קַדְמוֹנִי
qadmôwnîy · kad-mo-nee'
(of time) anterior or (of place) oriental
Lexicon
Derivation: or קַדְמֹנִי; from H6930 (קַדְמוֹן);
(of time) anterior or (of place) oriental
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ancient, they that went before, east, (thing of) old.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קַדְמוֹנִי 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the ancients1 · 10%
- as they that went before1 · 10%
- the things of old1 · 10%
- of the east1 · 10%
- me unto the east1 · 10%
- in old1 · 10%
- unto the east1 · 10%
- toward the east1 · 10%
- of them toward the former1 · 10%
- and as in former1 · 10%
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.