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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - Now no H2962 H3605 shrub H7880 of the field H7704 was yet H2962 in the earth, H776 and no H2962 H3605 plant H6212 of the field H7704 had yet H2962 sprouted, H6779 for the LORD H3068 God H430 had not sent H4305 rain H4305 upon the earth, H776 and there was no H369 man H120 to [fn]cultivate H5647 the ground. H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - Before H2962 they lay H7901 down, H7901 the men H376 of the city, H5892 the men H376 of Sodom, H5467 surrounded H5437 the house, H1004 both H4480 young H5288 and old, H2205 all H3605 the people H5971 [fn]from every quarter; H7097

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - Before H2962 he had finished H3615 speaking, H1696 behold, H2009 Rebekah H7259 who H834 was born H3205 to Bethuel H1328 the son H1121 of Milcah, H4435 the wife H802 of Abraham’s H85 brother H251 Nahor, H5152 came H3318 out with her jar H3537 on her shoulder. H7926

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - “Before H2962 I had finished H3615 speaking H1696 in my heart, H3820 behold, H2009 Rebekah H7259 came H3318 out with her jar H3537 on her shoulder, H7926 and went H3381 down H3381 to the spring H5869 and drew, H7579 and I said H559 to her, ‘Please H4994 let me drink.’ H8248

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4 - and prepare H6213 a savory H4303 dish H4303 for me such H834 as I love, H157 and bring H935 it to me that I may eat, H398 so H5668 that my soul H5315 may bless H1288 you before H2962 I die.” H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Then Isaac H3327 [fn]trembled H2729 violently, H2731 H1419 H5704 H3966 and said, H559 “Who H4310 was he then H645 that hunted H6679 game H6718 and brought H935 it to me, so that I ate H398 of all H3605 of it before H2962 you came, H935 and blessed H1288 him? Yes, H1571 and he shall be blessed.” H1288

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18 - [fn]When they saw H7200 him from a distance H7350 and before H2962 he came H7126 close H7126 to them, they plotted H5230 against H854 him to put H4191 him to death. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - Now before H2962 the year H8141 of famine H7458 came, H935 two H8147 sons H1121 were born H3205 to Joseph, H3130 whom H834 Asenath, H621 the daughter H1323 of Potiphera H6319 priest H3548 of [fn]On, H204 bore H3205 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28 - Then Israel H3478 said, H559 “It is enough; H7227 my son H1121 Joseph H3130 is still H5750 alive. H2416 I will go H1980 and see H7200 him before H2962 I die.” H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:19 - The midwives H3205 said H559 to Pharaoh, H6547 “Because H3588 the Hebrew H5680 women H5680 are not as the Egyptian H4713 women; H802 for they are vigorous H2422 and give H3205 birth H3205 before H2962 the midwife H3205 [fn]can H935 get H935 to them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:30 - “But as for you and your servants, H5650 I know H3045 that you do not yet H2962 [fn]fear H3372 [fn]the LORD H3068 God.” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - Pharaoh’s H6547 servants H5650 said H559 to him, “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will this H2088 man be a snare H4170 to us? Let H7971 the men H376 go, H7971 that they may serve H5647 the LORD H3068 their God. H430 Do you not [fn]realize H3045 that Egypt H4714 is destroyed?” H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - So the people H5971 took H5375 their dough H1217 before H2962 it was leavened, H2556 with their kneading H4863 bowls H4863 bound H6887 up in the clothes H8071 on their shoulders. H7926

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - “The priest H3548 shall then command H6680 that they empty H6437 the house H1004 before H2962 the priest H3548 goes H935 in to look H7200 at the mark, H5061 so that everything H3605 in the house H1004 need not become H2930 unclean; H2930 and afterward H310 H3651 the priest H3548 shall go H935 in to look H7200 at the house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - While the meat H1320 was still H5750 between H996 their teeth, H8127 before H2962 it was chewed, H3772 the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 was kindled H2734 against the people, H5971 and the LORD H3068 struck H5221 the people H5971 with a very H3966 severe H7227 plague. H4347

