Qadmah קַדְמָה
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| קַדְמָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | qadmah |
| Strong's number | H6927 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | former |
| Occurrences | 6 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (2) |
Qadmah (Hebrew קַדְמָה, Strong's H6927) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “former”. It occurs 6 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin
1a) antiquity, beginning, origin
1b) former state or situation conj
1c) before
Aramaic equivalent: qad.mah (קַדְמָה "previously" H6928)
1a) antiquity, beginning, origin
1b) former state or situation conj
1c) before
Aramaic equivalent: qad.mah (קַדְמָה "previously" H6928)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | estate (3), afore (1), antiquity (1), estates (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | before (1), whose origin (1), their former state (1), your former state (1), you once were (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Qadmah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 129:6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 23:7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 16:55When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.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.
- Ezekiel 36:11And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.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.
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).