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This concept is significant in understanding the transformative power of God in the lives of individuals and communities.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, the idea of "formerly" is often associated with the past actions or conditions of the Israelites before a significant event or divine intervention. For example, in <a href="/deuteronomy/9-24.htm">Deuteronomy 9:24</a>, Moses reminds the Israelites of their rebellious nature: "You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day I knew you." This reference to their former behavior serves as a backdrop to highlight God's patience and the need for repentance and obedience.<br><br>The transformation from a former state is also evident in the narratives of individuals. Consider the account of Jacob, who was formerly known as a deceiver but was transformed after wrestling with God and receiving a new name, Israel (<a href="/genesis/32-28.htm">Genesis 32:28</a>). This change signifies a new identity and purpose aligned with God's covenant promises.<br><br><b>New Testament Context</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the concept of "formerly" is frequently used to describe the transformation that occurs through faith in Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul often contrasts believers' former lives with their new lives in Christ. In <a href="/ephesians/2.htm">Ephesians 2:1-3</a> , Paul writes, "As for you, you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath."<br><br>This passage emphasizes the spiritual death and separation from God that characterized the believers' former lives. However, through Christ, they have been made alive and reconciled to God, highlighting the profound change from their previous condition.<br><br>Similarly, in <a href="/colossians/1-21.htm">Colossians 1:21-22</a> , Paul states, "Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds because of your evil deeds. But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence." This transformation from alienation to reconciliation underscores the redemptive work of Christ.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>The use of "formerly" in Scripture underscores the transformative power of God's grace. It serves as a reminder of the past from which believers have been delivered and the new identity they possess in Christ. This transformation is not merely a change in behavior but a fundamental change in nature and relationship with God.<br><br>The concept also serves as a call to live in accordance with this new identity. In <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22-24</a> , Paul exhorts believers to "put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." This passage highlights the ongoing process of sanctification, where believers are called to live out the reality of their new life in Christ.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The biblical use of "formerly" provides a powerful narrative of transformation and redemption. It serves as a testament to God's ability to change lives and as an encouragement for believers to embrace their new identity in Christ, leaving behind their former ways and walking in the newness of life.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>adv.</I>) In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4218.htm"><span class="l">4218. pote -- once, ever</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Particle Transliteration: pote Phonetic Spelling: (pot-eh') Short Definition: at<br> one time or other Definition: at one time or other, at some time, <b>formerly</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4218.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4250.htm"><span class="l">4250. prin -- before</span></a> <br><b>...</b> prin. 4251 . before. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: prin Phonetic Spelling:<br> (prin) Short Definition: <b>formerly</b>, before Definition: <b>formerly</b>, before. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4250.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4386.htm"><span class="l">4386. proteron -- former, before</span></a> <br><b>...</b> before. Part of Speech: Adjective; Adverb, Comparative Transliteration: proteron<br> Phonetic Spelling: (prot'-er-on) Short Definition: <b>formerly</b>, before Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4386.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4387.htm"><span class="l">4387. proteros -- before</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: proteros Phonetic Spelling:<br> (prot'-er-os) Short Definition: former, before Definition: former, before, <b>formerly</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4387.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3819.htm"><span class="l">3819. palai -- long ago, of old</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Probably another form for palin (through the idea of retrocession); (adverbially)<br> <b>formerly</b>, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3819.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4412.htm"><span class="l">4412. proton -- before, at the beginning</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Superlative Transliteration: proton Phonetic Spelling: (pro'-ton) Short Definition:<br> first, before Definition: first, in the first place, before, <b>formerly</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4412.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4391.htm"><span class="l">4391. prouparcho -- to exist beforehand</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from pro and huparcho Definition to exist beforehand NASB Word<br> Usage been* (1), before (1), <b>formerly</b> (1). exist beforehand. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4391.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/22.htm"><span class="l">22. agamos -- unmarried</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Spelling: (ag'-am-os) Short Definition: unmarried Definition: unmarried, of a person<br> not in a state of wedlock, whether he or she has <b>formerly</b> been married or <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/22.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/890.htm"><span class="l">890. achrestos -- useless</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Phm 11: "<b>Formerly</b> he was (890 ) to you, but now he is indeed (2173 ) to you and<br> to me.". [Both terms come from the same root (5532 , "profitable").]