Words the Bible translates as formerly
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- panehפָּנֶהthe face: the front of a person's head, the look it carries, and the presence of the one who turns it toward you
+2 more meanings
- the front or surface of a thing: the outer side it turns toward you
- the position words built on this noun: before, in front of, away from, and so because of
- shilshomשִׁלְשֹׁםin the past, previously; the second half of the set phrase "yesterday and the day before," which means "formerly" or "as things used to be."
- temolתְּמוֹלthe recent past: "yesterday," and by extension "previously, up to now"
- teḥillahתְּחִלָּהthe beginning of something: its first point or earliest stage; in adverb form, "first," "at first," or "formerly."
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