International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: By and By

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: By and By


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In the sense of “immediately” is the King James Version translation of ἐξαυτῆς, exautḗs, of (the American Standard Revised Version “forthwith”); of εὐθύς, euthús, (the American Standard Revised Version “straightway”); of εὐθέως, euthéōs, (the American Standard Revised Version “straightway”); (the American Standard Revised Version “immediately”). In English literally this meaning is obsolete (compare: “After you have dyned and supte, laboure not by and by after, but make a pause - the space of an howre or more with some pastyme” (Babees Book, EETS, 247).