Hebrew adv · H865
אֶתְמוֹל
ethmoleth-mole'
previously
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼethmôwl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H865is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H865
heretofore; definitely yesterday
The King James renders it: [phrase] before (that) time, [phrase] heretofore, of late (old), [phrase] times past, yester(day).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ethmol is rendered "previously". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 4:7the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
1 Samuel 4:7אֶתְמ֥וֹל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- yesterday3
- as yesterday2
- from yesterday2
- and yesterday1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֶ֭תְמוֹל1
- אֶתְמ֥וֹל1
- אֶתְמ֣וֹל1
- וְאֶתְמ֗וּל1
- כְּאֶתְמ֣וֹל1
- כְּאֶתְמ֥וֹל1
- מֵאִתְּמ֣וֹל1
- מֵֽאֶתְמוּל֙1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular4HR/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
1 Samuel
four uses
the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
- אֶתְמ֥וֹלʾetmolnoun · masculine singulartagged: yesterday
All those who had formerly known Saul and saw him prophesying with the prophets asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
- מֵאִתְּמ֣וֹלmeitemolpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from yesterday
And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps of the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
- כְּאֶתְמ֣וֹלkeetmolpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: as yesterday
So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.
- כְּאֶתְמ֥וֹלkeetmolpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: as yesterday
2 Samuel
one use
Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
- אֶתְמ֣וֹלʾetmolnoun · masculine singulartagged: yesterday
Psalms
one use
For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
- אֶ֭תְמוֹלʾetmolnoun · masculine singulartagged: yesterday
Isaiah
one use
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
- מֵֽאֶתְמוּל֙meetmulpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from yesterday
Micah
one use
But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.
- וְאֶתְמ֗וּלveetmulconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and yesterday
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.