Qâdar — H6937

Definition

verb

to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)

1. to mourn, be dark
1. (Qal) to be dark
2. (Hiphil)
1. to darken
2. to cause to mourn
3. (Hithpael) to grow dark

Usually translated as

be black, dark, mourn, be blackish, heavily, be, darken

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• apóllymi (G622)
• aporía (G640)
• penthéō (G3996)
• skotóō (G4656)

Occurrences

Qâdar occurs 17 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1), Job (3), Psalms (4), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (3), Joel (2), Micah (1)

• 1 Kings 18:45 — And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black (הִֽתְקַדְּרוּ֙) 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 (וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים) may be exalted to safety.
• Job 6:16 — Which are blackish (הַקֹּדְרִ֥ים) by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
• Job 30:28 — I went mourning (קֹדֵ֣ר) 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 (קֹדֵ֥ר), as one that mourneth for his mother.
• Psalms 38:6 — I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning (קֹדֵ֥ר) all the day long.
• Psalms 42:9 — I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning (קֹדֵ֥ר) 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 (קֹדֵ֥ר) because of the oppression of the enemy?
• Jeremiah 4:28 — For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black (וְקָדְר֥וּ): 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 (קָדַ֕רְתִּי); astonishment hath taken hold on me.
• Jeremiah 14:2 — Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black (קָדְר֣וּ) 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 (וָאַקְדִּ֤ר) for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
• Ezekiel 32:7 — And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark (וְהִקְדַּרְתִּ֖י); I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
• Ezekiel 32:8 — All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark (אַקְדִּירֵ֖ם) over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
• Joel 2:10 — The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark (קָדָ֔רוּ), and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
• Joel 3:15 — The sun and the moon shall be darkened (קָדָ֑רוּ), and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
• Micah 3:6 — Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark (וְקָדַ֥ר) over them.