קָדַםqâdam
Pi`el: come or be in front, meet (Jonah 4:2; Psalms 119:147; Deuteronomy 23:5)
Pronunciation: kaw-dam' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6923
Meanings
1.
a. meet, confront, (with hostility) (2 Samuel 22:6; Psalms 18:6; Psalms 18:9)
b. come to meet, as friend (Isaiah 21:14; Deuteronomy 23:5; Nehemiah 13:2)
c. meet, receive (Job 3:12)
2.
a. go before, in front (Psalms 68:26)
b. be in front (1 Samuel 20:25)
3. be beforehand (Psalms 119:147; Jonah 4:2; Psalms 119:148)
Hiph`il
1. come in front (Amos 9:10)
2. anticipated, confronted (Job 41:3)
Same root
- קָדוּםqâdûwm · H6917a pristine hero
- קָדִיםqâdîym · H6921the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
- קֶדֶםqedem · H6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
- קַדְמָהqadmâh · H6927priority (in time); also used adverbially (before)
- קֵדְמָהQêdᵉmâh · H6929Kedemah, a son of Ishmael
- קַדְמוֹןqadmôwn · H6930eastern
- קְדֵמוֹתQᵉdêmôwth · H6932Kedemoth, a place in eastern Palestine
- קַדְמַיqadmay · H6933first
Where it appears
Appears 26 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 23:4 These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.
- 2 Samuel 22:6 The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path.
- 2 Samuel 22:19 They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the Lord supported me.
- 2 Kings 19:32 “And this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: “His armies will not enter Jerusalem. They will not even shoot an arrow at it. They will not march outside its gates with their shields nor build banks of earth against its walls.
- Nehemiah 13:2 For they had not provided the Israelites with food and water in the wilderness. Instead, they hired Balaam to curse them, though our God turned the curse into a blessing.
- Job 3:12 Why was I laid on my mother’s lap? Why did she nurse me at her breasts?
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).