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אֶתְמוֹלStrong’s H0865etmol (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.”
Meaning
- Yesterday, recently, formerlyyesterday · formerly (fig.) · from yesterday, already (in phrase)
- (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.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 10:11And 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?
- 1 Samuel 14:21Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
- 1 Samuel 19:7And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
- 2 Samuel 5:2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
- Psalms 90:4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
- Isaiah 30:33For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
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.