קָדִים qadim
Hebrew word for “east” · Strong’s H6921 · used 69 times in 64 verses
Meaning
1) east, east wind; 1a) east (of direction); 1b) east wind
How it is translated
Glosses given for qadim in context, with how often each is used:
- east 36
- east -ward 20
- east wind 12
- east towards 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 52 | 2.8 | |
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Jonah | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 48 (19), Ezekiel 40 (7), Ezekiel 42 (5), Ezekiel 43 (4), Ezekiel 47 (4), Genesis 41 (3), Ezekiel 46 (2), Exodus 10 (1), Exodus 14 (1), Job 15 (1)
Forms
- קדים 28
- הקדים 17
- קדימה 15
- קדמה 3
- וקדימה 2
- הקדימה 1
- ולקדים 1
- לקדים 1
- מהקדים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qadim more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- פֵּאָה peah “side” 17
- יָם yam “sea” 22
- גְּבוּל gevul “border” 16
- שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 16
- אֶחָד echad “one” 18
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 14
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 15
- מָדַד madad “to measure” 7
- צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 8
- פְּנִימִי penimi “inner” 6
- עַד ad “till” 13
- רֹחַב rochav “width” 7
Key verses
The verses using qadim that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 14:21 — 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…
- Isaiah 27:8 — In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
- Jeremiah 18:17 — 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 — 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…
- Ezekiel 19:12 — 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…
- Ezekiel 40:6 — 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…
- Ezekiel 43:2 — 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 46:12 — 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…
- Ezekiel 47:1 — 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…
- Hosea 12:1 — Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is…
- Hosea 13:15 — Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and…
- Jonah 4:8 — And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.