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/890.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/8543.htm"><span class="l">8543. temol -- yesterday, recently, <b>formerly</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 8542, 8543. temol or temol. 8544 . yesterday, recently, <b>formerly</b>. Transliteration:<br> temol or temol Phonetic Spelling: (tem-ole') Short Definition: previously <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8543.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/865a.htm"><span class="l">865a. ethmol -- yesterday, recently, <b>formerly</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 865, 865a. ethmol or ittemol or ethmul. 865b . yesterday, recently, <b>formerly</b>.<br> Transliteration: ethmol or ittemol or ethmul Short Definition: previously. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/865a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6924a.htm"><span class="l">6924a. qedem -- front, east, <b>formerly</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 6924, 6924a. qedem. 6924b . front, east, <b>formerly</b>. Transliteration: qedem<br> Short Definition: east. Word Origin from an unused word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6924a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6924.htm"><span class="l">6924. qedem -- front, east, <b>formerly</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 6923, 6924. qedem. 6924a . front, east, <b>formerly</b>. Transliteration: qedem<br> Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-dem) Short Definition: aforetime. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6924.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/865.htm"><span class="l">865. ethmowl -- yesterday, recently, <b>formerly</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 864b, 865. ethmowl. 865a . yesterday, recently, <b>formerly</b>. Transliteration:<br> ethmowl Phonetic Spelling: (eth-mole') Short Definition: time. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/865.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm"><span class="l">7223. rishon -- former, first, chief</span></a><br><b>...</b> things (1), first (113), first one (2), first time (1), forefathers (1), foremost<br> (1), former (25), former ones (4), former things (6), <b>formerly</b> (6), front (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7223.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8032a.htm"><span class="l">8032a. shilshom -- three days ago, day before, yesterday</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from the same as shalosh Definition three days ago, day before, yesterday<br> NASB Word Usage before* (3), beforehand* (1), <b>formerly</b>* (2), past* (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8032a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3528.htm"><span class="l">3528. kebar -- already</span></a><br><b>...</b> From kabar; properly, extent of time, ie A great while; hence, long ago, <b>formerly</b>,<br> hitherto -- already, (seeing that which), now. see HEBREW kabar. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3528.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm"><span class="l">6440. panim -- face, faces</span></a><br><b>...</b> faces (49), faces in the presence (1), faces toward (1), faces* (1), facing (7),<br> facing* (4), favor (9), favor* (3), former times (2), <b>formerly</b> (14), forward (3 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6440.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6927.htm"><span class="l">6927. qadmah -- antiquity, former state</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from the same as qedem Definition antiquity, former state NASB Word<br> Usage before (1), former state (2), <b>formerly</b> (1), origin is from antiquity (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6927.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/bernard/some_letters_of_saint_bernard_abbot_of_clairvaux/letter_liv_to_ermengarde_formerly.htm"><span class="l">Letter Liv to Ermengarde, <b>Formerly</b> Countess of Brittany</span></a> <br><b>...</b> LETTER LIV To Ermengarde, <b>Formerly</b> Countess of Brittany. To Ermengarde,<br> <b>Formerly</b> Countess of Brittany [86] He gently, and tenderly <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../letter liv to ermengarde formerly.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_second_epistle_of_clement/chap_ii_the_church_formerly_barren.htm"><span class="l">The Church, <b>Formerly</b> Barren, is Now Fruitful.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Homily. Chap. ii."the church, <b>formerly</b> barren, is now fruitful. "Rejoice,<br> thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the second epistle of clement/chap ii the church formerly barren.htm</font><p><a href="/library/keith/the_epistles_of_clement/chapter_ii_the_church_formerly_barren.htm"><span class="l">The Church, <b>Formerly</b> Barren, is Now Fruitful.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Second Epistle of Clement. Chapter II."The Church, <b>Formerly</b> Barren,<br> is Now Fruitful. "Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../keith/the epistles of clement/chapter ii the church formerly barren.htm</font><p><a href="/library/scholasticus/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_scholasticus/chapter_v_the_presbyter_sabbatius_formerly.htm"><span class="l">The Presbyter Sabbatius, <b>Formerly</b> a Jew, Separates from the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book VII. Chapter V."The Presbyter Sabbatius, <b>formerly</b> a Jew, separates<br> from the Novatians. Many, however, making no account of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter v the presbyter sabbatius formerly.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_38_xxiii_jovinian_used_formerly.htm"><span class="l">Jovinian Used <b>Formerly</b> to Call Catholics Manicheans; the Arians <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter 38 [XXIII.]"Jovinian Used <b>Formerly</b> to Call Catholics Manicheans;<br> The Arians Also Used to Call Catholics Sabellians. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 38 xxiii jovinian used formerly.