6924. qedem
Lexical Summary
qedem: front, east, formerly
Original Word: קֶדֶם
Transliteration: qedem
Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-dem)
Part of Speech: noun masculine; adverb; noun
Short Definition: front, east, formerly
Meaning: the front, of place, time
Strong's Concordance
aforetime, ancient time, before, east end, part, side eternal, everlasting, forward,

Or qedmah {kayd'-maw}; from qadam; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward) -- aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, X ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare qidmah.

see HEBREW qadam

see HEBREW qidmah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6924. qedem

קֶ֫דֶםnoun [masculine] front, east, aforetime; — absolute׳קDeuteronomy 33:27 +, קֶ֑קֶםJudges 8:10 +; construct קֶדֶםProverbs 8:22; once plural construct קַדְמֵי8:23; —

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a. front, ׳מִקּIsaiah 9:11 from the front (i.e. East), in front (opposed to מֵאָחוֺר‎), וָק ׳אָחוֺרPsalm 139:5 behind and before; ׳ק אֶהֳלֹךְJob 23:8 I go forward (opposed to אָחוֺר‎)

b. East: ׳הַרהַֿקּGenesis 10:30 (J) mount of the East; ׳בְּנֵיקֿ‎ = dwellers in the east, tribes east or northeast of Canaan 29:1 (E), Judges 6:3, 33; 7:12; 8:10; 1 Kings 5:10; Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 49:28; Ezekiel 25:4, 10; Job 1:3; ק ׳הַרְרֵיNumbers 23:7, see Di Sachau: Reise (1883), 159 ff.165 ff. Dr in Hast.PETHOS; ק ׳אֶרֶץGenesis 25:6 (J); מִקֶּדֶם מָֽלְאוּIsaiah 2:6 they are full from the east (insert probablyמִקְסָם קֶסֶם,‎, or < קֹסְמִים‎ before ׳מִקּ‎, compare Lo De Du CheHpt Di-Kit); elsewhere ׳מִקּ‎ =eastward: (I) in the east Genesis 2:8 (2) on the eastern (side) 12:8 (J) Zechariah 14:4; ׳מִקּ לְon the east of Genesis 3:24 (J), 12:8 (J), Numbers 34:(P), Joshua 7:2 (JE), Judges 8:11; Ezekiel 11:23 = Jonah 4:5; -3eastward, with verb of motion Genesis 11:2; 13:11 (both J).

2 temporal, ancient time, aforetime:

a. ק ׳הַרְרֵיDeuteronomy 33:15 ancient mountains, compare ק ׳אֱלֹהֵי33:27, ׳מַלְכֵיקֿIsaiah 19:11, שְׁמֵיקֿ ׳בִּשְׁמֵיPsalm 68:34.

b. ק ׳כִּימֵיPsalm 44:2 in ancient days; compare ק ׳מִימֵיfrom of old Isaiah 23:7; Micah 7:20; Lamentations 1:7; 2:17; Isaiah 37:26 = ק ׳לְמִימֵי‎) 2 Kings 19:25 (see מִן9b (2)); ק ׳כִּימֵיIsaiah 51:9; Jeremiah 46:26; ק ׳יַרְחֵיJob 29:2 months of old.

c. ׳מִקּ‎ from of old Micah 5:1; Isaiah 45:21; 46:10; Habakkuk 1:12; Nehemiah 12:46; Psalm 77:12 ׳מִנִּיק‎ 7; 8:2 springing out of, derived from, ancient times (compare Dr); מִקּ ׳יָמִים77:6; 143:5 days from of old.

d. ׳ק‎ alone, as adverb anciently, of old Psalm 74:2; 119:152; ׳כְּקJeremiah 30:20; Lamentations 5:21; ק ׳ישֵׁבPsalm 55:20 he that sitteth (enthroned from) of old.

e. beginning, מִקַּדְמֵיאָֿ֑רֶץProverbs 8:23 from the beginnings of the earth; ׳ק מִפְעָלָיו8:22 the beginning of his works ("" רֵאשִׁית‎).

[קֵ֫דֶם‎], with ה‎ locative I. קֵ֫דְמָה

adverb eastward, to, toward, the east; — Genesis 25:6 (J), Leviticus 1:16; 16:14; Numbers 34:3, 11, 15; Joshua 19:12-13, (all P), 1 Kings 7:39 2 Chronicles 4:10; 1 Kings 17:3 = 2 Kings 13:17; Ezekiel 8:16 (twice in verse); + north, south, west, Genesis 13:14; 28:14 (both J), Numbers 2:3; 3:28; 10:5 (north, west, in ᵐ5‎), 34:10 (all P); also as

noun after מְּאַת‎ = eastern side, Exodus 27:13; 38:13 (both P), + W Ezekiel 45:7 (strike out Co; read קֶדֶם‎ Berthol Toy Krae), + north, south, west, Numbers 35:5; Joshua 18:20 so ק ׳גְּבוּל15:5 (all P).








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