קָדַר qadar
Hebrew word for “be dark” · Strong’s H6937 · used 17 times in 17 verses
Meaning
1) to mourn, be dark; 1a) (Qal) to be dark; 1b) (Hiphil); 1b1) to darken; 1b2) to cause to mourn; 1c) (Hithpael) to grow dark
How it is translated
Glosses given for qadar in context, with how often each is used:
- mourning 6
- will be dark 2
- will darken 2
- grew dark 1
- mourners 1
- dark 1
- being dark 1
- made mourn 1
- become dark 1
- have become dark 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 32 (2), 1 Kings 18 (1), Job 5 (1), Job 6 (1), Job 30 (1), Psalms 35 (1), Psalms 38 (1), Psalms 42 (1), Psalms 43 (1), Jeremiah 4 (1)
Forms
- קדר 5
- קדרו 3
- התקדרו 1
- וקדרים 1
- הקדרים 1
- וקדרו 1
- קדרתי 1
- ואקדר 1
- והקדרתי 1
- אקדירם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qadar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh “sun” 4
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 5
- יָרֵחַ yareach “moon” 3
- כּוֹכָב kokhav “star” 3
- אָבַל aval “to mourn” 3
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 6
- לַחַץ lachats “oppression” 2
- נֹגַהּ nogah “brightness” 2
- שָׁחַח shachach “to bow” 2
- אוֹר or “light” 2
- כָּסָה kasah “to cover” 2
- אָסַף asaph “to gather” 2
Key verses
The verses using qadar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Kings 18:45 — And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
- Job 5:11 — To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
- Psalms 38:6 — I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
- Psalms 42:9 — I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Psalms 43:2 — For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Jeremiah 4:28 — For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back…
- Jeremiah 8:21 — For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
- Jeremiah 14:2 — Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
- Ezekiel 32:7 — And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her…
- Joel 2:10 — The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
- Joel 3:15 — The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
- Micah 3:6 — Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the…
See all 17 verses in the Word Atlas
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.