Qadmah means “afore” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6927 קַדמָה (qadmah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qadmah (kad-maw') n-f. 1. priority (in time) 2. also used adverbially (before) It has 4 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include afore, antiquity, former, and old. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
qadmah (kad-maw') n-f. 1. priority (in time) 2. also used adverbially (before) [from H6923] KJV: afore, antiquity, former (old) estate. Root(s): H6923
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6927. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
former
Usage: 1) antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin 1a) antiquity, beginning, origin 1b) former state or situation conj 1c) before Aramaic equivalent: qad.mah (קַדְמָה "previously" H6928)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qadmah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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4 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6927.
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6927, grouped by book.
Qadmah (Strong's H6927) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "afore". qadmah (kad-maw') n-f. 1. priority (in time) 2. also used adverbially (before)
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H6927 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6927 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as afore, antiquity, former, and old. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.