Strong's Concordance
Original word: קֶ֫דֶם
Transliteration: qedem
Definition (short): aforetime
Definition (full): the front, of place, time
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Or qedmah {kayd'-maw}; from qadam; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward) -- aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, X ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare qidmah.
see HEBREW qadam
see HEBREW qidmah
References
KJV:
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
NASB:
The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.
KJV:
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
NASB:
So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.
KJV:
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
NASB:
Now their settlement extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.
KJV:
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
NASB:
It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
KJV:
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
NASB:
Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD.