Definition

"fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to

Etymology

a primary preposition;

Where the KJV renders it

• above
• ago
• before
• or ever

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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