קָדַם
qâdam · kaw-dam'
to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
- to project (one self), i.e. precede
- hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: come (go, (flee)) before, [phrase] disappoint, meet, prevent.
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
- 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 › water, chaos, the mighty deep
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָדַם 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
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- prevent4 · 15%
- prevented3 · 12%
- they prevented3 · 12%
- there, nor come before2 · 8%
- they met1 · 4%
- because they met1 · 4%
- who hath prevented1 · 4%
- disappoint1 · 4%
- for thou preventest1 · 4%
- shall prevent1 · 4%
- went before1 · 4%
- shall go1 · 4%
- let us come1 · 4%
- i prevented1 · 4%
- nor prevent1 · 4%
- before1 · 4%
- wherewith shall i come before1 · 4%
- shall i come before1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
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.