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Lexicon :: Strong's H2962 - ṭerem

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טֶרֶם
Transliteration
ṭerem
Pronunciation
teh'-rem
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Part of Speech
preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend
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TWOT Reference: 826

Strong’s Definitions

טֶרֶם ṭerem, teh'-rem; from an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before:—before, ere, not yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H2962 in the following manner: before, ere, not yet, neither.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H2962 in the following manner: before, ere, not yet, neither.

  1. before, not yet, before that

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טֶרֶם ṭerem, teh'-rem; from an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before:—before, ere, not yet.
STRONGS H2962: Abbreviations
טֶ֫רֶם 54, once ([H2958 Ruth 3:14] Kt) טְרוֺם, adverb of time, not yet, ere, before that (derivation unknown: not found in cognate languages) — construed mostly with the imperfect (with the perfect only Genesis 24:15 (Genesis 24:45 imperfect), 1 Samuel 3:7a (1 Samuel 3:7b imperfect), and בְּטֶרֶם Psalm 90:2; Proverbs 8:25): —
1. † טֶרֶם in an independent sentence, not yet, Genesis 2:5 and all the plants of the field טרם יהיה בארץ were not yet in the earth, etc., Genesis 19:4 טרם ישׁכבו not yet had they lain down, when etc., Genesis 24:15, Genesis 24:45; Numbers 11:33; Joshua 2:8; 1 Samuel 3:3, 1 Samuel 3:7 (twice in verse); of present time, Exodus 9:30; Exodus 10:7 הֲטֶרֶם תֵּדַע dost thou not yet know, etc.?; in a subordinate clause, ere, before that, Exodus 12:34 they took their dough טרם יחמץ before it was leavened, Joshua 3:1; Psalm 119:67; of future time Isaiah 65:24. More frequently
2. בְּטֶרֶם 39, with the same force: of past time, Genesis 27:33 I ate of all בטרם תבא before thou camest, Genesis 37:18; Genesis 41:50; Judges 14:18; 1 Samuel 2:15; Jeremiah 1:5; Jeremiah 47:1; Ezekiel 16:57; Psalm 90:2; Proverbs 8:25 (both with perfect); more often of present or future, as Genesis 27:4 בטרם אמות before I die (so Genesis 45:28, compare Psalm 39:14 [Psalm 39:13]; Job 10:21), Leviticus 14:36; Deuteronomy 31:21; 1 Samuel 9:13; 2 Kings 2:9; Isaiah 7:16; Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 48:5; Jeremiah 13:16; the imperfect with a frequently force, Exodus 1:19 before the midwife cometh, they are wont to bear, [H2958 Ruth 3:14]; Proverbs 18:13. Pleon. [Pleonastic] בְּטֶרֶם לֹא Zephaniah 2:2 (twice in verse). Construed with a substantive in the genitive, Isaiah 17:14 בְּטֶרֶם בֹּקֶר = ere morning, Isaiah 28:4 בְּטֶרֶם קַיִץ; with an infinitive Zephaniah 2:2a (but read here with Greek Version of the LXX We בְּטֶרֶם לאֹ תֵהְיוּן כְּמוֺץ עֹבֵר, without יוֺם, 'before ye become as chaff passing away').
3. מִטֶּרֶם Haggai 2:15 (followed by infinitive) מִטֶּרֶם שׂוּם אֶבֶן from before the laying of one stone upon another, etc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:5; 19:4; 24:15; 24:15; 24:45; 24:45; 27:4; 27:33; 37:18; 41:50; 45:28

Exodus

1:19; 9:30; 10:7; 12:34

Leviticus

14:36

Numbers

11:33

Deuteronomy

31:21

Joshua

2:8; 3:1

Judges

14:18

1 Samuel

2:15; 3:3; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 9:13

2 Kings

2:9

Job

10:21

Psalms

39:13; 90:2; 90:2; 119:67

Proverbs

8:25; 8:25; 18:13

Isaiah

7:16; 17:14; 28:4; 42:9; 48:5; 65:24

Jeremiah

1:5; 13:16; 47:1

Ezekiel

16:57

Zephaniah

2:2; 2:2

Haggai

2:15

H2962

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Strong's Number H2962 matches the Hebrew טֶרֶם (ṭerem),
which occurs 56 times in 49 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up--for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - Before he had done speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethu'el the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar upon her shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - "Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder; and she went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, 'Pray let me drink.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4 - and prepare for me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat; that I may bless you before I die."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him?--yes, and he shall be blessed."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18 - They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:50

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - Before the year of famine came, Joseph had two sons, whom As'enath, the daughter of Poti'phera priest of On, bore to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28 - and Israel said, "It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive; I will go and see him before I die."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:19 - The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and are delivered before the midwife comes to them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:30 - But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the LORD God."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God; do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their mantles on their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - Then the priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest goes to examine the disease, lest all that is in the house be declared unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as a witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their descendants); for I know the purposes which they are already forming, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8 - Before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1 - Early in the morning Joshua rose and set out from Shittim, with all the people of Israel; and they came to the Jordan, and lodged there before they passed over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" And he said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - So she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another; and he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - Moreover, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give meat for the priest to roast; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down within the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7 - Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13 - As soon as you enter the city, you will find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat till he comes, since he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those eat who are invited. Now go up, for you will meet him immediately."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:9 - When they had crossed, Eli'jah said to Eli'sha, "Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you." And Eli'sha said, "I pray you, let me inherit a double share of your spirit."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - Eli'sha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence; but before the messenger arrived Eli'sha said to the elders, "Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:13 - Look away from me, that I may know gladness, before I depart and be no more!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2 - Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67 - Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I keep thy word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25 - Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13 - If one gives answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7 - Two things I ask of thee; deny them not to me before I die:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - for before the child knows how to cry 'My father' or 'My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Sama'ria will be carried away before the king of Assyria."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - At evening time, behold, terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who plunder us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley, will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer: when a man sees it, he eats it up as soon as it is in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9 - Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5 - I declared them to you from of old, before they came to pass I announced them to you, lest you should say, 'My idol did them, my graven image and my molten image commanded them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:24 - Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - "Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she was delivered of a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - Then the king commanded E'bed-mel'ech, the Ethiopian, "Take three men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:1 - The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote Gaza.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:57

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:57 - before your wickedness was uncovered? Now you have become like her an object of reproach for the daughters of Edom and all her neighbors, and for the daughters of the Philistines, those round about who despise you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - before you are driven away like the drifting chaff, before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the LORD, before there comes upon you the day of the wrath of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:15 - Pray now, consider what will come to pass from this day onward. Before a stone was placed upon a stone in the temple of the LORD,
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