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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (adv.) To this place; to a prescribed limit.

2. (adv.) Up to this time; as yet; until now.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HITHERTO

hith'-er-too (to this): Used of both place and time. It is the translation of various words and phrases:

(1) Of place, `adh halom (2 Samuel 7:18, "Thou hast brought me hitherto," the Revised Version (British and American) "thus far"; 1 Chronicles 17:16; perhaps 1 Samuel 7:12, `adh hennah, "Hitherto hath Yahweh helped us" (in connection with the setting up of the stone Ebenezer)) belongs to this head; hennah is properly an adverb of place; it might always be rendered "thus far."

(2) Of time, `adh koh, "unto this" (Exodus 7:16, "Hitherto thou hast not hearkened"; Joshua 17:14, "Hitherto Yahweh hath blessed me"); me'az, "from then" (2 Samuel 15:34, the Revised Version (British and American) "in time past"); hale'ah, "beyond," etc. (Isaiah 18:7, "terrible from their beginning hitherto," the Revised Version (British and American) "onward"); `adh kah, Aramaic (Daniel 7:28, the Revised Version (British and American) "here," margin "hitherto"); `adh hennah, "unto here" (Judges 16:13 1 Samuel 1:16 Psalm 71:17, etc.); achri tou deuro (Romans 1:13, "was let (the Revised Version (British and American) "hindered") hitherto"); heos arti, "until now" (John 5:17, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work" the Revised Version (British and American) "even until now," that is, "on the Sabbath as well as on other days', and I do as He does"; John 16:24, "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive," that is "up till now"; "now ask in my name and ye shall receive"); oupo, "not yet" (1 Corinthians 3:2, "Hitherto ye were not able to bear it," the Revised Version (British and American) "not yet").

W. L. Walker

Greek

1204. deuro -- until now, come here!
... come hither. Of uncertain affinity; here; used also imperative hither!; and of time,
hitherto -- come (hither), hither(-to). (deuro) -- 9 Occurrences. ...
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5504. chthes -- yesterday.
... yesterday. Of uncertain derivation; "yesterday"; by extension, in time past or hitherto
-- yesterday. (echthes) -- 3 Occurrences. 5503, 5504. chthes. 5505 ...
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3768. oupo -- not yet
... not yet. From ou and po; not yet -- hitherto not, (no...) As yet, not yet. see GREEK
ou. see GREEK po. (oupo) -- 26 Occurrences. 3767, 3768. oupo. 3769 . ...
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4594. semeron -- today
... of the article ho (t changed to s) and hemera; on the (ie This) day (or night current
or just passed); generally, now (ie At present, hitherto) -- this (to-)day ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5728. aden -- hitherto, still
aden or adenah. 5727, 5728. aden or adenah. 5729 . hitherto, still.
Transliteration: aden or adenah Phonetic Spelling: (ad-en') Short Definition: still. ...
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1973. haleah -- out there, onwards, further
... back, beyond, hence, forward, hitherto, thence, forth, yonder. From the
primitive form of the article (hal); to the distance, ie ...
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227. az -- at that time
... beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since,. A demonstrative adverb;
at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore ...
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3542. kah -- here
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to koh Definition here NASB Word Usage this
point (1). hitherto. (Aramaic) corresponding to koh -- hitherto. see HEBREW koh. ...
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3541. koh -- thus, here
... 2), thus (518), worse* (1). also, here, hitherto, like, on the other side,
so and much, such, on that manner. From the prefix k and ...
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1988. halom -- hith-er
... Word Origin a prim. adverb Definition hith-er NASB Word Usage here (9),
this far (2), this place (1). here, hitherto, thither. From ...
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3528. kebar -- already
... From kabar; properly, extent of time, ie A great while; hence, long ago, formerly,
hitherto -- already, (seeing that which), now. see HEBREW kabar. ...
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2008. hennah -- hither
... 3), way (1), yet* (1). here, hitherto, now, on this that side, since, this
that way, thitherward, thus far,. From hen; hither or ...
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Library

Heresies Hitherto Refuted; Opinions of the Docetæ.
... Book VIII. Chapter I."Heresies Hitherto Refuted; Opinions of the Docetæ.
Since the great body of (the heretics) do not employ ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter i heresies hitherto refuted opinions.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, John xvi. 24, "Hitherto have Ye Asked ...
... 24, "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name;" and on the words of Luke x. 17,
"Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.". [CXLV. Ben.] ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xcv on the words.htm

You See by this what his Opinions are About Origen and Also About ...
... as in every way admirable, and declares that if he translates them, the Roman tongue
will then recognize what a store of good it had hitherto been ignorant of ...
/.../23 you see by this.htm

To the Rev. A. Brandram
... But hitherto I have had to contend with ignorance"and such ignorance, with
bigotry"and such bigotry, and with great and terrible distress. ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev a brandram 34.htm

