Before in the Bible: 1,799 times in the King James Version

Operator / Syntax	Description	Example Query & Result
`+` (or space)	Logical AND: Finds verses containing all terms. Note that searching words separated only by a space behaves as an exact phrase. Use `+` to find terms anywhere in the same verse.	`jesus + wept` Finds verses containing both "jesus" and "wept" in any order.
`-`	Logical NOT / Exclude: Excludes verses containing the term after the minus sign.	`jesus - wept` Finds verses containing "jesus" but NOT "wept".
`\|`	Logical OR: Finds verses containing either term.	`grace \| mercy` Finds verses containing "grace", "mercy", or both.
`%`	Multi-character Wildcard: Matches zero or more non-space characters.	`behav%` Matches "behave", "behaved", "behaveth", "behavior", etc.
`_`	Single-character Wildcard: Matches exactly one single alphabetical character.	`h_t` Matches "hat", "hot", "hit", etc.
`" "`	Exact Phrase: Wraps a search term in double quotes to find an exact match for the entire phrase.	`"in the beginning"` Finds verses containing exactly "in the beginning" with no variations.
`[Book]`	Search Scope: Restricts your search to a specific book, range of books, or chapter range.	`lord [Matt]` (Only Matthew) `faith [Heb - Jam]` (Hebrews to James) `spirit [Matt 4 - 8]` (Matthew Ch. 4 to 8) `love [John 1:1 - 3:16]` (Specific range)

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before KJV

“Before” is in the King James Bible 1,799 times, in 1,649 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

פּנים pânı̂ym 1,195 times
ἐνώπιον enōpion 64 times
πρό pro 44 times
עין ‛ayin 42 times
ἔμπροσθεν emprosthen 41 times
קדם קדם qŏdâm qedâm 32 times
ἐπί epi 18 times
προάγω proagō 15 times
πρίν prin 13 times
יהוה yehôvâh 10 times
παρατίθημι paratithēmi 9 times
נכח nôkach 9 times
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 28 times

173 more, less often

προερέω proereō 8 times
נגד neged 6 times
קדם qâdam 6 times
ἤ ē 5 times
προσπίπτω prospiptō 5 times
πρότερον proteron 5 times
בּוא bô' 5 times
טרם ṭerem 5 times
ישׂראל yiśrâ'êl 5 times
מלך melek 5 times
ἐναντίον enantion 4 times
προέρχομαι proerchomai 4 times
אדון אדן 'âdôn 'âdôn 4 times
בּית bayith 4 times
הר har 4 times
מן min 4 times
εἰς eis 3 times
κατενώπιον katenōpion 3 times
παρά para 3 times
παρίστημι, παριστάνω paristēmi paristanō 3 times
προκαταγγέλλω prokataggellō 3 times
πρόκειμαι prokeimai 3 times
אלהים 'ĕlôhı̂ym 3 times
אף 'aph 3 times
גּוי גּי gôy gôy 3 times
זקן zâqên 3 times
כּהן kôhên 3 times
מוּת mûth 3 times
עם ‛am 3 times
קבל קבל qebêl qŏbêl 3 times
קדם קדמה qedem qêdmâh 3 times
קהל qâhâl 3 times
ראשׁון ראשׁן ri'shôn ri'shôn 3 times
שׁלשׁום שׁלשׁם shilshôm shilshôm 3 times
ἀπέναντι apenanti 2 times
ἀπό apo 2 times
ἐν en 2 times
θεός theos 2 times
κατά kata 2 times
ὅτι hoti 2 times
προλέγω prolegō 2 times
πρός pros 2 times
πρῶτος prōtos 2 times
אנושׁ 'ĕnôsh 2 times
בּן bên 2 times
יום yôm 2 times
ילך yâlak 2 times
כּלה kâlâh 2 times

And 125 others, each in a phrase with “before” a few times.

10 verses in Ezra Show all

Ezra

3:12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
4:18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
4:23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
7:19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
7:28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
8:29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
9:15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

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Translated from 125 Hebrew and 60 Greek words

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