Qadar קָדַר

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Qadar (Hebrew קָדַר, Strong's H6937) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be dark”. It occurs 17 times in 17 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to mourn, be dark
1a) (Qal) to be dark
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to darken
1b2) to cause to mourn
1c) (Hithpael) to grow dark

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	black (4), mourning (4), dark (4), mourn (2), blackish (1), heavily (1), make (1), darkened (1)
BSB	sorrow (2), will grow dark (2), grew dark (1), mourners (1), darkened (1), blackened (1), grief (1), mourning (1), i mourn (1), wail (1), mourn (1), darken (1), and 3 other renderings

Every verse with Qadar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Kings 18:45
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

Job 5:11
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
Job 6:16
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
Job 30:28
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

Psalm 35:14
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
Psalm 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
Psalm 42:9
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
Psalm 43:2
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

Jeremiah 4:28
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”
Jeremiah 8:21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 31:15
Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.
Ezekiel 32:7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
Ezekiel 32:8
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

Joel 2:10
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

Micah 3:6
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

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).