Hebrew noun (feminine) · H6927
קַדְמָה
qadmahkad-maw'
former
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qadmâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6927is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6927
priority (in time); also used adverbially (before)
The King James renders it: afore, antiquity, former (old) estate.
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
qadmah is rendered "former". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 129:6May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
Psalms 129:6שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת
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
- to former state their2
- beginning its1
- like former state your1
- that before1
- to former state your1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| קַדְמוֹנִי | qadmoni | eastern | Uses10 |
| קַדְמַי | qadmay | first | Uses3 |
| קַדְמָה | qadmah | previously | Uses2 |
| קַדְמוֹן | qadmon | eastern | Uses1 |
| קַדְרוּת | qadruth | darkness | Uses1 |
| קַדְמֹנִי | Qadmoni | Kadmonite | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- כְּקַדְמֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם1
- לְקַדְמַתְכֶֽן׃1
- לְקַדְמָתָ֔ן1
- לְקַדְמָתָ֑ן1
- קַדְמָתָהּ֙1
- שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine plural2HR/Ncfsc/Sp3fp
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HR/Ncfpc/Sp2mp
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine plural1HR/Ncfsc/Sp2fp
- relative particle (“who / which”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HTr/Ncfsc
Psalms
one use
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
- שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖תshekadmatrelative particle (“who / which”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: that before
Isaiah
one use
Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
- קַדְמָתָהּ֙kadmatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: beginning its
Ezekiel
four uses
And 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.
- לְקַדְמָתָ֔ןlekadmatanpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: to former state their
- לְקַדְמָתָ֑ןlekadmatanpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: to former state their
- לְקַדְמַתְכֶֽן׃lekadmatkhenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine pluraltagged: to former state your
I 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.
- כְּקַדְמֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םkekadmoteikhempreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: like former state your
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 family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.