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Lexicon :: Strong's H2962 - ṭerem

Aa
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 - In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4 - And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18 - But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:19 - And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:30 - But as for you and your servants, I am certain that even now the fear of the Lord God will not be in your hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long is this man to be the cause of evil to us? let the men go so that they may give worship to the Lord their God: are you not awake to Egypt's danger?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - And the people took their bread-paste before it was leavened, putting their basins in their clothing on their backs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - And the priest will give orders for everything to be taken out of the house, before he goes in to see the disease, so that the things in the house may not become unclean; and then the priest is to go in to see the house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - Then when evils and troubles without number have overtaken them, this song will be a witness to them, for the words of it will be clear in the memories of their children: for I see the thoughts which are moving in their hearts even now, before I have taken them into the land of my oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8 - And before the men went to rest, she came up to them on the roof,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1 - Then Joshua got up early in the morning, and, moving on from Shittim, he and all the children of Israel came to Jordan and were there for the night before going over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer to my question.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - And she took her rest at his feet till the morning: and she got up before it was light enough for one to see another. And he said, Let it not come to anyone's knowledge that the woman came to the grain-floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was making the offering, Give me some of the flesh to be cooked for the priest; he has no taste for meat cooked in water, but would have you give it uncooked.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - And the light of God was still burning, while Samuel was sleeping in the Temple of the Lord where the ark of God was,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7 - Now at that time Samuel had no knowledge of the Lord, and the revelation of the word of the Lord had not come to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13 - When you come into the town you will see him straight away, before he goes up to the high place for the feast: the people are waiting for his blessing before starting the feast, and after that the guests will take part in it. So go up now and you will see him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:9 - And when they had come to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, Say what you would have me do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Be pleased to let a special measure of your spirit be on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:13 - Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2 - Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67 - Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25 - Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13 - To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7 - I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - For before the child is old enough to make a decision between evil and good, the land whose two kings you are now fearing will have become waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - For before the child is able to say, Father, or, Mother, the wealth of Damascus and the goods of Samaria will be taken away by the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - And the dead flower of his glory, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first early fruit before the summer; which a man takes and puts in his mouth the minute he sees it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9 - See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5 - For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:24 - And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - Before her pains came, she gave birth; before her pains, she gave birth to a man-child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being 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 makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - Then the king gave orders to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take with you three men from here and get Jeremiah out of the water-hole before death overtakes him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:1 - The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines, before Pharaoh's attack on Gaza.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:57

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:57 - Before your shame was uncovered? Now you have become like her a word of shame to the daughters of Edom and all who are round about you, the daughters of the Philistines who put shame on you round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - Before the Lord sends you violently away in flight like the waste from the grain; before the burning wrath of the Lord comes on you, before the day of the Lord's wrath comes on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:15 - And now, give thought, looking back from this day to the time before one stone was put on another in the Temple of the Lord:
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