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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/H/henceforth/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/H/henceforth/#x1)
- I cannot eat or smile henceforth. (Celtic Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/H/henceforth/#x2)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/H/henceforth/#x3)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.694/)
- [And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.540/)
- [I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.58/)
- [Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.342/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «henceforth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/H/henceforth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.