The Trial of Saul.
... was Saul's conduct. Hitherto he had acquitted himself well; he had obeyed
to the letter the command of God by His prophet. He had ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon iii the trial of.htm

Repentance and victory
... Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name
of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.'-1 SAMUEL vii 1-12 ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/repentance and victory.htm

Confessio Fidei Gallicana.
... En laquelle, Sire, we thank God that hitherto having had no access to your Majesty
to make known the rigor of the persecutions that we have suffered, and ...
/.../the creeds of the evangelical protestant churches/confessio fidei gallicana.htm

Ebenezer!
... "Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name
of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.""1 Samuel 7:12. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/ebenezer.htm

Library Edition of the British Poets.
... in this important feature, are such as warrant the assertion that this Edition will
be found to stand a favourable comparison with any hitherto published, or ...
/.../young/youngs night thoughts/library edition of the british.htm

The Fourth Trumpet.
... having advanced a little farther, proceeded to take away entirely the light of Roman
majesty in the city -of Rome, with which it had hitherto shone under the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/the fourth trumpet.htm

Thesaurus

Hitherto (34 Occurrences)
... 2. (adv.) Up to this time; as yet; until now. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
HITHERTO. hith'-er-too (to this): Used of both place and time. ...
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Secret (341 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 2:7 But in dealing with truths hitherto kept secret we speak of God's
wisdom--that hidden wisdom which, before the world began, God pre-destined ...
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Truths (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 2:7 But in dealing with truths hitherto kept secret we speak of God's
wisdom--that hidden wisdom which, before the world began, God pre-destined ...
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Meted (8 Occurrences)
... of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered
and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation ...
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Peeled (5 Occurrences)
... of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered
and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation ...
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Spoiled (69 Occurrences)
... of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered
and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation ...
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Measured (91 Occurrences)
... of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers to a nation scattered
and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation ...
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Sitteth (74 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 7:18 And king David cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, 'Who
'am' I, Lord Jehovah? and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto? ...
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Terrible (90 Occurrences)
... of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered
and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation ...
/t/terrible.htm - 36k

Mean (93 Occurrences)
... Romans 11:25 For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do
not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior ...
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Bible Concordance

Hitherto (34 Occurrences)

John 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
(KJV DBY WBS)

John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Romans 1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Romans 11:25 For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior wisdom to yourselves--the truth, I mean, that partial blindness has fallen upon Israel until the great mass of the Gentiles have come in;
(WEY)

Romans 15:21 But, as Scripture says, "Those shall see, to whom no report about Him has hitherto come, and those who until now have not heard shall understand."
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 2:7 But in dealing with truths hitherto kept secret we speak of God's wisdom--that hidden wisdom which, before the world began, God pre-destined, so that it should result in glory to us;
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
(KJV WBS)

1 Corinthians 8:7 However, that knowledge isn't in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
(See RSV)

1 Corinthians 15:51 I tell you a truth hitherto kept secret: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(WEY)

Ephesians 3:3 and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you.
(WEY)

Ephesians 5:32 That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.
(WEY)

Ephesians 6:19 and ask on my behalf that words may be given to me so that, outspoken and fearless, I may make known the truths (hitherto kept secret)
(WEY)

Genesis 44:28 and the one went out from me, and I said, He must certainly have been torn in pieces; and I have not seen him again hitherto.
(DBY)

Exodus 5:14 The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"
(See RSV)

Exodus 7:16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Deuteronomy 12:9 for ye have not come in hitherto unto the rest, and unto the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;
(YLT)

Joshua 17:14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Joshua 20:5 And when the redeemer of blood doth pursue after him, then they do not shut up the man-slayer into his hand, for without knowledge he hath smitten his neighbour, and is not hating him hitherto;
(YLT)

1 Samuel 1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

2 Samuel 7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Samuel 15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Chronicles 9:18 who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Chronicles 12:29 Of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Chronicles 17:16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Nehemiah 2:16 And the prefects have not known whither I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the freemen, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, hitherto I have not declared 'it';
(YLT)

Job 38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
(KJV WBS)

Isaiah 18:7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 48:47 And I have turned back 'to' the captivity of Moab, In the latter end of the days, An affirmation of Jehovah! Hitherto 'is' the judgment of Moab.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 51:64 and said, Thus sink doth Babylon, and it doth not arise, because of the evil that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.' Hitherto 'are' words of Jeremiah.
(YLT)

Daniel 7:28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Haggai 2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? And hitherto the vine and the fig, And the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, Have not borne -- from this day I bless.'
(YLT)

Subtopics

Hitherto

Related Terms

Secret (341 Occurrences)

Truths (15 Occurrences)

Meted (8 Occurrences)

Peeled (5 Occurrences)

Spoiled (69 Occurrences)

Measured (91 Occurrences)

Sitteth (74 Occurrences)

Terrible (90 Occurrences)

Mean (93 Occurrences)