Exodus 4:10
And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
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Heretofore
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2 Corinthians 13:2
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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שִׁלְשׁוֹם
shilshôwm · shil-shome'
4 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
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: Exodus 4:10Strong's last: Exodus 5:14
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tᵉmôwl · tem-ole'
2 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Joshua 3:4Strong's last: Ruth 2:11
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ʼethmôwl · eth-mole'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
heretofore; definitely yesterday
Strong's KJV usage: before (that) time, heretofore, of late (old), times past, yester(day).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 4:7Strong's last: 1 Samuel 4:7
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H8543
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
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heretofore
HERETOFO'RE, adverb In times before the present; formerly.
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