קֳדָם
qŏdâm · kod-awm'
before
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or קְדָם; (Aramaic) (Daniel 7:13), corresponding to H6924 (קֶדֶם);
before
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: before, [idiom] from, [idiom] I (thought), [idiom] me, [phrase] of, [idiom] it pleased, presence.
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 קֳדָם 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
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- before24 · 57%
- of2 · 5%
- and before2 · 5%
- him2 · 5%
- thou before1 · 2%
- me1 · 2%
- it before1 · 2%
- from1 · 2%
- in the presence1 · 2%
- thereof before1 · 2%
- i thought1 · 2%
- before me1 · 2%
- in before1 · 2%
- it pleased1 · 2%
- i1 · 2%
- that were before1 · 2%
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.