Heretofore

Heretofore

Previously.

I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which HERETOFORE have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare. ( 2 Corinthians 1:1 Titus 13:2 )

HERETOFORE

her-too-for', Hebrew temol, "yesterday," "neither heretofore, nor since" (Exodus 4:10; compare Exodus 5:7,8,14; Joshua 3:4; Ruth 2:11); 'ethmol shilshom, "yesterday," "third day" (1 Samuel 4:7, "There hath not been such a thing heretofore."