East
קֵ֫דֶםStrong’s H6924qedem (qe-dem)
Appears in 83 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qedem is the Hebrew word usually translated “east -ward”, “from east” and “east”. It appears in 83 verses of the Old Testament.
“And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.”
Meaning
- This name means east, antiquity, front
- Adv
How it's translated
- east -ward 24
- from east 14
- east 13
- antiquity 13
- from antiquity 8
- ancient time 4
- and east -ward 2
- the east 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 11
- Genesis 10
- Numbers 9
- Isaiah 9
- Joshua 5
- Judges 5
22 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 2:8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- Genesis 3:24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
- Genesis 10:30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
- Genesis 11:2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
- Genesis 12:8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 13:11Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
All 83 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
קֶ֫דֶם qedem · East
This name means east, antiquity, front
קֵ֫דֶם qedem · east
adv eastward, to or toward the East Another spelling of qe.dem (קֶ֫דֶם ": east" H6924)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “east” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EAST, noun
[Latin oriens, this word may belong to the root of hoise, hoist.]
- The point in the heavens, where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or when it is in the equinoctial, or the corresponding point on the earth; one of the four cardinal points.
- The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe, or other country.
All definitions and other forms of “east”
EAST, adjective
Towards the rising sun; or towards the point where the sun rises, when in the equinoctial; as the east gate; the east border; the east side. The east wind is a wind that blows from the east
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.