H6924

קֶדֶם

qedem · keh'-dem

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

Lexicon

Derivation: or קֵדְמָה; from H6923 (קָדַם);

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

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

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

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

Letters

Qof

Dalet

Mem

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 קֶדֶם 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

87 occurrences · 87 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

of old14 · 20%
of the east12 · 17%
eastward9 · 13%
on the east7 · 10%
toward the east3 · 4%
on the east side3 · 4%
from the east2 · 3%
before2 · 3%
at the east1 · 1%
east1 · 1%
and eastward1 · 1%
unto the east1 · 1%
and to the east1 · 1%
and for the east1 · 1%
on the east part1 · 1%
and on the east side1 · 1%
on the east parts1 · 1%
your east1 · 1%
of the ancient1 · 1%
the eternal1 · 1%
and the east1 · 1%
of it on the east1 · 1%
of the east country1 · 1%
thee eastward1 · 1%
it, and of ancient1 · 1%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

קֶֽדֶם׃8קֶ֑דֶם7קֵ֖דְמָה6קֶ֖דֶם6מִקֶּ֑דֶם6קֶ֔דֶם4קֵ֣דְמָה4מִקֶּ֣דֶם4קֵ֑דְמָה4קֵֽדְמָה׃3קֵ֥דְמָה3מִקֶּ֗דֶם3

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.