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Betimes
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
(2) of shachar, a root meaning "to dawn" in
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