Before in the Bible: 1,799 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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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.

translating H3117

2 verses translating H3117 Show all

Isaiah

43:13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

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.

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