4 occurrences in 12 translations

'Former' in the Bible

When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

And I have multiplied on you man and beast, And they have multiplied and been fruitful, And I have caused you to dwell according to your former states, And I have done better than at your beginnings, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.

The desolate fields will be cultivated, replacing the former wasteland that everyone who passed by in times past had noticed.

“This is what the Lord God says: Are you the one I spoke about in former times through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who for years prophesied in those times that I would bring you against them?

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ראשׁן ראשׁון 
Ri'shown 
Usage: 182

אמשׁ 
'emesh 
Usage: 5

יורה 
Yowreh 
Usage: 3

יצר 
Yatsar 
Usage: 62

מורה 
Mowreh 
Usage: 3

קדמה 
Qadmah 
Usage: 6

קדמני קדמוני 
Qadmowniy 
Usage: 10

πρότερον 
Proteron 
before Trans , first , former , before , at the first
Usage: 9

πρότερος 
Proteros 
Usage: 1

πρῶτος 
Protos 
Usage: 67

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