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - “Then it shall come H1961 about, when H3588 many H7227 evils H7451 and troubles H6869 have come H4672 upon them, that this H2088 song H7892 will testify H6030 before H6440 them as a witness H5707 (for it shall not be forgotten H7911 from the [fn]lips H6310 of their descendants); H2233 for I know H3045 their intent H3336 which H834 they are [fn]developing H6213 today, H3117 before H2962 I have brought H935 them into the land H776 which H834 I swore.” H7650

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8 - Now before H2962 they lay H7901 down, H7901 [fn]she came H5927 up to them on the roof, H1406

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1 - Then Joshua H3091 rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning; H1242 and he and all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 set H5265 out from Shittim H7851 and came H935 to the Jordan, H3383 and they lodged H3885 there H8033 before H2962 they crossed. H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men H376 of the city H5892 said H559 to him on the seventh H7637 day H3117 before H2962 the sun H2775 went H935 down,
“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey? H1706
And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion?” H738
And he said H559 to them,
“If H3884 you had not plowed H2790 with my heifer, H5697
You would not have found H4672 out my riddle.” H2420

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - So she lay H7901 at his feet H4772 until H5704 morning H1242 and rose H6965 before H2962 one H376 could recognize H5234 another; H7453 and he said, H559 “Let it not be known H3045 that the woman H802 came H935 to the threshing H1637 floor.” H1637

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - Also, H1571 before H2962 they burned H6999 the fat, H2459 the priest’s H3548 servant H5288 would come H935 and say H559 to the man H376 who was sacrificing, H2076 “Give H5414 the priest H3548 meat H1320 for roasting, H6740 as he will not take H3947 boiled H1310 meat H1320 from you, only H3588 H518 raw.” H2416

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - and the lamp H5216 of God H430 had not yet H2962 gone H3518 out, and Samuel H8050 was lying H7901 down H7901 in the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 where H834 H8033 the ark H727 of God H430 was,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7 - Now Samuel H8050 did not yet H2962 know H3045 the LORD, H3068 nor H2962 had the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 yet H2962 been revealed H1540 to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13 - “As soon as you enter H935 the city H5892 you will find H4672 him before H2962 he goes H5927 up to the high H1116 place H1116 to eat, H398 for the people H5971 will not eat H398 until H5704 he comes, H935 because H3588 he must bless H1288 the sacrifice; H2077 afterward H310 H3651 those who are invited H7121 will eat. H398 Now H6258 therefore, go H5927 up for you will find H4672 him at once.” H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:9 - When they had crossed H5674 over, H5674 Elijah H452 said H559 to Elisha, H477 “Ask H7592 what H4100 I shall do H6213 for you before H2962 I am taken H3947 from you.” And Elisha H477 said, H559 “Please, H4994 let a double H8147 portion H6310 of your spirit H7307 be upon me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - Now Elisha H477 was sitting H3427 in his house, H1004 and the elders H2205 were sitting H3427 with him. And the king sent H7971 a man H376 from his presence; H6440 but before H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to him, he said H559 to the elders, H2205 “Do you see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 has sent H7971 to take H5493 away H5493 my head? H7218 Look, H7200 when the messenger H4397 comes, H935 shut H5462 the door H1817 and [fn]hold H3905 the door H1817 shut H3905 against him. Is not the sound H6963 of his master’s H113 feet H7272 behind H310 him?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - Before H2962 I go H1980—and I shall not return H7725—
To the land H776 of darkness H2822 and deep H6757 shadow, H6757

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:13 - “Turn H8159 Your gaze H8159 away H8159 from me, that I may [fn]smile H1082 again
Before H2962 I depart H1980 and am no H369 more.” H369

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Before H2962 your pots H5518 can feel H995 the fire of thorns H329
He will sweep H8175 them away H8175 with a whirlwind, H8175 the [fn]green H2416 and the burning H2740 alike. H3644

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2 - Before H2962 the mountains H2022 were born H3205
[fn]Or You gave H2342 birth H2342 to the earth H776 and the world, H8398
Even from everlasting H5769 to everlasting, H5769 You are God. H410

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67 - Before H2962 I was afflicted H6031 I went H7683 astray, H7683
But now H6258 I keep H8104 Your word. H565

