Quick Definition
previously
Strong's Definition
heretofore; definitely yesterday
Derivation: or אִתְמוֹל; or אֶתְמוּל; probably from H853 (אֵת) or H854 (אֵת) and H4136 (מוּל);
KJV Usage: [phrase] before (that) time, [phrase] heretofore, of late (old), [phrase] times past, yester(day).
TWOT Reference: 2521
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֶתְמוֹל (et.mol) — 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Temporal Referents
yesterday = reference to the day before the current day; sometimes used to refer to a point of time in the recent past as if it happened the day before
EXO 5:14 · 1SA 20:27 · 2SA 15:20 · JOB 8:9 · PSA 90:4 · ISA 30:33 · MIC 2:8
Temporal Referents
Collocation: תְּמֹול שִׁלְשֹׁום
(what used to be done) before, in the past = reference to times in the past when a certain activity used to take place repeatedly
GEN 31:2 · GEN 31:5 · EXO 4:10 · EXO 5:7 · EXO 5:8 · EXO 5:14 · EXO 21:29 · EXO 21:36 · DEU 4:42 · DEU 19:4 · DEU 19:6 · JOS 3:4 · JOS 4:18 · JOS 20:5 · RUT 2:11 · 1SA 4:7 · 1SA 10:11 · 1SA 14:21 · 1SA 19:7 · 1SA 21:6 · 2SA 3:17 · 2SA 5:2 · 2KI 13:5 · 1CH 11:2
1 MIC 2:8 MT HOTTP-B NIV | RSV NRSV GNT ואתם לעמי "but you (rise up) against my people" | REB ואתם לאֹ עמי "but you are not my people" | NJPS "but an enemy arises against my people"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תְּמוֹל (תְּמֹל) 23, אֶתְמוֹל 5, אִתְמוֹל, אֶתְמוּל subst., used sts. as adv.acc., yesterday, fig. recently, formerly base