Strong’s H570 · Hebrew

אֶמֶשׁ
ʼemesh
eh'-mesh

Definition

yesterday or last night

Etymology

time past, i.e.

Where the KJV renders it

  • former time
  • yesterday(-night)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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