Bible dictionaries
Heretofore
What Bible dictionaries say about “Heretofore”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Heretofore - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
HERETOFO'RE, adv. In times before the present; formerly.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
her-too-for', Hebrew temol, "yesterday," "neither heretofore, nor since" (Ex 4:10; compare Ex 5:7,8,14; Jos 3:4; Ru 2:11); 'ethmol shilshom, "yesterday," "third day" (1Sa 4:7, "There hath not been such a thing heretofore."
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915