- קֳדָם֙1
- קֳדָ֨ם1
- קֳדָמַ֑הּ1
- קֳדָמַ֖הּ1
- קֳדָמ֑וֹהִי1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)17ANcbsc
- noun · masculine or feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular8ANcbpc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7ANcmpc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine or feminine singular3ANcbsa
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3ANcbsc/Sp3fs
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2ANcbsc/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1AC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1ANcmpc/Sp3mp
Ezra
four uses
The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.
- קָדָמָֽי׃kadamainoun · masculine or feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
- קֳדָם־kodom-noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: before
You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.
- קֳדָ֨םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.
- קֳדָ֖םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
Daniel
thirty-eight uses
But if you tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and its interpretation.”
- קֳדָמָ֑יkodamainoun · masculine or feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”
- קָֽדָמַ֔יkadamainoun · masculine or feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
- קֳדָם־kodom-noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”
- קֳדָ֣םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
“Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” he asked. At this time Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.
- קֳדָ֣םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- קֳדָם֙kodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”
- קֳדָ֣םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”
- קֳדָ֣םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires.
- קֳדָ֥םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.
- קֳדָם־kodom-noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,
- קֳדָ֥םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
- קָֽדָמַ֖יkadamainoun · masculine or feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.
- קָֽדָמַ֔יkadamainoun · masculine or feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.
- קֳדָ֣מֵיה֔וֹןkodameihonnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: before them
But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream:
- קָֽדָמַ֨יkadamainoun · masculine or feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
- קָֽדָמ֥וֹהִיkadamohinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
So Daniel was brought before the king, who asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?
- קֳדָ֣םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
Now the wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this inscription and interpret it for me, but they could not give its interpretation.
- קָֽדָמַ֗יkadamainoun · masculine or feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
In response, Daniel said to the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the inscription for the king and interpret it for him.
- קֳדָ֣םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: before
Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.
- קֳדָמ֑וֹהִיkodamohinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- קָֽדָמָ֗ךְkadamayikhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: before you
Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
- קֳדָמ֔וֹהִיkodamohinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
- קֳדָ֣םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: before
Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
- קֳדָ֣םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.
- קֳדָ֥םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”
- קֳדָם־kodom-noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”
- קֳדָ֣םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
- קָֽדָמ֑וֹהִיkadamohinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
- קָֽדָמ֙וֹהִי֙kadamohinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
- קָֽדָמָךְ֙kadamayikhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: before you
I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.
- קֳדָמַי֮kodamainoun · masculine or feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: before me
- קֳדָ֖םkodamnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: before
After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.
- קָֽדָמַ֔יהּkadamaihnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: before it
While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
- קֳדָמַ֑הּkodamaiyahnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: before it
A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.
- קֳדָמ֔וֹהִיkodamohinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
- קָֽדָמ֣וֹהִיkadamohinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: before him
In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
- וּקְדָמ֖וֹהִיukedamohiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and before him
I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn whose appearance was more imposing than the others, with eyes and with a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
- קֳדָמַ֖הּkodamaiyahnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: before it
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.
