Topic
Betimes
10 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 26:31ISBE
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15ISBE
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
- Job 8:5ISBE
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
- Job 24:5ISBE
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
- Proverbs 13:24ISBE
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 6:36ISBE
And if thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 51:30ISBE
Work your work betimes, and in his time he will give you your reward.
- 1 Maccabees 4:52ISBE
Now on the five and twentieth day of the ninth month, which is called the month Casleu, in the hundred forty and eighth year, they rose up betimes in the morning,
- 1 Maccabees 5:30ISBE
And betimes in the morning they looked up, and, behold, there was an innumerable people bearing ladders and other engines of war, to take the fortress: for they assaulted them.
- 1 Maccabees 11:67ISBE
As for Jonathan and his host, they pitched at the water of Gennesar, from whence betimes in the morning they gat them to the plain of Nasor.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 11 references
be-timz': In the sense of "early" is the translation of two Hebrew words:
(1) shakham, a root meaning "to incline the shoulder to a load," hence "to load up," "start early": in Ge 26:31 "they rose up betimes in the morning," also in 2Ch 36:15 (the American Standard Revised Version "early");
(2) of shachar, a root meaning "to dawn" in Job 8:5; 24:5, the American Standard Revised Version "diligently," and in Pro 13:24, "chasteneth him betimes."
In the Apocrypha (Sirach 6:36) "betimes" is the translation of orthizo, literally, "to rise early in the morning," while in Bel and the Dragon verse 16 the same word is translated "betime."
In other cases the King James Version "betimes" appears as "before the time" (Sirach 51:30); "early" (1 Macc 4:52; 11:67); "the mourning" (1 Macc 5:30).
Arthur J. Kinsella
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.