Biblical Persons & Places
East
East= near Ammon (Ammon@Gen.19.38-Zep=H5983)
A location near Ammon first mentioned at Jdg.6.3;
only referred to as East (קֶ֫דֶם).
Strong's Definition
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
Derivation: or קֵדְמָה; from H6923 (קָדַם);
KJV Usage: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).
TWOT Reference: 1988a
Outline of Biblical Usage
n m
1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime
1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East
1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time
1c) anciently, of old (adverb)
1d) beginning
1e) east
adv
2) eastward, to or toward the East
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קֵדְמָה / קֶדֶם
qedem / qêdmâh
BDB Definition:
1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime (noun masculine)
1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East
1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time
1c) anciently, of old (adverb)
1d) beginning
1e) east
2) eastward, to or toward the East (adverb)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6923
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1988a
Total KJV Occurrences: 99