Strong's Hebrew · H6937
קָדַר
qâdar · kaw-dar'
Definitionto be ashy, i.e. darkcolored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagebe black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), [idiom] heavily, (cause to) mourn.
Occurrences17 in the KJV · 17 verses
קָדַר in Scripture
1 Kings 18:45
And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
Job 5:11
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Job 6:16
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
Job 30:28
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
Psalms 35:14
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
Psalms 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Psalms 42:9
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms 43:2
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Jeremiah 4:28
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it , I have purposed it , and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
Jeremiah 8:21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Ezekiel 31:15
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
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