קַדְמָה qadmâh
Meaning
priority (in time); also used adverbially (before)
In the King James Version: afore, antiquity, former (old) estate.
Derivation: from H6923 (קָדַם);
Where it is used
- Psalms 129:6 May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
- Isaiah 23:7 Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
- Ezekiel 16:55 And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.
- Ezekiel 36:11 I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.