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cyprian/the_epistles_of_cyprian/epistle_lxiii_to_epictetus_and.htm"><span class="l">Epistle Lxiii. To Epictetus and to the Congregation of Assur?? <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Epistle LXIII. To Epictetus and to the Congregation of Assur??, Concerning<br> Fortunatianus, <b>Formerly</b> Their Bishop. Argument."He <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cyprian/the epistles of cyprian/epistle lxiii to epictetus and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/teresa/the_interior_castle_or_the_mansions/chapter_iii_the_great_fruits.htm"><span class="l">The Great Fruits Produced by the Above-Mentioned Prayer. The <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> PRAYER. THE WONDERFUL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE EFFECTS AND THOSE <b>FORMERLY</b><br> DESCRIBED SHOULD BE CAREFULLY STUDIED AND REMEMBERED. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter iii the great fruits.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_wars_of_the_jews_or_history_of_the_destruction_of_jerusalem/chapter_10_that_whereas_the.htm"><span class="l">That Whereas the City of Jerusalem had Been Five Times Taken <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER 10. That Whereas The City Of Jerusalem Had Been Five Times Taken <b>Formerly</b>,<br> This Was The Second Time Of Its Desolation. A Brief Account Of Its History. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 10 that whereas the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/scholasticus/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_scholasticus/chapter_xxxvii_miracle_performed_by_silvanus.htm"><span class="l">Miracle Performed by Silvanus Bishop of Troas <b>Formerly</b> of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book VII. Chapter XXXVII."Miracle performed by Silvanus Bishop of Troas <b>formerly</b><br> of Philippopolis. Silvanus was <b>formerly</b> a rhetorician <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xxxvii miracle performed by silvanus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/1_thus_far_i_have.htm"><span class="l">Thus Far I have Made Answer About My Crimes, and Indeed in Defence <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1. Thus far I have made answer about my crimes, and indeed in defence of my crimes,<br> which my crafty encomiast <b>formerly</b> urged against me, and which his <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../1 thus far i have.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/formerly.htm"><span class="l"><b>Formerly</b> (55 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Formerly</b> (55 Occurrences). John 7:50 Nicodemus<br> interposed--he who had <b>formerly</b> gone to Jesus, being himself one of them. (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/formerly.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/aramaic.htm"><span class="l">Aramaic (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In its eastern form it is known as Syriac. In its occurrence in the Old Testament,<br> it <b>formerly</b>, though incorrectly, generally bore the name Chaldee. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/aramaic.htm - 31k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/godhead.htm"><span class="l">Godhead (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> They are representatives of a large class of abstract substantives, formed with<br> the suffix "-head" or "-hood", most of which <b>formerly</b> occurred in both forms <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/godhead.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/good.htm"><span class="l">Good (8348 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (superl.) Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly;<br> well-disposed; -- often followed by to or toward, also <b>formerly</b> by unto <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/good.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tenth.htm"><span class="l">Tenth (89 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (n.) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king<br> by Parliament; <b>formerly</b>, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tenth.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/ravaged.htm"><span class="l">Ravaged (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB DBY). Galatians 1:23 only they were hearing that he who persecuted us <b>formerly</b><br> now announces the glad tidings of the faith which <b>formerly</b> he ravaged: (DBY) <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/ravaged.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/en.htm"><span class="l">En (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> See Em. 2. (n.) A suffix from AS. -an, <b>formerly</b> used to form the plural of<br> many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/en.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/disturbed.htm"><span class="l">Disturbed (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be disturbed no more; neither<br> shall the sons of wickedness afflict them any more, as <b>formerly</b>, (DBY NAS <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/disturbed.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/chamber.htm"><span class="l">Chamber (73 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- <b>formerly</b>, in guns, made<br> smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/chamber.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/announces.htm"><span class="l">Announces (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Galatians 1:23 only they were hearing that he who persecuted us <b>formerly</b> now announces<br> the glad tidings of the faith which <b>formerly</b> he ravaged: (DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/announces.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/become-angels.html">Do we become angels after we die? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Samaritans.html">Who were the Samaritans? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Felix-in-the-Bible.html">Who is Felix in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/formerly.htm">Formerly: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Formerly (55 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/7-50.htm">John 7:50</a></span><br />Nicodemus interposed--he who had <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> gone to Jesus, being himself one of them.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-8.htm">John 9:8</a></span><br />the neighbours, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, 'Is not this he who is sitting and begging?'