2 Kings 20:4
And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
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Afore
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Ephesians 3:3
How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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פָּנִים
pânîym · paw-neem'
2 times translated as this KJV form2,083 total Strong's occurrences
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.
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Strong's first: Isaiah 18:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 33:22
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prográphō · prog-raf'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to write previously; figuratively, to announce, prescribe
Strong's KJV usage: :--before ordain, evidently set forth, write (afore, aforetime).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ephesians 3:3Strong's last: Ephesians 3:3
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proepangéllomai · pro-ep-ang-ghel'-lom-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to promise of old
Strong's KJV usage: :--promise before.
Strong's first: Romans 1:2Strong's last: Romans 1:2
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qadmâh · kad-maw'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
priority (in time); also used adverbially (before)
Strong's KJV usage: afore, antiquity, former (old) estate.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 129:6Strong's last: Psalms 129:6
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And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
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afore
AFO'RE, adverb or preposition [a and fore.]
1. In front.
2. Between one object and another, so as to intercept a direct view or intercourse; as, to stand between a person and the light of a candle - a popular use of the word.
3. Prior in time; before; anterior; prior time being considered as in front of subsequent time.
The grass which withereth afore it groweth up. Psalms 129:6.
In all these senses it is now inelegant, and superseded by before.
4. In seaman's language, toward the head of the ship; further forward, or nearer the stem; as, afore the windlas. afore the mast, is a phrase which is applied to a common sailor, one who does duty on the main deck, or has no office on board the ship.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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