# קָדַר (qadar)

Israeli respelling: qa-dar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6937. 17 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), [idiom] heavily, (cause to) mourn.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qadar-h6937

## Occurrences

- [1 Kings 18:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/45) — And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went…
- [Job 5:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/11) — To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
- [Job 6:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/6/16) — Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
- [Job 30:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/30/28) — I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
- [Psalms 35:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/38/6) — I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
- [Psalms 42:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Jeremiah 8:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 fl…
- [Ezekiel 32:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/32/7) — And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon sh…
- [Ezekiel 32:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/32/8) — All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
- [Joel 2:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/10) — The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shinin…
- [Joel 3:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/3/15) — The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
- [Micah 3:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 sh…