Tᵉmôwl — H8543

H8543 · Hebrew — תמול

Pronunciation: tem-ole'

Other spellings: tᵉmôl תְּמֹל

Definition

adverb

properly, ago, i.e. a (short or long) time since; especially yesterday, or day before yesterday

  1. before, before that time, beforetime, heretofore, of late, of old, these days, time(s) past, yesterday, day before yesterday, recently, formerly
    1. yesterday
      1. recently, formerly (usual usage) (fig)
    2. as formerly, so more recently
    3. from yesterday, already

Usually translated as

heretofore, time past, yesterday, days, before, beforetime, these

Origin

or tᵉmôl; probably for H865; sometimes with H8032

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Tᵉmôwl occurs 21 times in 20 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (6), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (2), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (2), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Job (1)

Strong's Lexicon — T