<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-13.htm">John 9:13</a></span><br />They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/8-9.htm">Acts 8:9</a></span><br />And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/11-30.htm">Romans 11:30</a></span><br />but just as you were <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> disobedient to Him, but now have received mercy at a time when they are disobedient,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/15-4.htm">Romans 15:4</a></span><br />For whatever things were written <span class="boldtext">formerly</span>, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.<br /><span class="source">(WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm">2 Corinthians 9:5</a></span><br />Necessary, therefore, I thought 'it' to exhort the brethren, that they may go before to you, and may make up before your <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/1-13.htm">Galatians 1:13</a></span><br />For ye have heard what was my conversation <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> in Judaism, that I excessively persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/1-23.htm">Galatians 1:23</a></span><br />They only heard it said, "He who was once our persecutor is now telling the Good News of the faith of which he <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> made havoc."<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/4-8.htm">Galatians 4:8</a></span><br />However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/2-2.htm">Ephesians 2:2</a></span><br />in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Ephesians 2:3</a></span><br />Among them all of us also <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> passed our lives, governed by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of anger like all others.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11</a></span><br />Therefore, do not forget that <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> you were Gentiles as to your bodily condition. You were called the Uncircumcision by those who style themselves the Circumcised--their circumcision being one which the knife has effected.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/2-13.htm">Ephesians 2:13</a></span><br />But now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.<br /><span class="source">(WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/5-8.htm">Ephesians 5:8</a></span><br />for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/1-21.htm">Colossians 1:21</a></span><br />And you, that were <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled,<br /><span class="source">(WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/3-7.htm">Colossians 3:7</a></span><br />In which ye also walked <span class="boldtext">formerly</span>, when ye lived with them.<br /><span class="source">(WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/1-13.htm">1 Timothy 1:13</a></span><br />who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did 'it' in unbelief,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philemon/1-11.htm">Philemon 1:11</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Formerly</span> he was useless to you, but now--true to his name--he is of great use to you and to me.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/1-1.htm">Hebrews 1:1</a></span><br />God having spoken in many parts and in many ways <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> to the fathers in the prophets,<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">Hebrews 4:6</a></span><br />Since, then, it is still true that some will be admitted to that rest, and that because of disobedience those who <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> had Good News proclaimed to them were not admitted,<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/7-21.htm">Hebrews 7:21</a></span><br />(For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />Who <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water.<br /><span class="source">(WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/13-4.htm">Genesis 13:4</a></span><br />to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/31-2.htm">Genesis 31:2</a></span><br />And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/31-5.htm">Genesis 31:5</a></span><br />and said unto them: 'I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/40-13.htm">Genesis 40:13</a></span><br />within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office; and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10</a></span><br />The Emim <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> have dwelt in it, a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim;<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Deuteronomy 2:12</a></span><br />The Horims also dwelt <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> in Seir, but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did to the land of his possession, which the LORD gave to them.)<br /><span class="source">(WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-20.htm">Deuteronomy 2:20</a></span><br />A land of Rephaim it is reckoned, even it; Rephaim dwelt in it <span class="boldtext">formerly</span>, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33</a></span><br />And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Joshua 11:10</a></span><br />And Joshua turneth back at that time, and captureth Hazor, and its king he hath smitten by the sword; for Hazor <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> 'is' head of all these kingdoms;<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/14-15.htm">Joshua 14:15</a></span><br />and the name of Hebron <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> 'is' Kirjath-Arba (he 'is' the great man among the Anakim); and the land hath rest from war. <br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/15-15.htm">Joshua 15:15</a></span><br />and he goeth up thence unto the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> is Kirjath-Sepher. <br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Judges 1:10</a></span><br />And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron was <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> Kir'iath-ar'ba); and they defeated She'shai and Ahi'man and Talmai. <br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/1-11.htm">Judges 1:11</a></span><br />From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> Kir'iath-se'pher. <br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/1-23.htm">Judges 1:23</a></span><br />And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> Luz.) <br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/3-2.htm">Judges 3:2</a></span><br />(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel's knowing, to teach them war, only those who <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> have not known them) --<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/18-29.htm">Judges 18:29</a></span><br />They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however the name of the city was Laish at the first.