Terem טֶ֫רֶם

Terem (Hebrew טֶ֫רֶם, Strong's H2962) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “before”. It occurs 56 times in 49 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Terem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 2:5
  And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
• Genesis 19:4
  But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
• Genesis 24:15
  And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
• Genesis 24:45
  And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
• Genesis 27:4
  And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
• Genesis 27:33
  And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
• Genesis 37:18
  And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
• Genesis 41:50
  And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
• Genesis 45:28
  And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”

Exodus

• Exodus 1:19
  And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
• Exodus 9:30
  But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God.But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”
• Exodus 10:7
  And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”
• Exodus 12:34
  And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 14:36
  Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

Numbers

• Numbers 11:33
  And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 31:21
  And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

Joshua

• Joshua 2:8
  And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
• Joshua 3:1
  And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.

Judges

• Judges 14:18
  And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”

Ruth

• Ruth 3:14
  And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 2:15
  Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
• 1 Samuel 3:3
  And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
• 1 Samuel 3:7
  Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him.Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
• 1 Samuel 9:13
  As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 2:9
  And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
• 2 Kings 6:32
  But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

Job

• Job 10:21
  Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,

Psalms

• Psalm 39:13
  O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
• Psalm 58:9
  Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
• Psalm 90:2
  Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
• Psalm 119:67
  Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 8:25
  Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
• Proverbs 18:13
  He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.
• Proverbs 30:7
  Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:Two things I ask of You— do not refuse me before I die:

Isaiah

• Isaiah 7:16
  For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
• Isaiah 8:4
  For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
• Isaiah 17:14
  And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
• Isaiah 28:4
  And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
• Isaiah 42:9
  Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
• Isaiah 48:5
  I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’
• Isaiah 65:24
  And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
• Isaiah 66:7
  Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 1:5
  Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
• Jeremiah 13:16
  Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
• Jeremiah 38:10
  Then the king commanded Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
• Jeremiah 47:1
  The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 16:57
  Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 2:2
  Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.

Haggai

• Haggai 2:15
  And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord:Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).