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קֶדֶם

qedem · keh'-demHebrew · H6924

Derivation

or קֵדְמָה; from H6923 (קָדַם);

Meaning

the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

In the King James Version

aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).

Translated as

east (27), old (12), eastward (9), ancient (6), side (5), before (3), part (1), parts (1), eternal (1), country (1), end (1), forward (1), past (1), ever (1), time (1), times (1), aforetime (1), everlasting (1)

Where it appears

Found in 73 verses

Exodus
27:13, 38:13
Leviticus
1:16, 16:14
Deuteronomy
33:15, 33:27
Judges
6:3, 6:33, 7:12, 8:10, 8:11
1 Kings
4:30, 7:39, 17:3
2 Kings
13:17, 19:25
2 Chronicles
4:10
Nehemiah
12:46
Proverbs
8:22, 8:23
Jeremiah
30:20, 46:26
Lamentations
1:7, 2:17
Ezekiel
8:16, 11:23, 25:4, 25:10, 45:7
Jonah
4:5
Micah
5:2
Habakkuk
1:12
Zechariah
14:4

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