Quick Definition
former
Strong's Definition
priority (in time); also used adverbially (before)
Derivation: from H6923 (קָדַם);
KJV Usage: afore, antiquity, former (old) estate.
TWOT Reference: 1988c
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin
1a) antiquity, beginning, origin
1b) former state or situation conj
1c) before
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin
1a) antiquity, beginning, origin
1b) former state or situation conj
1c) before
Aramaic equivalent: qad.mah (קַדְמָה "previously" H6928)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קַדְמָה
qadmâh
BDB Definition:
1) antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin
1a) antiquity, beginning, origin
1b) former state or situation
1c) before
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6923
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1988c
Total KJV Occurrences: 5