קִדְמָהqidmâh

front, East

Pronunciation: kid-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6926

Meanings

1. in front of, over against (Genesis 2:14; Genesis 4:16)

2. on the east of (Ezekiel 39:11; 1 Samuel 13:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 2:14 The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.
  • Genesis 4:16 So Cain left the Lord’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
  • 1 Samuel 13:5 The Philistines mustered a mighty army of 3,000 chariots, 6,000 charioteers, and as many warriors as the grains of sand on the seashore! They camped at Micmash east of Beth-aven.
  • Ezekiel 39:11 “And I will make a vast graveyard for Gog and his hordes in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea. It will block the way of those who travel there, and they will change the name of the place to the Valley of Gog’s Hordes.

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).