Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6923
קָדַם
qa.dam · “to meet”
Used 26 times across 10 books
Definition
1) to meet, come or be in front, confront, go before
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to meet, confront, come to meet, receive
1a2) to go before, go in front, be in front
1a3) to lead, be beforehand, anticipate, forestall
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to come in front
1b2) to confront, anticipate
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to meet, confront, come to meet, receive
1a2) to go before, go in front, be in front
1a3) to lead, be beforehand, anticipate, forestall
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to come in front
1b2) to confront, anticipate
Where it appears
Deuteronomy1
2 Samuel2
2 Kings1
Nehemiah1
Job3
Psalms12
Isaiah2
Amos1
Jonah1
Micah2
In the text
Deuteronomy 23:5Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.2 Samuel 22:6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;2 Samuel 22:19They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.2 Kings 19:32Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.Nehemiah 13:2Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.Job 3:12Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?Job 30:27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.Job 41:3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?Psalms 17:13Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
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