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25 - “Before H2962 the mountains H2022 were settled, H2883
Before H6440 the hills H1389 I was [fn]brought H2342 forth; H2342

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13 - He who gives H7725 an answer H1697 before H2962 he hears, H8085
It is folly H200 and shame H3639 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7 - Two H8147 things H8147 I asked H7592 of You,
Do not refuse H4513 me before H2962 I die: H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - “For before H2962 the boy H5288 will know H3045 enough to refuse H3988 evil H7451 and choose H977 good, H2896 the land H127 whose H834 two H8147 kings H4428 you dread H6973 will be forsaken. H5800

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - for before H2962 the boy H5288 knows H3045 how to cry H7121 out ‘My father’ H1 or ‘My mother,’ H517 the wealth H2428 of Damascus H1834 and the spoil H7998 of Samaria H8111 will be carried H5375 away before H6440 the king H4428 of Assyria.” H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - At evening H6153 time, H6256 behold, H2009 there is terror! H1091
Before H2962 morning H1242 they are no H369 more. H369
[fn]Such H2088 will be the portion H2506 of those who plunder H962 us
And the lot H1486 of those who pillage H962 us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - And the fading H5034 flower H6731 of its glorious H6643 beauty, H6643
Which H834 is at the head H7218 of the [fn]fertile H8081 valley, H1516
Will be like the first-ripe H1063 fig H1063 prior H2962 to summer, H7019
Which H834 [fn]one sees, H7200
And [fn]as soon H5750 as it is in his [fn]hand, H3709
He swallows H1104 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9 - “Behold, H2009 the former H7223 things H7223 have come H935 to pass, H935
Now I declare H5046 new H2319 things; H2319
Before H2962 they spring H6779 forth H6779 I proclaim H8085 them to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5 - Therefore I declared H5046 them to you long H227 ago, H227
Before H2962 [fn]they took H935 place H935 I proclaimed H8085 them to you,
So that you would not say, H559 ‘My idol H6090 has done H6213 them,
And my graven H6459 image H6459 and my molten H5262 image H5262 have commanded H6680 them.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:24 - “It will also come H1961 to pass H1961 that before H2962 they call, H7121 I will answer; H6030 and while they are still H5750 speaking, H1696 I will hear. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - “Before H2962 she travailed, H2342 she brought H3205 forth; H3205
Before H2962 her pain H2256 came, H935 she gave H4422 birth H4422 to a boy. H2145

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - “Before H2962 I formed H3335 you in the womb H990 I knew H3045 you,
And before H2962 you were born H3318 H7358 I consecrated H6942 you;
I have appointed H5414 you a prophet H5030 to the nations.” H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give H5414 glory H3519 to the LORD H3068 your God, H430
Before H2962 He brings H2821 darkness H2821
And before H2962 your feet H7272 stumble H5062
On the dusky H5399 mountains, H2022
And while you are hoping H6960 for light H216
He makes H7760 it into deep H6757 darkness, H6757
And turns H7896 it into gloom. H6205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Ebed-melech H5663 the Ethiopian, H3569 saying, H559 “Take H3947 thirty H7970 men H376 from here H2088 [fn]under your authority H3027 and bring H5927 up Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 from the cistern H953 before H2962 he dies.” H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:1 - That which H834 came H1961 as the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 to Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 concerning H413 the Philistines, H6430 before H2962 Pharaoh H6547 [fn]conquered H5221 Gaza. H5804

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:57 - before H2962 your wickedness H7451 was uncovered, H1540 [fn]so H3644 now H6256 you have become the reproach H2781 of the daughters H1323 of [fn]Edom H123 and of all H3605 who are around H5439 her, of the daughters H1323 of the Philistines H6430—those surrounding H5439 you who despise H7751 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - Before H2962 the decree H2706 [fn]takes H3205 effect H3205—
The day H3117 passes H5674 like the chaff H4671—
Before H2962 H3808 the burning H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068 comes H935 upon you,
Before H2962 H3808 the day H3117 of the LORD’S H3068 anger H639 comes H935 upon you.

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