H6921 קָדִים (qâdîym) kaw-deem'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

east

Strong's Definition

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

Derivation: or קָדִם; from H6923 (קָדַם);

KJV Usage: east(-ward, wind).

TWOT Reference: 1988d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) east, east wind

1a) east (of direction)

1b) east wind

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G395 G972 G1726 G1727 G2742 G3558 G4151

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קָדִים (qa.dim) — east. 1) east, east wind 1a) east (of direction) 1b) east wind

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קָדִים (H6921)

noun m · קדם

Spatial Referents

forward = a referent pointing in the direction that one is facing

HAB 1:9

Spatial Referents

east = a referent pointing to the place where the sun rises

EZK 11:1 · EZK 40:6 · EZK 40:10 · EZK 40:19 · EZK 40:22 · EZK 40:23 · EZK 40:32 · EZK 40:44 · EZK 41:14 · EZK 42:9 · EZK 42:10 · EZK 42:12 · EZK 42:15 · EZK 42:16 · EZK 43:1 · EZK 43:2 · EZK 43:4 · EZK 43:17 · EZK 44:1 · EZK 45:7 · EZK 45:7 · EZK 46:1 · EZK 46:12 · EZK 47:1 · EZK 47:1 · EZK 47:2 · EZK 47:3 · EZK 47:18 · EZK 47:18 · EZK 48:1 · EZK 48:2 · EZK 48:3 · EZK 48:4 · EZK 48:5 · EZK 48:6 · EZK 48:7 · EZK 48:8 · EZK 48:8 · EZK 48:10 · EZK 48:16 · EZK 48:17 · EZK 48:18 · EZK 48:21 · EZK 48:23 · EZK 48:24 · EZK 48:25 · EZK 48:26 · EZK 48:27 · EZK 48:32

Air | ≈ רוּחַ

east wind = a hot and dry wind east wind from an easterly direction

GEN 41:6 · GEN 41:23 · GEN 41:27 · EXO 10:13 · EXO 10:13 · EXO 14:21 · JOB 15:2 · JOB 27:21 · JOB 38:24 · PSA 48:8 · PSA 78:26 · ISA 27:8 · JER 18:17 · EZK 17:10 · EZK 19:12 · EZK 27:26 · HOS 12:2 · HOS 13:15 · JON 4:8 · HAB 1:9

¹ HAB 1:9 RSV NJPS NRSV GNT ESV = [1a] | VUL NIV NJB REB = [1c]

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קָדִים 69 n.m. East, east wind base

Bible Occurrences (64)

41:6 41:23 41:27

10:13 14:21

15:2 27:21 38:24

48:7 78:26

27:8

18:17

11:1 17:10 19:12 27:26 40:6 40:10 40:19 40:22 40:23 40:32 40:44 41:14 42:9 42:10 42:12 42:15 42:16 43:1 43:2 43:4 43:17 44:1 45:7 46:1 46:12 47:1 47:2 47:3 47:18 48:1 48:2 48:3 48:4 48:5 48:6 48:7 48:8 48:10 48:16 48:17 48:18 48:21 48:23 48:24 48:25 48:26 48:27 48:32

12:1 13:15

4:8

1:9

Genesis 41:6

After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.

Genesis 41:23

After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted— withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.

Genesis 41:27

Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind — they are seven years of famine.

Exodus 10:13

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that... day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning... the east wind had brought the locusts.

Exodus 14:21

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned [it] into dry land. So the waters were divided,

Job 15:2

Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

Job 27:21

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

Job 38:24

In which... direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?