טֶרֶם
ṭerem · teh'-rem
properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend;
properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before
- properly, non-occurrence
- used adverbially, not yet or before
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: before, ere, not yet.
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To surround and contain of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טֶרֶם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
56 occurrences · 56 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- before3 · 33%
- thee before1 · 11%
- ere1 · 11%
- thou not yet1 · 11%
- was yet1 · 11%
- did not yet1 · 11%
- from before1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.