Lexicon qadam: to come or be in front, meet Original Word: קָדַםPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: qadam Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-dam') Short Definition: meet NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origindenominative verb from qedemDefinitionto come or be in front, meet NASB Translationanticipate (1), before (2), come (2), come to meet (1), come before (3), comes before (1), confront (3), confronted (4), forestall (1), given (1), go (1), meet (5), receive (1), rise (1), went (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ קָדַם] verb Pi`el denominative (Gerber 130) come or be in front, meet; — קִדַּמְתִּי Jonah 4:2; Psalm 119:147; 3plural קִדְּמוּ Deuteronomy 23:5 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְקַדְּמֵנִי Psalm 59:11; 3feminine singular suffix תְּקַדְּמֶךָּ Psalm 88:14; 1singular אֲקַדֵּם Micah 6:6; Imperative masculine singular קַדְּמָה Mic 17:3; — 1. a. meet, confront (with hostility) with accusative of person 2 Samuel 22:6 (twice in verse).= Psalm 18:6; Psalm 18:9; Job 30:27, with accusative מָּנָיו Psalm 17:13 of hostile approach to city (active) 2 Kings 19:32 = Isaiah 37:33 (+ adverb accusative). b. come to meet one (accusative) as friend, with (ב) something Isaiah 21:14; Deuteronomy 23:5; Nehemiah 13:2, so, as worshippers (accusative of ׳י), Micah 6:6 (twice in verse); with accusative of person + of thing Psalm 21:4, so Psalm 59:11 Kt ᵐ5 ᵑ9 (accusative of person alone Qr), accusative of person alone Psalm 79:8; accusative ׳י Psalm 88:14, accusative מָּנָיו (of ׳י) Psalm 95:2, compare חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת יְקַדְּמוּ פָנֶיךָ Psalm 89:15 (namely, to join themselves to thee). c. meet, receive, accusative of person, Job 3:12. 2. a. go before, in front Psalm 68:26. b. be in front, 1 Samuel 20:25 (read וַיְקַדֵּם for וַיָּקָם) ᵐ5 Ew Th We Dr and others 3 be beforehand, with ב temporal Psalm 119:147; + infinitive construct Jonah 4:2; anticipate, forestall, with accusative of thing Psalm 119:148. Hiph`il 1. Imperfect3feminine singular תַּקְדִּים (We Now GASm תְּקַדֵּם) Amos 9:10 calamity . . . shall not come in front about us (בַּעֲדֵינוּ). 2 Perfect3masculine singular suffix הִקְדִּימַנִי Job 41:3 who has anticipated me [God]? ᵐ5 Me Bi Bu confronted me (reading וַיִּשְׁלָ֑ם for following וַאֲשַׁלֵּם); Du יְקַדְּמֶנּוּ confronted him (the crocodile).
Strong's go, flee before, disappoint, meet, prevent A primitive root; to project (one self), i.e. Precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help) -- come (go, (flee)) before, + disappoint, meet, prevent. |
