Hebrew word study

קֶדֶםqedem the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relativel…

Pronounced “keh'-dem

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

Translated in the King James as: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).

Appears 85 times in Scripture

Origin: or קֵדְמָה; from H6923 (קָדַם);

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Where it appears

Genesis 11×
Genesis 2:8Genesis 3:24Genesis 10:30Genesis 11:2Genesis 12:8Genesis 13:11Genesis 13:14Genesis 25:6Genesis 28:14Genesis 29:1+ 1 more in Genesis
Exodus 2×
Exodus 27:13Exodus 38:13
Leviticus 2×
Leviticus 1:16Leviticus 16:14
Numbers 9×
Numbers 2:3Numbers 3:38Numbers 10:5Numbers 23:7Numbers 34:3Numbers 34:10Numbers 34:11Numbers 35:5+ 1 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 2×
Deuteronomy 33:15Deuteronomy 33:27
Joshua 5×
Joshua 7:2Joshua 15:5Joshua 18:20Joshua 19:12Joshua 19:13
Judges 5×
Judges 6:3Judges 6:33Judges 7:12Judges 8:10Judges 8:11
1 Kings 3×
1 Ki 4:301 Ki 7:391 Ki 17:3
2 Kings 2×
2 Ki 13:172 Ki 19:25
2 Chronicles 1×
2 Chr 4:10
Nehemiah 1×
Nehemiah 12:46
Job 3×
Job 1:3Job 23:8Job 29:2
Psalms 11×
Psalms 44:1Psalms 55:19Psalms 68:33Psalms 74:2Psalms 74:12Psalms 77:5Psalms 77:11Psalms 78:2Psalms 119:152Psalms 139:5Psalms 143:5
Proverbs 2×
Proverbs 8:22Proverbs 8:23
Isaiah 9×
Isaiah 2:6Isaiah 9:12Isaiah 11:14Isaiah 19:11Isaiah 23:7Isaiah 37:26Isaiah 45:21Isaiah 46:10Isaiah 51:9
Jeremiah 3×
Jeremiah 30:20Jeremiah 46:26Jeremiah 49:28
Lamentations 3×
Lam 1:7Lam 2:17Lam 5:21
Ezekiel 6×
Ezekiel 8:16Ezekiel 11:23Ezekiel 25:4Ezekiel 25:10Ezekiel 45:7+ 1 more in Ezekiel
Jonah 1×
Jonah 4:5
Micah 2×
Micah 5:2Micah 7:20
Habakkuk 1×
Habakkuk 1:12
Zechariah 1×
Zech 14:4

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