Strong's Lexicon

H314

H314 — אַחֲריוֹן אַחֲרוֹן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewacharownadjectiveOccurrences: 51TWOT: 68e

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H314
Word:אַחֲריוֹן אַחֲרוֹן
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H309
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:51
Transliteration:acharown
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:akh-ar-one' (or (shortened) prob from H253 and a variation of H3863; acharon {akh-ar-one'};) adj.
Meaning:1. hinder 2. (generally) late or last 3. (specifically) (as facing the east) western
KJV Renderings:after (-ward), to come, following, hind(-er, -ermost, -most), last, latter, rereward, ut(ter)most.

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אַחֲרוֺן51 feminine אַחֲרוֺנָה plural אַחֲרֹנִים (also אַחֲרוֺנִים adjective from אַחַר, coming after or behind (as a comparative or superlative, according to the context); hence

a. of place, behind, hindermost Gen 33:2 (twice in verse); הָאַחֲרוֺן הַיָּם the hinder (= the Western) sea (i.e. the Mediterranean: opposed to הַיָּם הַקַּדְמוֺנִי the front sea = the Dead Sea, the Semites, in defining the quarters of the heavens, turning naturally to the East, compare קֶדֶם of the East, יָמִין, תֵּימָן of the South, above under the word אָחוֺר d. and Assyrian mat a—arru 'the Western land,' of Phoenicia & Palestine) Deut 11:24; Deut 34:2; Joel 2:20; Zech 14:8; Job 18:20 poetic אַחֲרֹנִים Ew Hi Di De the dwellers in the West (opposed to קַדְמוֺנִים). More commonly
b. of time, latter or last (according to context) Exod 4:8; Deut 24:3; 2Sam 19:12; Isa 8:23, of God Isa 44:6 (|| רִאשׁוֺן) Isa 48:12 (do.) compare Isa 41:4 in genl. subsequent (vaguely), ׳ יוֺם א = time to come Isa 30:8; Prov 31:25 (but Neh 8:18 הַיוֺם ׳ הָאַ = the last day), ׳ (הָ)אַ (הַ)דּוֺר the following generation Deut 29:21; Ps 48:14; Ps 78:4; Ps 78:6; Ps 102:19, (הָ)אַחֲרֹנִים they that come after Job 18:20 ( Ges Schl) Eccl 1:11; Eccl 4:16, but Isa 41:4 the last, Job 19:25 וְאַחֲרוֺן עַלעָֿפָר יָקוּם and as one coming after (me) (and so able to establish my innocence when I am dead) will he (גָֹּֽאֲלִי my Vindicator) arise upon the dust. — The feminine is used adverbially (compare רִאשֹׁנָה) = afterwards or at the last (according to context): (a) absolute Dan 11:29 ( β) בָּאַחֲרוֺנָה (opposed to בָּרִאשֹׁנָה) Deut 13:10; Deut 17:7; Deut 1:2; Deut 2:26; Deut 1:13; (γ) ׳ לָאַ Num 2:31 ( P ) Eccl 1:11 .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אחרון (ah-charohn’)

Exodus 4:8

KJV: And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
EHCC: will believe the voice of the latter sign.

Numbers 2:81

EHCC: go Aindmost with their standards.

Deuteronomy 11:24

KJV: Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
EHCC: even unto the uétermost sea

Deuteronomy 13:9

KJV: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
EHCC: (10). afterwards the hand of all the people.

Deuteronomy 17:7

KJV: The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
EHCC: gfterward the hands of all the people.

Deuteronomy 28:8

KJV: The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.storehouses: or, barns
EHCC: (if) the latter husband hate her,

Deuteronomy 29:22

KJV: So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;which…: Heb. wherewith the Lord hath made it sick
EHCC: (21).So that the generation fo come

Deuteronomy 84:2

EHCC: all the land of Judah, unto the ufmost sea,

Ruth 8:10

EHCC: hast shewed more kindness in the latter end,

1 Samuel 29:2

KJV: And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
EHCC: passed on in the rereward with Achish,

2 Samuel 2:26

KJV: Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
EHCC: it will be bitterness in the latter end?

2 Samuel 19:11

KJV: And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
EHCC: 13. Why are ye the last to bring the

2 Samuel 23:1

KJV: Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
EHCC: Now these (be) the last words of David

1 Kings 17:18

KJV: And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
EHCC: ofter make for thee and for thy son.

1 Chronicles 28:27

EHCC: For by the last words of David.

1 Chronicles 29:29

KJV: Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,book: or, history: Heb. words
EHCC: acts of David the king, first and last,

2 Chronicles 9:29

KJV: Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?book: Heb. words
EHCC: rest of the acts of Sclomon, first and last,

2 Chronicles 12:15

KJV: Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.book: Heb. words
EHCC: Now the acts of Rehoboan, first and last,

2 Chronicles 16:11

KJV: And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
EHCC: the acts of Asa, first and last.

2 Chronicles 20:84

EHCC: the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last,

2 Chronicles 25:26

KJV: Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
EHCC: the acts of ‘Amaziah, first and las/,

2 Chronicles 26:22

KJV: Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
EHCC: reat of the acts of Uzziah, first and last,

2 Chronicles 28:26

KJV: Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
EHCC: rest of his aets and of all his ways, first

2 Chronicles 85:27

EHCC: his deeds, first and last,

Nehemiah 8:18

KJV: Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.a solemn…: Heb. a restraint
EHCC: from the first day unto the last day,

Job 18:20

KJV: They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.went…: or, lived with himwere…: Heb. laid hold on horror
EHCC: they that come after (him) shall be

Job 19:25

KJV: For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
EHCC: (that) he shall stand at the latter

Psalms 48:18

EHCC: (14). may tell (it) to the generation fol-

Psalms 78:4

KJV: We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
EHCC: shewing to the generation to come

Psalms 102:18

KJV: This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
EHCC: (19). be written for the generation to come

Proverbs 81:25

EHCC: she shall rejoice in time to come.

Ecclesiastes 1:11

KJV: There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
EHCC: remembrance of (things) that are to come

Ecclesiastes 4:16

KJV: There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
EHCC: they sls0 that ‘come after shall not rejoice

Isaiah 9:1

KJV: Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.of the nations: or, populous
EHCC: (8:28).and gfterward did more grievously

Isaiah 80:8

EHCC: may be for the time to come (marg. the

Isaiah 41:4

KJV: Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
EHCC: I the Lord, the first, and with the last;

Isaiah 44:6

KJV: Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
EHCC: 1 (am) the first, and I (am) the last;

Isaiah 48:12

KJV: Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
EHCC: 1 (am) he; I (am) the first, I also

Daniel 8:3

KJV: Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.the other: Heb. the second
EHCC: the other, and the higher came up last.

Daniel 12:29

EHCC: it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.

Joel 2:20

KJV: But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.hath…: Heb. hath magnified to do
EHCC: his hinder part toward the utmost sea,

Zechariah 14:8

KJV: And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.former: or, eastern
EHCC: half of them toward the hinder sea:
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