Previously
קַדְמָהStrong’s H6928qadmah (qad-mah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qadmah is the Aramaic word usually translated “from former time of” and “former time of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.”
Meaning
- Former time or situation, as before
How it's translated
- from former time of 1
- former time of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
- Daniel 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Aramaic dictionary
קַדְמָה qadmah · previously
former time or situation, as before Aramaic of qad.mah (קַדְמָה "former" H6927)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “previously” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRE'VIOUSLY, adverb
In time preceding; beforehand; antecedently; as a plan previously formed.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.