Strong's Lexicon

H6926

H6926 — קִדמָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewqidmahnoun femOccurrences: 4TWOT: 1988a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6926
Word:קִדמָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine of H6924
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:qidmah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kid-maw'
Meaning:1. the forward part (or relatively) East (often adverbially, on the east or in front)
KJV Renderings:east(-ward).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7307

[קִדְמָה] noun feminine front, East; — only construct קִדְמַת as preposition:

1. in front of, over against (compare ZMG xxxiii (1879), 532), Gen 2:14 (i.e. from standpoint of writer; really, on geographic grounds, = west of; yet see Died. 6), Gen 4:16 (both J ),
2. on the east of, Ezek 39:11; 1Sam 13:5 may be either.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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