Word Study · Strong's H6928 · Hebrew

קַדְמָה

qadmah

kad-maw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: qadmâh

“former time”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

former time

Rendered in the KJV as

afore(-time), ago.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

מִקַּדְמַ֤ת1
קַדְמַ֖ת1

How it is rendered · 2

[the] former time of1
from [the] former time of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

ANcfsc · 1
AR/Ncfsc · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Ezra1 of 2 · 50%
Daniel1 of 2 · 50%

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Ezra1 occurrence

Ezra 5:11מִקַּדְמַ֤תmikadmatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.here: from [the] former time of

Daniel1 occurrence

Daniel 6:10קַדְמַ֖תkadmatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: [the] former time of

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled קַדְמָה

H6927 · 6×

קַדְמָה

qadmah

“priority (in time)”

Read Ezra 5:11 in context →