Lexicon qadmah: antiquity, former state Original Word: קַדְמַתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: qadmah Phonetic Spelling: (kad-maw') Short Definition: state NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as qedemDefinitionantiquity, former state NASB Translationbefore (1), former state (2), formerly (1), origin is from antiquity (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ קַדְמָה] noun feminine antiquity, former state; — 1 antiquity, beginning, suffix קַדְמָתָהּ Isaiah 23:7 (of Tyre). 2 former state, suffix קַדְמָתָן Ezekiel 16:55 (twice in verse), קַדְמַתְכֶן Ezekiel 16:55; plural suffix קַדְמוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 36:11. 3 construct singular = conjunction before (temporal; Aramaic) שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף Psalm 129:6. [קַדְמָה] noun feminine former time (compare Biblical Hebrew קַדְמָה, Zinjirli קדמה (Cooke177), former state); — construct Daniel 6:11 מִןקַּֿדְמַת דְּנָה = before this, formerly; so Ezra 5:11 ׳מִקַּדְמַת דְּ. compare Genesis 28:19 ᵑ7J, Ezekiel 38:17 ᵑ7.
Strong's afore, antiquity, former old estate From qadam; priority (in time); also used adverbially (before) -- afore, antiquity, former (old) estate. see HEBREW qadam |
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