קַדְמַי
qad.may
“first”
Definition
first
(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H6923 (קָדַם);
- former, first 1a) first 1b) former
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
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Occurrences
קַדְמַי appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.
While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.
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