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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.
Read in context →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:
Read in context →3 occurrences in 2 verses.
Browse those occurrences →This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
pânîym · paw-neem'
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.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 2:12Strong's last: Isaiah 41:26
Open full H6440 profile →proÿpárchō · pro-oop-ar'-kho
to exist before, i.e. (adverbially) to be or do something previously
Strong's KJV usage: :--+ be before(-time).
Strong's first: Acts 8:9Strong's last: Acts 8:9
Open full G4391 profile →ʼethmôwl · eth-mole'
heretofore; definitely yesterday
Strong's KJV usage: before (that) time, heretofore, of late (old), times past, yester(day).
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 10:11Strong's last: 1 Samuel 10:11
Open full H865 profile →riʼshôwn · ree-shone'
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
Strong's KJV usage: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 7:10Strong's last: 2 Samuel 7:10
Open full H7223 profile →shilshôwm · shil-shome'
trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterday
Strong's KJV usage: before (that time, -time), excellent things (from the margin), heretofore, three days, time past.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 13:5Strong's last: 2 Kings 13:5
Open full H8032 profile →tᵉmôwl · tem-ole'
properly, ago, i.e. a (short or long) time since; especially yesterday, or day before yesterday
Strong's KJV usage: before (-time), these (three) days, heretofore, time past, yesterday.
Strong's first: Joshua 20:5Strong's last: Joshua 20:5
Open full H8543 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
3 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
(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.)
(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.)
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?
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