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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קַדְמָה (qad.mah) — former. 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)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · קדם
Temporal Referents
ancient time, long ago = a reference to a period of time referenced in the distant past
Temporal Referents
Collocation: מִן־קַדְמַת דְּנָה · מִקַּדְמַת דְּנָה
previously = a reference to a period of time referenced in the past
Circumstantial Referents
Collocation: קִדְמַת
before = a reference to the time preceding a certain event
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קַדְמָה] n.f. antiquity, former state;— antiquity, beginning
former state
cstr. sg. = conj. before (temp.)
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