קָדַם qadam

Hebrew word for “to meet” · Strong’s H6923 · used 26 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

1) to meet, come or be in front, confront, go before;

How it is translated

Glosses given for qadam in context, with how often each is used:

• confronted 4
• met 2
• will confront 2
• had met 1
• did they receive 1
• have confronted 1
• has he confronted 1
• confront ! 1
• meet 1
• will meet 1
• went in front 1
• may they come to meet 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 22 (2), Psalms 18 (2), Psalms 119 (2), Deuteronomy 23 (1), 2 Kings 19 (1), Nehemiah 13 (1), Job 3 (1), Job 30 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 17 (1)

Forms

• קדמו 5
• קדמני 2
• יקדמני 2
• יקדמנה 2
• קדמוני 2
• קדמתי 2
• הקדימני 1
• קדמה 1
• יקדמוני 1
• תקדמנו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qadam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִשְׁעָן mishan “support” 2
• סֹלְלָה solelah “mound” 2
• שָׂכַר sakhar “to hire” 2
• שָׁוַע shava “to cry” 2
• אֵיד ed “calamity” 2
• חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 3
• מוֹקֵשׁ moqesh “snare” 2
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 3
• חֵץ chets “arrow” 2
• בִּלְעָם bilam “Balaam” 2
• חֶבֶל chevel “cord” 2
• מָגֵן magen “shield” 2

Key verses

The verses using qadam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 23:4 — Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of…
• Job 41:11 — Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
• Psalms 17:13 — Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
• Psalms 21:3 — For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
• Psalms 59:10 — The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
• Psalms 68:25 — The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
• Psalms 79:8 — O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
• Psalms 89:14 — Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
• Psalms 119:147 — I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
• Amos 9:10 — All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
• Jonah 4:2 — And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I…
• Micah 6:6 — Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

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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.