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beforetime

Meaning of “beforetime”

At an earlier or former time; previously.

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11 occurrences10 verses8 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 2:12

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Every verse containing “beforetime”

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Deuteronomy 2:12
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:12 · retained source text

The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them when they had destroyed them from before them, & dwelt in their stead, as Israel did vnto the land of his possession, which the LORD gaue vnto them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. inherited them.

1611 marginal noteOr, roome.

1611 marginal noteGen. 36.20.

Joshua 11:10
¶ And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 11:10 · retained source text

¶ And Ioshua at that time turned backe, and tooke Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdomes.

Joshua 20:5
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 20:5 · retained source text

And if the auenger of blood pursue after him, then they shal not deliuer the slayer vp into his hand: because hee smote his neighbour vnwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

1 Samuel 9:9
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 9:9 · retained source text

(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake; Come, and let vs go to the Seer: for he that is now called a Prophet, was beforetime called a Seer.)

1 Samuel 10:11
And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 10:11 · retained source text

And it came to passe when all that knew him beforetime, saw, that behold, hee prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come vnto the sonne of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

1611 marginal noteHeb. A man to his neighbour.

1611 marginal noteChap. 19.24.

2 Samuel 7:10
Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 7:10 · retained source text

(Moreouer I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their owne, and mooue no more: neither shall the children of wickednesse afflict them any more, as beforetime,

2 Kings 13:5
(And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 13:5 · retained source text

(And the LORD gaue Israel a sauiour, so that they went out from vnder the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before-time.

1611 marginal noteHeb. as yesterday, and third day.

Nehemiah 2:1
AND it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 2:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe, in the moneth Nisan, in the twentieth yeere of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King: now I had not bene beforetime sad in his presence.

Isaiah 41:26
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 41:26 · retained source text

Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and before time, that we may say, He is righteous? yea there is none that sheweth, yea there is none that declareth, yea there is none that heareth your words.

Acts 8:9
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 8:9 · retained source text

But there was a certaine man called Simon, which before time in the same citie vsed sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giuing out that himselfe was some great one.

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