קַדְמָה
qadmâh · H6928 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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previously
A reference to a period of time referenced in the past
ExamplesEzra 5:11 “So they answered us as follows, saying, ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the document was signed, he entered his house (and in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and offering praise before his God, just as he had been doing previously.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- דֵּןthis 1
- שְׁנָהyear 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 4
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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Near synonyms 4 words
- אֶתְמוֹל ʼethmôwl · H865 · yesterday, (what used to be done) before, in the past
- Both Hebrew words refer to prior or past time and could substitute for each other in expressing anteriority.
- תְּמוֹל tᵉmôwl · H8543 · yesterday, (what used to be done) before, in the past
- Both words refer to past or prior time and could substitute in temporal contexts, adverbial expressions of "in former times" or "previously".
- אֶמֶשׁ ʼemesh · H570 · twilight, evening, last night
- Both words denote past temporal reference ("previously", "formerly"). אֶמֶשׁ (ʼemesh, H570) has the very specific, recent-past connotation "yesterday[-night]", while קַדְמָה (qadmâh, H6928) is more general ("aforetime, ago").
- שִׁלְשׁוֹם shilshôwm · H8032 · (what used to be done) before, in the past
- Both words genuinely denote past temporal reference and could substitute for one another in expressing "formerly/previously" – true same-language near-synonyms.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Temporal Referents003002006
- Ezra 5:11 recounts that the temple “was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.”
- Circumstantial Referents003002002
- This Circumstantial Referents code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “before” sense; this word's own occurrence describes the temple having been built many years ago, using its adverbial 'long ago' sense rather than a circumstantial 'before' sense.
- Descriptive Referents003002003
- This Descriptive Referents code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “former state; origin” sense; this word's own occurrence describes the temple having been built many years ago, using its adverbial 'long ago' sense rather than a descriptive 'former state' sense.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
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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