TBESH · H6937
קָדַר · qa.dar · be dark
1) to mourn, be dark 1a) (Qal) to be dark 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to darken 1b2) to cause to mourn 1c) (Hithpael) to grow dark
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qa.dar H6937
קָדַר (qa.dar) means “be dark” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
קָדַר Hebrew · H6937 17 tagged occurrences in 17 verses
Pronunciation guide: kaw-dar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
KJV glosses: be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), [idiom] heavily, (cause to) mourn.
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How translators render H6937
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| in sorrow | 2 |
| will grow dark | 2 |
| and darken | 1 |
| blackened | 1 |
| darkened | 1 |
| grew dark | 1 |
| grow dark | 1 |
| her people wail | 1 |
| i mourn | 1 |
| i will darken | 1 |
| mourn | 1 |
| mourning | 1 |
| so that mourners | 1 |
| will turn black | 1 |
| with grief | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| i mourning | 2 |
| mourning | 2 |
| shall be dark | 2 |
| and make | 1 |
| be black | 1 |
| heavily | 1 |
| i am black | 1 |
| shall be darkened | 1 |
| that those which mourn | 1 |
| thereof dark | 1 |
| they are black | 1 |
| to mourn | 1 |
| was black | 1 |
| which are blackish | 1 |
| will i make dark | 1 |
Verses containing H6937
Page 1 of 1. 17 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- 1 Kings 18:45
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
Read word by word - Job 5:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
Read word by word - Job 6:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
Read word by word - Job 30:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
Read word by word - Psalms 35:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
Read word by word - Psalms 38:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 38.7
- Psalms 42:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 42.10
- Psalms 43:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 8:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 14:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 31:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 32:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 32:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
Read word by word - Joel 2:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
Read word by word - Joel 3:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.15
- Micah 3:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
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