קָדִים
qâdîym · H6921 · Hebrew · 69 occurrences
Meanings
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forward
A reference to the direction that one is facing
ExamplesHabakkuk 1:9 “All of them come for violence. Their horde of faces moves forward. They gather captives like sand.
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east
A reference to the direction where the sun rises
ExamplesEzekiel 11:1 Now the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’S house which faced eastward. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
Ezekiel 40:19 Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner courtyard, a hundred cubits on the east and on the north.
Ezekiel 40:23 The inner courtyard had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a hundred cubits from gate to gate.
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east wind
A hot and dry wind east wind from an easterly direction
ExamplesGenesis 41:6 Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.
Genesis 41:23 and behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind sprouted up after them;
Genesis 41:27 “The seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
- פּוּץto be scattered 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- נָסַעto set out, to journey 1
- רָדַףto pursue, to chase 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַמָּהcubit 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- לto/for 2
- מִןfrom 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
44 occurrences in 7 groups
- פֵּאָהside 18
- דֶּרֶךְway, road 10
- רוּחַspirit, wind 10
- גְּבוּלborder, territory 2
- שָׁדַףto scorch 2
- יוֹםday, time 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- ἀνατολή anatolḗ · G395 · to come up, to move upward, to rise
- ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, G395) is the standard Greek rendering of קָדִים (qâdîym, H6921) for the cardinal direction 'east' and related 'east wind' senses, directly equivalent across the LXX alignment corpus.
- καύσων kaúsōn · G2742 · heat, scorching heat
- καύσων (kaúsōn, G2742) specifically denotes the scorching heat or burning wind associated with the east wind (קָדִים (qâdîym, H6921) קָדִים), focusing on the thermal intensity rather than directional orientation; it renders the destructive heat-bearing quality of the east wind in Mediterranean/Near Eastern climate contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Spatial Referents003002005
- The word designates the direction east, illustrated by the recurring phrase "east wind" naming the direction the wind blows from (Genesis 41:6, 23, 27; Exodus 10:13, 14:21).
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- The same "east wind" citations directly attest the word's sense as a wind, the scorching wind that withers grain (Genesis 41:6, 23), drives locusts (Exodus 10:13), and pushes back the sea (Exodus 14:21).
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6921. qadim קָדִים69 noun masculineHos 13:15 East, east wind; — absolute ׳ק Gen 41:6 +;…
קָדִים69 noun masculineHos 13:15 East, east wind; — absolute ׳ק Gen 41:6 +; with ה locative קָדִ֫ימָה Eze 11:1 +, קָדִ֫מָה Eze 48:4 +; —
1 (apart from Ezekiel) East, especially (הַ)קּ ׳רוּחַ wind of the East, east wind, often as violent and scorching, from desert on southeast, = Arabic sirocco ( eastern), compare DrAmo 4:9: Exo 10:13 (twice in verse) (JE), Exo 14:21 (J), Jer 18:17 (simile), Jon 4:8; Psa 48:8; also ׳ק (רוּחַ omitted) = east wind Gen 41:6, Gen 41:23, Gen 41:27 (E), Hos 12:2; Hos 13:15; Isa 27:8; Job 15:2; Job 27:21; Job 38:24; Psa 78:26. — קָדִימָה Hab 1:9 is dubious, usually eastward, i.e. forward, but text probably corrupt, compare We Now Da, GASm proposes מַקְדִּים (see also [מְגַמָּה] p. 169 above). 2 in Ezekiel (52 t.):
a. East הַקּ ׳רוּחַ east wind Eze 17:10; Eze 19:12; Eze 27:26; east side Eze 42:16 (+ north, south, west); הַקּ ׳שַׁעַר Eze 40:44 (+ north, south); ק ׳מְּאַת Eze 47:18, + west Eze 48:6-7, Eze 48:8, compare Eze 48:1 (הַיָּם ׳פ ׳ק; but read ᵐ5 ׳מִמּ ׳ק פ ׳יְעַד יָמָּה Co Toy and others), + north, south, west, Eze 48:16; קּ הַ ׳דֶּרֶךְ i.e. toward the east Eze 40:10 Eze 40:7t., ׳מִדּ ׳הַקּ Eze 43:2; ׳לַקּ Eze 40:23 eastward (+ North) Eze 41:14; ׳מֵהַקּ Eze 42:9 on the East.
b. קָדִ֫ימָה = East: הַקּ ׳דֶּרֶךְ Eze 40:6; קָדִימָה גְּבוּל Eze 45:7; Eze 48:21 (+ west); קָדִימָה מְּאַת Eze 47:18, + west Eze 48:3 Eze 48:8t., + north, south, west, Eze 48:32.
c. as adverb קָדִ֫ימָה eastward Eze 11:1; Eze 44:1; Eze 47:1; + west Eze 45:7 (strike out Berthol Krae), Eze 48:18, + north, south, west, Eze 48:10; Eze 48:17; also (הַ)קָּדִים eastward Eze 40:19; Eze 43:17; Eze 46:1, Eze 46:12; Eze 47:1, Eze 47:3, + north Eze 47:2.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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