Strong H6927קַדְמָה
former
- Transliteration
- qadmâh
- Pronunciation
- kad-maw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From H6923; priority (in time); also used adverbially (before): - {afore} {antiquity} former (old) estate.
Detailed definition
1) antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin
1a) antiquity, beginning, origin
1b) former state or situation conj
1c) before
Aramaic equivalent: qad.mah (קַדְמָה "previously" H6928)
1a) antiquity, beginning, origin
1b) former state or situation conj
1c) before
Aramaic equivalent: qad.mah (קַדְמָה "previously" H6928)
In the Bible
Strong H6927 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- estate2
- afore1
- antiquity1
First verses
- Psalms 129:6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
- Isaiah 23:7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
- Ezekiel 16:55When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
- Ezekiel 36:11And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.