The meaning of “קֶדֶם”
Understanding qedem reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or קֵדְמָה qêdᵉmâh (kayd'-maw); from קָדַם aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [i...
קֶדֶם
or קֵדְמָה qêdᵉmâh (kayd'-maw); from קָדַם aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare קִדְמָה. - the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity) - often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward) n m 1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime 1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East 1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time 1c) anciently, of old (adverb) 1d) beginning 1e) east adv 2) eastward, to or toward the East
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 13:11 | “Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.” Word: קֶדֶם (qedem) | |
| Deuteronomy 33:27 | “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.” Word: קֶדֶם (qedem) | |
| 2 Kings 19:25 | “Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.” Word: קֶדֶם (qedem) | |
| Psalms 77:5 | “I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.” Word: קֶדֶם (qedem) | |
| Lamentations 2:17 | “The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.” Word: קֶדֶם (qedem) |
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