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ruth/4-7.htm">Ruth 4:7</a></span><br />And this 'is' <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> in Israel for redemption and for changing, to establish anything: a man hath drawn off his sandal, and given 'it' to his neighbour, and this 'is' the testimony in Israel.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-9.htm">1 Samuel 9:9</a></span><br />(<span class="boldtext">Formerly</span> in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spoke, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was formerly called a Seer.)<br /><span class="source">(WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-11.htm">1 Samuel 10:11</a></span><br />And it came to pass when all that <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> knew him saw, that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that hath come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?<br /><span class="source">(WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/19-7.htm">1 Samuel 19:7</a></span><br />And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-10.htm">2 Samuel 7:10</a></span><br />And I will appoint a place for my people, for Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be disturbed no more; neither shall the sons of wickedness afflict them any more, as <span class="boldtext">formerly</span>,<br /><span class="source">(DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/20-18.htm">2 Samuel 20:18</a></span><br />and she speaketh, saying, 'They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/13-5.htm">2 Kings 13:5</a></span><br />(And the LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as <span class="boldtext">formerly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-40.htm">1 Chronicles 4:40</a></span><br />And they found fat and good pasture, and a land widely extended and quiet and fertile, for they who had dwelt there <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> were of Ham.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-20.htm">1 Chronicles 9:20</a></span><br />And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them <span class="boldtext">formerly</span>; Jehovah was with him. <br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-9.htm">1 Chronicles 17:9</a></span><br />And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be disturbed no more; neither shall the sons of wickedness waste them any more, as <span class="boldtext">formerly</span>,<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/13-5.htm">Nehemiah 13:5</a></span><br />had prepared for him a great chamber, where <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> they laid the oblations, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine and the oil, which was commanded for the Levites and the singers and the doorkeepers, and the heave-offerings of the priests.<br /><span class="source">(DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/30-3.htm">Job 30:3</a></span><br />With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, <span class="boldtext">Formerly</span> a desolation and waste,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/41-27.htm">Isaiah 41:27</a></span><br />I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/52-4.htm">Isaiah 52:4</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down <span class="boldtext">formerly</span> into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.<br /><span class="source">(WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/30-20.htm">Jeremiah 30:20</a></span><br />And his sons have been as aforetime, And his company before Me is established, And I have seen after all his oppressors.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Ezekiel 36:11</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/f/formerly.htm">Formerly</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/forming.htm">Forming (27 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/formerly.htm">Formerly (55 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/neglectest.htm">Neglectest (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/neglected.htm">Neglected (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/forgettest.htm">Forgettest (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/planteth.htm">Planteth (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/breatheth.htm">Breatheth (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/becometh.htm">Becometh (82 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/chalk.htm">Chalk (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/createth.htm">Createth (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/calleth.htm">Calleth (261 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bringeth.htm">Bringeth (313 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/doer.htm">Doer (25 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/treadeth.htm">Treadeth (25 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/stretcheth.htm">Stretcheth (33 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/psychology.htm">Psychology</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cord.htm">Cord (47 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/creature.htm">Creature (73 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/declareth.htm">Declareth (71 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/layeth.htm">Layeth (76 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/f/former_troubles.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Former Troubles"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Former Troubles" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/f/formeth.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Formeth"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Formeth" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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