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Afore [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. or preposition [a and fore.]

2. In front.

3. Between one object and another, so as to intercept a direct view or intercourse; as, to stand between a person and the light of a candle - a popular use of the word.

4. Prior in time; before; anterior; prior time being considered as in front of subsequent time.

5. The grass which withereth afore it groweth up. Psalms 129:6 .

6. In all these senses it is now inelegant, and superseded by before.

7. In seaman's language, toward the head of the ship; further forward, or nearer the stem; as, afore the windlas. afore the mast, is a phrase which is applied to a common sailor, one who does duty on the main deck, or has no office on board the ship.

Afore [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Before.

2. In the fore part of a vessel.

Afore [Preposition] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Before (in all its senses).

2. Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass.

Aforecited [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Named or quoted before.

Aforegoing [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Going before. [ See Foregoing , which is chiefly used.]

Aforegoing [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Going before; foregoing.

Aforehand [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Prepared; previously provided; as, to be aforehand in business. Hence in popular language, amply provided; well supplied with the means of living; having means beyond the requirements of necessity; moderately wealthy. The word is popularly changed into aforehanded, beforehanded, or rather forehanded; as, a forehanded farmer.

Aforehand [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In time previous; by previous provision; as, he is ready aforehand

2. She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark 14:8 .

Aforehand [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand.

Aforehand [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Beforehand; in anticipation.

Aforementioned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Mentioned before in the same writing or discourse.

Aforementioned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Previously mentioned; before-mentioned.

Aforenamed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Named before.

Aforenamed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Named before.

Aforesaid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Said or recited before, or in a proceeding part.

Aforesaid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.

Aforethought [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder.

Aforethought [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Premeditation.

Aforetime [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In time past; in a former time.

Aforetime [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In time past; formerly.

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2 Kings 20:4

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Nehemiah 13:5

And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

Job 17:6

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

Psalms 129:6

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

Isaiah 18:5

For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruninghooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.

Isaiah 52:4

For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

Jeremiah 30:20

Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.

Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.

Ezekiel 33:22

Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.

Daniel 6:10

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

Mark 14:8

She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

John 9:13

They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.

Romans 1:2

(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

Romans 9:23

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—

Romans 15:4

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

Ephesians 3:3

How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.

1 Esdras 6:32

And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of any thing afore spoken or written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.

2 Esdras 5:31

Now when I had spoken these words, the angel that came to me the night afore was sent unto me,

2 Esdras 7:1

And when I had made an end of speaking these words, there was sent unto me the angel which had been sent unto me the nights afore:

2 Esdras 8:59

For as the things aforesaid shalt receive you, so thirst and pain are prepared for them: for it was not his will that men should come to nought:

Judith 7:1

The next day Holofernes commanded all his army, and all his people which were come to take his part, that they should remove their camp against Bethulia, to take aforehand the ascents of the hill country, and to make war against the children of Israel.