תְּמוֹל
tᵉmôwl · tem-ole'
properly, ago, i.e. a (short or long) time since; especially yesterday, or day before yesterday
Lexicon
Derivation: or תְּמֹל; probably for H865 (אֶתְמוֹל); sometimes with H8032 (שִׁלְשׁוֹם)
properly, ago, i.e. a (short or long) time since; especially yesterday, or day before yesterday
- properly, ago, i.e. a (short or long) time since
- especially yesterday, or day before yesterday
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] before (-time), [phrase] these (three) days, [phrase] heretofore, [phrase] time past, yesterday.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
The mark, the covenant sign of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּמוֹל 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- as heretofore2 · 9%
- heretofore2 · 9%
- in time past2 · 9%
- and, behold, it was not toward him as1 · 4%
- that it is not toward me as1 · 4%
- neither heretofore1 · 4%
- both yesterday1 · 4%
- him not in times1 · 4%
- not in time1 · 4%
- him not in time1 · 4%
- as1 · 4%
- him not beforetime1 · 4%
- not heretofore1 · 4%
- neither yesterday1 · 4%
- days1 · 4%
- in times1 · 4%
- but yesterday1 · 4%
- as beforetime1 · 4%
- and moreover in time1 · 4%
- for we are but of yesterday1 · 4%
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.