Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
first
Usage: 1) former, first 1a) first 1b) former
Qadmay means “first” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6933 קַדמַי (qadmay) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qadmay (kad-mah'-ee) adj. 1. first [(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H6923] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include first. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
qadmay (kad-mah'-ee) adj. 1. first [(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H6923] KJV: first. Root(s): H6923
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first
Usage: 1) former, first 1a) first 1b) former
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qadmay, 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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3 indexed usages in Old Testament.
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6933.
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6933, grouped by book.
Qadmay (Strong's H6933) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "first". qadmay (kad-mah'-ee) adj. 1. first [(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H6923]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H6933 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6933 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as first. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.