Qidmah קִדְמָה
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| קִדְמָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | qidmah |
| Strong's number | H6926 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | east |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (2) |
Qidmah (Hebrew קִדְמָה, Strong's H6926) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “east”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) forward, front, east, antiquity, East
1a) in front of, over against, front
1b) on the east of, east
1a) in front of, over against, front
1b) on the east of, east
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | east (3), eastward (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | east (3), east side (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Qidmah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 2:14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
- Genesis 4:16And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 13:5And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth–aven.Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 39:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon–gog.And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).