Strong's Lexicon

H319

H319 — אַחֲרִיתּ

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

Hebrewachariythnoun femOccurrences: 61TWOT: 68f

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H319
Word:אַחֲרִיתּ
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H310
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:61
Transliteration:achariyth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:akh-ar-eeth'
Meaning:1. the last or end 2. (hence) the future 3. (also) posterity
KJV Renderings:(last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.

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אַחֲרִית61 noun feminine after-part, end; —

a. of place, only Psa 139:9 (late) יָם ׳ א.
b. of time, latter part or actual close (according to context), opposed to רֵאשִׁית; — of year Deut 11:12 of a man's life Num 23:10; Prov 5:11; Job 8:7; Job 42:12 of a people's existence Num 24:20 = final lot Deut 32:20; Deut 32:29; Jer 12:4; Jer 31:17; Ps 73:17 a future, i.e. a happy close of life, suggesting sometimes the idea of a posterity, promised to the righteous Prov 23:18 (|| תִּקְוָה hope) Prov 24:14; Jer 29:11 (וְתִקְוָה ׳ לָתֵת לָכֶם א), withheld from the wicked Prov 24:20 (|| ׃ נֵר יִדְעָֽח ׃ see below); the end or ultimate issue of a course of action Jer 5:31; Prov 14:12; Prov 23:32 (of wine, i.e. of indulgence in it) Prov 25:8; Isa 46:10 (absolute, but implicitly of a phase of history) Isa 47:7 (of the conduct described Isa 47:6 b-7 a) Dan 12:8; Eccl 7:8 of a prediction = the event Isa 41:22. בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים in the end of the days, a prophetic phrase denoting the final period of the history so far as the speaker's perspective reaches; the sense thus varies with the context, but it often = the ideal or Messianic future; Gen 49:1 (of the period of Israel's possession of Canaan) Num 24:14; Deut 4:30 (of the period of Israel's return to God after adversity) Deut 31:29 (of the period of Israel's rebellion) Hos 3:5; Isa 2:2 ( = Mic 4:1) Jer 23:20 (see Graf) = Jer 30:24; Jer 48:47; Jer 49:39; Ezek 38:16 (of the period of Gog's attack upon restored Israel) Dan 2:28 (Aramaic) Dan 10:14 (of the age of Antiochus Epiphanes): compare הַשָּׁנִים ׳ כְּא Ezek 38:8.
c. הַגּוֺיִם ׳ א Jer 50:12 the last, hindermost of the nations (of Babylon), opposed to ראשׁית הגוים Amos 6:1 (Israel) compare Num 24:20 (Amalek) chief of the nations.
d. concrete posterity (extension of usage noted above in Prov 24:20) Ps 37:37; Ps 37:38 (possibly not more than 'a future' here) Ps 109:13 (|| אַחֵר יִמַּח שְׁמָם בְּדוֺר) Amos 4:2; Amos 9:1; Ezek 23:25 (twice in verse) (according to others, in these four passages, remnant, residue) Dan 11:4.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אחרית (ah-ghdreeth’)

Genesis 49:1

KJV: And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
EHCC: which chall befall in the last day lit.

Numbers 23:10

KJV: Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!me: Heb. my soul, or, my life
EHCC: let my last be like his!

Numbers 24:14

KJV: And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
EHCC: shall do to thy people in the latter days

Deuteronomy 4:30

KJV: When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;are…: Heb. have found thee
EHCC: (even) tn the latter days,

Deuteronomy 8:16

KJV: Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
EHCC: to do thee good at thy latter end ;

Deuteronomy 11:12

KJV: A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.careth…: Heb. seeketh
EHCC: even unto theend of the year.

Deuteronomy 81:29

EHCC: evil will befall you in the latter days;

Deuteronomy 32:20

KJV: And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
EHCC: I will see what their end (shall bey:

Job 8:7

KJV: Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
EHCC: yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

Job 42:12

KJV: So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
EHCC: So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job

Psalms 37:37

KJV: Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
EHCC: for the end of (that) man (is) peace,

Psalms 73:17

KJV: Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
EHCC: (then) understood I their end.

Psalms 109:18

KJV: As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.into his bowels: Heb. within him
EHCC: Let Ais posterity be cut off;

Psalms 139:9

KJV: If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
EHCC: dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Proverbs 5:4

KJV: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
EHCC: But her end is bitter as wormwood,

Proverbs 14:12

KJV: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
EHCC: but the end thereof (are) the ways of death.

Proverbs 16:25

KJV: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
EHCC: but the end thereof (are) the ways of death.

Proverbs 19:20

KJV: Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
EHCC: that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Proverbs 23:18

KJV: For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.end: or, reward
EHCC: For surely there is אם end ;

Proverbs 24:14

KJV: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
EHCC: then there shall be a reward,

Proverbs 25:8

KJV: Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
EHCC: what to do in the ead thereof,

Proverbs 29:21

KJV: He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
EHCC: him become (his) son at the length.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

KJV: Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
EHCC: Better (is) the end ofa thing

Ecclesiastes 10:13

KJV: The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.his talk: Heb. his mouth
EHCC: and the end of his talk (is) mischievous

Isaiah 2:2

KJV: And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.established: or, prepared
EHCC: it shall come to pass in the last days,

Isaiah 41:22

KJV: Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.consider…: Heb. set our heart upon them
EHCC: know the latter end of them ;

Isaiah 46:10

KJV: Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
EHCC: Declaring the end from the beginning,

Isaiah 47:7

KJV: And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
EHCC: וֹוֹ#וֹװ!ז}שוו[וזבלום!\םסזוֹןוֹ\וֹ\)

Jeremiah 5:31

KJV: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?bear…: or, take into their hands
EHCC: will ye do אז the end thereof?

Jeremiah 12:4

KJV: How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
EHCC: Hesball not see ווס last end.

Jeremiah 17:11

KJV: As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.sitteth…: or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth
EHCC: and at his end shall be a fool.

Jeremiah 23:20

KJV: The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
EHCC: in the latter days ye shall oreo it

Jeremiah 29:11

KJV: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.expected…: Heb. end and expectation
EHCC: to give an expected

Jeremiah 30:24

KJV: The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
EHCC: in x later days ve shall consider it.

Jeremiah 31:17

KJV: And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
EHCC: there is hope tn thine end,

Jeremiah 48:47

KJV: Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
EHCC: the captivity of Moab in the latter days,

Jeremiah 49:39

KJV: But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.
EHCC: But it shall come to pass in the latter days,

Jeremiah 50:12

KJV: Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
EHCC: the hindermost of the nations

Lamentations 1:9

KJV: Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O Lord, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
EHCC: she remembereth not herlast end ;

Daniel 8:19

KJV: And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
EHCC: what shall be tn the last end of the

Daniel 10:14

KJV: Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
EHCC: what shall befall thy people in the latter

Daniel 11:4

KJV: And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
EHCC: and not to his posterity, nor according

Daniel 18:0

EHCC: what (shall be) the end of these (things)?

Amos 4:2

KJV: The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
EHCC: and your posterity with fishhooks.

Amos 8:10

KJV: And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
EHCC: and the end heresf an abitter day.

Micah 4:1

KJV: But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
EHCC: in the last days it shall come to pass,
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