H6937 קָדַר

קָדַר (qâdar), Strong’s H6937: to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments) KJV: be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), [idiom] heavily, (cause to) mourn…

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

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

Occurs 17 times.

Brown–Driver–Briggs
- קָדַר vb. be dark (dull-coloured, cf. Ar. be dirty)
- Qal be dark
- Hiph.
- 1 darken
- 2 cause to mourn
- Hithp. and the heavens grew dark with clouds.

Where it occurs
- 1 Kings 18:45 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=45) — In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
- Jeremiah 4:28 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/4?v=28) — For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black, because I have spoken it. I have planned it, and I have…
- Jeremiah 8:21 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/8?v=21) — For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me.
- Jeremiah 14:2 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/14?v=2) — “Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.
- Ezekiel 31:15 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/31?v=15) — “The Lord GOD says: ‘In the day when he went down to Sheol, I caused a mourning. I covered the deep for him, and I…
- Ezekiel 32:7 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/32?v=7) — When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and make its stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the…
- Ezekiel 32:8 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/32?v=8) — I will make all the bright lights of the sky dark over you, and set darkness on your land,” says the Lord GOD.
- Joel 2:10 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joel/2?v=10) — The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their…
- Joel 4:15 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joel/4?v=15) — The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
- Micah 3:6 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/3?v=6) — “Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down…