H6926 - קִדְמָה (qidmâh)

H6926 קִדְמָה (qidmâh) kid-maw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

east

Strong's Definition

the forward part (or relatively) East (often adverbially, on the east or in front)

Derivation: feminine of H6924 (קֶדֶם);

KJV Usage: east(-ward).

TWOT Reference: 1988a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) forward, front, east, antiquity, East

1a) in front of, over against, front

1b) on the east of, east

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) forward, front, east, antiquity, East 1a) in front of, over against, front 1b) on the east of, east

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קִדְמָה qidmâh BDB Definition: 1) forward, front, east, antiquity, East 1a) in front of, over against, front 1b) on the east of, east Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6924 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1988a Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

2:14 4:16

13:5

39:11

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river [is] the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river [is the] Euphrates.

Genesis 4:16

So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

1 Samuel 13:5

Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore.... They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

Ezekiel 39:11

And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called... the Valley of Hamon-gog.