קֶדֶם (qedem) is a Hebrew noun meaning eastward. It appears 87 times in 22 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6924).

Also rendered

• front
• East

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1988a)

Root family 1988: קָדַם qādam — meet, confront, go before (Piel and Hiphil only). Denominative verb

• קָדִים qādîm — East
• קָדַם qādam — come in front
• קַדְמֹנִי qadmōnî — former
• קַדְמָה qadmâ — antiquity
• קִדְמָה qidmâ — front
• קַדְמוֹן qadmôn — eastern
• קָדוּם qādûm — ancient

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