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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 BoxGen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Melcha, the wife of Nachor, and the same [fn]the brother of Abraam, came forth, having a water-pot on her shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightway Rebecca came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4 - and make me meats, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee, before I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18 - And they spied him from a distance before he drew nigh to them, and they wickedly took counsel to slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28 - And Israel said, It is a great thing for me if Joseph my son is yet alive, I will go and see him before I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:19 - And the midwives said to Pharao, The Hebrew women are not as the women of Egypt, for they are delivered before the midwives go in to them. So they bore children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:30 - But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye have not yet feared the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And the servants of Pharao say to him, How long shall this be a snare to us? send away the men, that they may serve their God; wilt thou know that Egypt is destroyed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - And the people took their dough before their [fn]meal was leavened, bound up as it was in their garments, on their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - And the priest shall give orders to remove the furniture of the house, before the priest comes in to see the plague, and thus none of the things in the house shall become unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to examine the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was wroth with the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And this song shall stand up to witness against them; for they shall not forget it out of their mouth, or out of the mouth of their seed; for I know their wickedness, what they are doing here this day, before I have brought them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8 - And it came to pass when the men who pursued after them were gone forth, and before the spies had lain down to sleep, that she came up to them on the top of the house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1 - And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and departed from Sattin; and they came as far as Jordan, and lodged there before they crossed over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before a man could know his neighbour; and Booz said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - And before the fat was burnt for a sweet savour, the servant of the priest would come, and say to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, and I will by no means take of thee sodden flesh out of the caldron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - And the lamp of God was burning before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where was the ark of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7 - And it was before Samuel knew the Lord, and before the word of the Lord was revealed to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13 - As soon as ye shall enter into the city, so shall ye find him in the city, before he goes up to Bama to eat; for the people will not eat until he comes in, for he blesses the sacrifice, and afterwards the guests eat; now then go up, for ye shall find him because of the [fn]holiday.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:9 - And it came to pass while they were crossing over, that Eliu said to Elisaie, Ask what I shall do for thee before I am taken up from thee. And Elisaie said, Let there be, I pray thee, [fn]a double portion of thy spirit upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - And Elisaie was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and the king sent a man before him: before the messenger came to him, he also said to the elders, Do ye see that this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? See, as soon as the messenger shall have come, shut the door, and forcibly detain him at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:13 - (LXX 38:14) Spare me, that I may be refreshed, before I depart, and be no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - (LXX 57:10) Before your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2 - (LXX 89:2) Before the mountains existed, and before the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67 - (LXX 118:67) Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25 - before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13 - Whoso answers a word before he hears a cause, it is folly and reproach to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7 - Two things I ask of thee; take not favour from me before I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - For before the child shall know good or evil, he refuses evil, to choose the good; and the land shall be forsaken which thou art afraid of because of the two kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - For before the child shall know how to call his father or his mother, one shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - Toward evening, and there shall be grief; before the morning, and he shall not be. This is the portion of them that spoiled you, and the inheritance to them that robbed you of your inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - And the fading flower of the [fn]glorious hope on the top of the high mountain shall be as the early fig; he that sees it, before he takes it into his hand, will desire to swallow it down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9 - Behold, the ancient things have come to pass, and so will the new things which I tell you: yea, before I tell them they are made known to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5 - And I told thee [fn]of old what should be before it came upon thee; I made it known to thee, lest thou shouldest say, My idols have done it for me; and shouldest say, My graven and molten images have commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:24 - And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will hearken to them; while they are yet speaking, I will say, What is it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - Before she that travailed brought forth, before the travail-pain came on, she escaped it and brought forth a male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth from the womb, I sanctified thee; I appointed thee a prophet to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and ye shall wait for light, and behold the shadow of death, and they shall be brought into darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - (LXX 45:10) And the king commanded Abdemelech, saying, Take with thee hence thirty men, and bring him up out of the dungeon, that he die not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:1 - (LXX 29:1) Thus saith the Lord against the Philistines;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:57

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:57 - before thy wickedness was discovered, even now thou art the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, even of the daughters of the Philistines that compass thee round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - before ye become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:15 - And now consider, I pray you, from this day and beforetime, before they laid a stone on a stone in the temple of the Lord, what manner of men ye were.
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