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קָדִים H6921

H6921 is the Hebrew word קָדִים, transliterated qâdîym and said kaw-deem'. The King James Version most often renders it east.

Word: קָדִיםTransliteration: qâdîymSaid: kaw-deem'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 59 verses

What it means

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind).

Where it comes from

or קָדִם; from H6923 (קָדַם).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 64 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

east 38×eastward 8×toward the east 8×east wind 6×caused an east wind 1×east side 1×stood toward the east 1×after the east wind 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: east(-ward, wind).

Verses using קָדִים

The first 40 of 59 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 41:6 · KJV

And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

Genesis 41:23 · KJV

And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

Genesis 41:27 · KJV

And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

Exodus 10:13 · KJV

And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

Exodus 14:21 · KJV

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Job 27:21 · KJV

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

Job 38:24 · KJV

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

Psalm 48:7 · KJV

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

Psalm 78:26 · KJV

He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

Jeremiah 18:17 · KJV

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

Ezekiel 11:1 · KJV

Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

Ezekiel 17:10 · KJV

Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

Ezekiel 19:12 · KJV

But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 27:26 · KJV

Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

Ezekiel 40:6 · KJV

Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

Ezekiel 40:10 · KJV

And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

Ezekiel 40:19 · KJV

Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

Ezekiel 40:22 · KJV

And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

Ezekiel 40:23 · KJV

And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:32 · KJV

And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.

Ezekiel 40:44 · KJV

And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

Ezekiel 41:14 · KJV

Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 42:9 · KJV

And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.

Ezekiel 42:10 · KJV

The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.

Ezekiel 42:12 · KJV

And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

Ezekiel 42:15 · KJV

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

Ezekiel 42:16 · KJV

He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

Ezekiel 43:2 · KJV

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.

Ezekiel 44:1 · KJV

Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

Ezekiel 45:7 · KJV

And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

Ezekiel 46:1 · KJV

Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Ezekiel 46:12 · KJV

Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

Ezekiel 47:1 · KJV

Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.

Ezekiel 47:2 · KJV

Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

Ezekiel 47:3 · KJV

And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

Ezekiel 47:18 · KJV

And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.

Ezekiel 48:1 · KJV

Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.

Ezekiel 48:2 · KJV

And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.

Ezekiel 48:3 · KJV

And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.

Ezekiel 48:4 · KJV

And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6921 mean?

H6921 is the Hebrew word קָדִים (qâdîym), meaning the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind).

How is H6921 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it east (38 times), eastward (8 times), toward the east (8 times), east wind (6 times), caused an east wind (1 time), among others.

How many times does H6921 appear in the Bible?

קָדִים (qâdîym) is tagged in 59 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6921 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or קָדִם; from H6923 (קָדַם).

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