Strong's Hebrew · H6923
קָדַם
qâdam · kaw-dam'
Definitionto project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagecome (go, (flee)) before, [phrase] disappoint, meet, prevent.
Occurrences26 in the KJV · 25 verses
קָדַם in Scripture
Deuteronomy 23:4
Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
2 Samuel 22:6
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
2 Samuel 22:19
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
2 Kings 19:32
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
Nehemiah 13:2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Job 3:12
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
Job 30:27
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
Job 41:11
Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Psalms 17:13
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Psalms 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Psalms 18:18
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Psalms 21:3
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
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