henceforth

«henceforth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: from now on — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

from now on

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

From this time onwards. tree →

how it differs from today

Today this is formal and rare; we say "from now on". The sentences use the same sense, but the word itself is old.

examples

• And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. (Torah NUM.18.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• I cannot eat or smile henceforth. (Celtic Fairy Tales) tree →
• And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee. (Torah DEU.19.20, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

henceforth

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 83 (Torah 4, tales 79, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 9.4 (Torah alone 9.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
• And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.
• I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
• Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «henceforth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.