First
קַדְמַיStrong’s H6933qadmay (qad-may)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qadmay is the Aramaic word usually translated “first the”, “former” and “former the”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.”
Meaning
- Former, firstfirst · former
How it's translated
- first the 1
- former 1
- former the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 7:8In contextI considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
- Daniel 7:24In contextAnd the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Aramaic dictionary
קַדְמַי qadmay · first
1) former, first 1a) first 1b) former
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “first” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FIRST, adjective
furst. [See fare and for.]
- Advanced before or further than any other in progression; foremost in place; as the first man in a marching company or troop is the man that precedes all the rest.
- Preceding all others in the order of time.
- Preceding all others in numbers or a progressive series; the ordinal of one; as, 1 is the first number.
- Preceding all others in rank, dignity or excellence.
All definitions and other forms of “first”
FIRST, adverb
furst.
- Before any thing else in the order of time.“Adam was first formed, then Eve” 1 Timothy 2:13
- Before all others in place or progression.
- Before any thing else in order of proceeding or consideration. first let us attend to the examination of the witnesses.
- Before all others in rank.
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.