קָדַר
qādar
be dark
Strong's H6937VerbHebrewTWOT 1989

קָדַר (qādar) is a Hebrew verb meaning be dark. It appears 17 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6937).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1989)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1989)be dark, dull-coloured, be dirty; darken, cause to mourn; be ashy, mourn; be black, be blackish
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

קָדַר verb: be dark, dull-coloured, be dirty

Strong's H6937 קָדַר: to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
KJV:be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), × heavily, (cause to) mourn.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 18:45Job 5:11Psalms 35:14

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