Ancient
קָדוּםStrong’s H6917qadum (qa-dum)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Qadum is the Hebrew word usually translated “ancient times”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.”
Meaning
- Antiquity, ancient, onrushingmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
- ancient times 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
קָדוּם qadum · ancient
1) antiquity, ancient, onrushing 1a) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ancient” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AN'CIENT, adjective
Usually pronounced most anomalously, ancient The pronunciation of the first vowel ought to accord with that is antiquity, anger, anchor, etc. [Lt. ante, antiquus.] We usually apply ancient and old to things subject to gradual decay. We say, an old man, an ancient record; but never the old sun, old stars, an old river or mountain.
- Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; as, ancient authors, ancient days.
- Old; that has been of long duration; as, an ancient forest; an ancient city.
- Known from ancient times; as the ancient continent, opposed to the new continent.
All definitions and other forms of “ancient”
AN'CIENT, noun
Generally used in the plural, ancients. Those who lived in former ages, opposed to moderns.
- In scripture, very old men.“The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people” Isaiah 3:14
- ancient is also used for a flag or streamer, in a ship of war; and for an ensign or the bearer of a flag, as in Shakespeare.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.