Strong's Concordance
Original word: טֶ֫רֶם
Transliteration: terem
Definition (short): before
Definition (full): non-occurrence, not yet, before
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. adverb
Definition: not yet, ere, before that
NASB Translation: before (45), before* (3), no* (2), nor (1), prior (1), yet (6).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
From an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before -- before, ere, not yet.
References
KJV:
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
NASB:
Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
KJV:
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
NASB:
Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;