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קֶדֶם
qedem · Hebrew · Strong's H6924 · 87 occurrences
The KJV renders 16 different Hebrew and Greek words as “before”
What it means
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
or קֵדְמָה; from H6923 (קָדַם);
How the KJV renders it
aforetime, ancient, before, east end, part, side, ward, eternal, forward, old, past compare h6926
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“before”
also renders
prōton (G4412), prōtos (G4413), prokatangéllō (G4293), katénanti (G2713), apénanti (G561), énanti (G1725), enṓpion (G1799), prín (G4250), enantíon (G1726), katenṓpion (G2714), próteron (G4386), qᵉbêl (H6903), qâbâl (H6905), qâdam (H6923), qŏdâm (H6925)“side”
also renders
dexiós (G1188), pleurá (G4125), méros (G3313), ʼâchôwr (H268), yâmîyn (H3225), yârêk (H3409), kôh (H3541), kâthêph (H3802), môthen (H4975), pêʼâh (H6285), tsêlâʻ (H6763), tsâphôwn (H6828), rebaʻ (H7253), shᵉṭar (H7859), sâphâh (H8193)“part”
also renders
merís (G3310), klíma (G2824), diamerízō (G1266), klēros (G2819), bether (H1335), chêleq (H2506), chelqâh (H2513), chêtsîy (H2677), min (H4481), mânâh (H4490), nâtsal (H5337), pârad (H6504), pâraç (H6536), rêʼshîyth (H7225)“ward”
also renders
theós (G2316), éxōthen (G1855), phylakḗ (G5438), éxō (G1854), ésō (G2080), ʼâchôwr (H268), kên (H3651), mizrâch (H4217), mishmâr (H4929), mishmereth (H4931), pᵉqiduth (H6488), tsâphôwn (H6828), têymân (H8486)“old”
also renders
gérōn (G1088), presbýteros (G4245), palaiós (G3820), pálai (G3819), archaîos (G744), bâleh (H1087), bᵉlôwʼ (H1094), bên (H1121), ziqnâh (H2209), yâshân (H3465), lâbîyʼ (H3833), ʻôwlâm (H5769), ʻâlam (H5957)Questions this word decides
Where it appears
87 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 4:30 HNcmsa1 Kings 7:39 HNcmsa/Sd1 Kings 17:3 HNcmsa/Sd2 Chronicles 4:10 HD/Sd2 Kings 13:17 HNcmsa/Sd2 Kings 19:25 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 33:15 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 33:27 HNcmsaExodus 27:13 HNcmsa/SdExodus 38:13 HNcmsa/SdEzekiel 8:16 HNcmsa/SdEzekiel 11:23 HR/NcmsaEzekiel 25:4 HNcmsaEzekiel 25:10 HNcmsaEzekiel 45:7 HNcmsa/SdGenesis 2:8 HR/NcmsaGenesis 3:24 HR/NcmsaGenesis 10:30 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 11:2 HR/NcmsaGenesis 12:8 HR/NcmsaGenesis 13:11 HR/NcmsaGenesis 13:14 HC/Ncmsa/SdGenesis 25:6 HNcmsaGenesis 28:14 HC/Ncmsa/SdGenesis 29:1 HNcmsaHabakkuk 1:12 HR/NcmsaIsaiah 2:6 HR/NcmsaIsaiah 9:12 HR/NcmsaIsaiah 11:14 HNcmsaIsaiah 19:11 HNcmsaIsaiah 23:7 HNcmsaIsaiah 37:26 HNcmsaIsaiah 45:21 HR/NcmsaIsaiah 46:10 HC/R/NcmsaIsaiah 51:9 HNcmsaJudges 6:3 HNcmsaJudges 6:33 HNcmsaJudges 7:12 HNcmsaJudges 8:10 HNcmsaJudges 8:11 HR/NcmsaJeremiah 30:20 HR/NcmsaJeremiah 46:26 HNcmsaJeremiah 49:28 HNcmsaJob 1:3 HNcmsaJob 23:8 HNcmsaJob 29:2 HNcmsaJonah 4:5 HR/NcmsaJoshua 7:2 HR/NcmsaJoshua 15:5 HNcmsa/SdJoshua 18:20 HNcmsa/SdJoshua 19:12 HNcmsa/SdJoshua 19:13 HNcmsa/SdLamentations 1:7 HNcmsaLamentations 2:17 HNcmsaLamentations 5:21 HR/NcmsaLeviticus 1:16 HD/SdLeviticus 16:14 HNcmsa/SdMicah 5:2 HR/NcmsaMicah 7:20 HNcmsaNehemiah 12:46 HR/Ncmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.