King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6927
Transliteration: qadmah
Phonetic Spelling: (kad-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: antiquity, former state
Meaning: antiquity, former state
Word Summary
qadmah: antiquity, former state
Original Word: קַדְמָהTransliteration: qadmah
Phonetic Spelling: (kad-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: antiquity, former state
Meaning: antiquity, former state
Strong's Concordance
afore, antiquity, former old estate From qadam; priority (in time); also used adverbially (before) -- afore, antiquity, former (old) estate.
see HEBREW qadam
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6927. qadmah
[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 16:55; plural suffix קַדְמוֺתֵיכֶם 36:11. 3 construct singular =
conjunction before (temporal; Aramaic) שָׁלַף שֶׁקַּדְמַת Psalm 129:6.
[קַדְמָה] noun feminine former time (compare Biblical Hebrew קַדְמָה, Zinjirli קדמה (Cooke177), former state); — construct Daniel 6:11 דְּנָה מִןקַּֿדְמַת = before this, formerly; so Ezra 5:11 דְּ ׳מִקַּדְמַת. compare Genesis 28:19 ᵑ7J, Ezekiel 38:17 ᵑ7.