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yesterday

Meaning of “yesterday”

The day immediately before the present day; by extension, former time just past.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
9 occurrences9 verses9 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 5:14

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “yesterday”

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Exodus 5:14
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 5:14 · retained source text

And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs task-masters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske, in making bricke, both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

1 Samuel 20:27
And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 20:27 · retained source text

And it came to passe on the morrow which was the second day of the moneth, that Dauids place was emptie: and Saul said vnto Ionathan his sonne, Wherefore commeth not the sonne of Iesse to meat, neither yesterday nor to day?

2 Samuel 15:20
Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 15:20 · retained source text

Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee goe vp and downe with vs? Seeing I goe whither I may, returne thou, and take backe thy brethren: mercie and trueth be with thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. make thee wander in going?

2 Kings 9:26
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 9:26 · retained source text

Surely I haue seene yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sonnes, sayd the LORD, and I will requite thee in this plat, sayth the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bloods

1611 marginal noteOr, portion.

1611 marginal note1.Kings 21.29.

Job 8:9
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 8:9 · retained source text

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our dayes vpon earth are a shadow.)

1611 marginal noteHeb. not.

1611 marginal noteSee chap. 7.6. gen. 47.9. 1.chron. 29.15. psal. 144.4. psal. 39.14.

Psalms 90:4
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 90:4 · retained source text

For a thousand yeeres in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past: and as a watch in the night.

1611 marginal noteOr, when he hath passed them.

1611 marginal note2.Pet.3.8.

John 4:52
Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 4:52 · retained source text

Then inquired hee of them the houre when he began to amend: and they said vnto him, Yesterday at the seuenth houre the feuer left him.

Acts 7:28
Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 7:28 · retained source text

Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 13:8 · retained source text

Iesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for euer.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

The day last past; the day immediately before the present.

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