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qe.dem H6924

קֶ֫דֶם (qe.dem) means “East” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

קֶ֫דֶם Hebrew · H6924 87 tagged occurrences in 83 verses

Pronunciation guide: keh'-dem Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H6924A

קֶ֫דֶם · qe.dem · East

This name means east, antiquity, front

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TBESH · H6924B

קֵ֫דֶם · qe.dem · east

adv eastward, to or toward the East Another spelling of qe.dem (קֶ֫דֶם ": east" H6924)

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TBESH · H6924G

קֶ֫דֶם · qe.dem · front: east

: east 1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime 1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East 1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time 1c) anciently, of old (adverb) 1d) beginning 1e) east

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TBESH · H6924H

קֶ֫דֶם · qe.dem · front: old

: old/ancient 1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime 1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East 1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time 1c) anciently, of old (adverb) 1d) beginning 1e) east

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TBESH · H6924I

קֶ֫דֶם · qe.dem · front: forward

: forward 1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime 1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East 1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time 1c) anciently, of old (adverb) 1d) beginning 1e) east

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or קֵדְמָה; from H6923 (קָדַם); the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

KJV glosses: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).

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How translators render H6924

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
of the east 13
of old 11
east 6
eastward 4
long ago 4
on the east side 4
to the east 4
on the east 3
the east 3
and east 2
at the southeast corner 2
toward the east 2
and before 1
and from ancient times 1
and the east 1
and your eastern 1
are of old 1
as in days of old 1
as of old 1
before 1
began 1
for the ages 1
from ancient times 1
from everlasting 1
from the east 1
from the eastern 1
gone by 1
in the east 1
in the eastern 1
is from antiquity 1
of eastern 1
of it 1
of the ancient 1
past 1
the beginning 1
the eastern 1
the eternal 1
vvv 1
were bowing to the east 1
with influences from the east 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of old 15
of the east 12
eastward 9
on the east 7
of ancient 4
on the east side 4
toward the east 3
before 2
from the east 2
also shall be as aforetime 1
and before 1
and eastward 1
and for the east 1
and from ancient times 1
and from the east 1
and on the east side 1
and the east 1
and to the east 1
as in the ancient 1
as of old 1
at the east 1
east 1
forward 1
from of old 1
of it on the east 1
of the ancient 1
of the east country 1
of the east end 1
on the east part 1
on the east parts 1
or ever 1
past 1
the eternal 1
thee eastward 1
this from ancient time 1
thou not from everlasting 1
unto the east 1
your east 1

Verses containing H6924

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  1. Genesis 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

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  2. Genesis 3:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

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  3. Genesis 10:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

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  4. Genesis 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

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  5. Genesis 12:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

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  6. Genesis 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

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  7. Genesis 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

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  8. Genesis 25:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

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  9. Genesis 28:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

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  10. Genesis 29:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

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  11. Exodus 27:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.

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  12. Exodus 38:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.

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  13. Leviticus 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.

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  14. Leviticus 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.

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  15. Numbers 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Judahites is Nahshon son of Amminadab,

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  16. Numbers 3:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.

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  17. Numbers 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

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  18. Numbers 23:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’

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  19. Numbers 34:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,

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  20. Numbers 34:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,

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  21. Numbers 34:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

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  22. Numbers 34:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

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  23. Numbers 35:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

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  24. Deuteronomy 33:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,

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  25. Deuteronomy 33:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

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  26. Joshua 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

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  27. Joshua 15:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan,

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  28. Joshua 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

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  29. Joshua 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.

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  30. Joshua 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.

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  31. Judges 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

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  32. Judges 6:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

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  33. Judges 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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  34. Judges 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.

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  35. Judges 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.

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  36. 1 Kings 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.10

  37. 1 Kings 7:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

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  38. 1 Kings 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

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  39. 2 Kings 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

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  40. 2 Kings 19:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

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  41. 2 Chronicles 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

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  42. Nehemiah 12:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

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  43. Job 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

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  44. Job 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

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  45. Job 29:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

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  46. Psalms 44:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

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    Source alternate reference: 44.2

  47. Psalms 55:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.

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    Source alternate reference: 55.20

  48. Psalms 68:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.

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    Source alternate reference: 68.34

  49. Psalms 74:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.

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  50. Psalms 74:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.

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