Definition of Beforetime

1. adv. Formerly; aforetime.

Definition of Beforetime

1. Adverb. (archaic) Formerly, previously. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beforetime

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beforetime

before Christ
before dark
before long
before someone's time
before the mast
before you can say Jack Robinson
beforecited
beforehand
beforehand(p)
beforemath
beforemaths
beforementioned
beforenamed
beforeness
beforestated
beforetime (current term)
befortune
befortuned
befortunes
befortuning
befoul
befouled
befouler
befoulers
befouling
befoulment
befoulments
befouls
beframe
befret

Literary usage of Beforetime

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, Sir W Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1911)
"Comp. Joshua xiv. 15 : Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-Arba (see on this name Burney, Journ. Theol. Siud. xii. 118f.). ..."

2. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Carefully by Adam Clarke (1837)
"9 (beforetime in Israel, when a man m went to inquire of God, thus he-spake, Come, and let us go to the seer : for he that is now called a prophet was ..."

3. The Modern Reader's Bible: The Books of the Bible with Three Books of the by Richard Green Moulton (1907)
"And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba:) and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, ..."

4. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"(lit. as yesterday the third day) 20: 5. hated him not beforetime, (lit, ... Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. and the third day ) Pro. 22: 20. ..."

5. The Social Life of the Hebrews by Edward Day (1901)
"10, 20, 11-15 (And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba:) and they smote Hebron and ..."

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