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אֶתְמוֹלStrong’s H0865

etmol (et-mol)

Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Etmol is the Hebrew word usually translated “yesterday”, “from yesterday” and “as yesterday”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.”
1 Samuel 4:7 KJV
Meaning
  1. Yesterday, recently, formerlyyesterday · formerly (fig.) · from yesterday, already (in phrase)
  2. (TWOT +) before, before that time, before the time, heretofore, of late, of old, these days, time(s) past
How it's translated
  • yesterday 3
  • from yesterday 2
  • as yesterday 2
  • and yesterday 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 4
  • 2 Samuel 1
  • Psalms 1
  • Isaiah 1
  • Micah 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

אֶתְמוֹל etmol · previously

1) yesterday, recently, formerly 1a) yesterday 1b) formerly (fig.) 1c) from yesterday, already (in phrase) 2) (TWOT +) before, before that time, before the time, heretofore, of late, of old, these days, time(s) past

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “previously” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PRE'VIOUSLY, adverb

In time preceding; beforehand; antecedently; as a plan previously formed.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.