קָדִים
qâdîym · kaw-deem'
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
Lexicon
Derivation: or קָדִם; from H6923 (קָדַם);
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
- the fore or front part
- hence, (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: east(-ward, wind).
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָדִים above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
69 occurrences · 69 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from the east13 · 19%
- the east12 · 17%
- eastward8 · 12%
- toward the east6 · 9%
- with the east wind4 · 6%
- east3 · 4%
- and toward the east3 · 4%
- and the east2 · 3%
- of the east2 · 3%
- an east1 · 1%
- the east wind1 · 1%
- with an east1 · 1%
- he caused an east wind1 · 1%
- of the east wind1 · 1%
- them as with an east1 · 1%
- when the east1 · 1%
- on the east side1 · 1%
- unto the east1 · 1%
- stood toward the east1 · 1%
- and this is the east1 · 1%
- and on the east1 · 1%
- and at the east1 · 1%
- after the east wind1 · 1%
- an east wind1 · 1%
- as the east wind1 · 1%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.