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H4279

H4279 — מָחָר

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

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Hebrewmacharnoun mascOccurrences: 52TWOT: 1185a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4279
Word:מָחָר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:probably from H309
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:52
Transliteration:machar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-khar'
Meaning:1. (properly) deferred, i.e. the morrow 2. usually (adverbially) tomorrow 3. indefinitely, hereafter
KJV Renderings:time to come, tomorrow.

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מָחָר52 noun masculine, used often as adverb, tomorrow, in time to come (Aramaic מְחַר [untranscribed source text 2962]; probably properly time in front, Köii. 263, compare √, and Assyrian ma—ru , front, often of time, though always of former time, of old , DlHWB 402); —

1. to-morrow (the day following the present day),
a. as substantive Exod 16:23 מָחָר ׳ שַׁבָּתוֺן שַׁבַּת קֹדֶשׁ לְי to-morrow is a sabbath, etc., 1Sam 20:5 חֹדֶשׁ מָחָר to-morrow is the new moon, 1Sam 20:18 in יוֺם מָחָר Gen 30:33; Prov 27:1; Isa 56:12 in the idiomatic phrase כָּעֵת מָחָר at the like of the time, (being) to-morrow, = about to-morrow (see כְּ 1.a.) Exod 9:18; 1Sam 9:16; 1Sam 20:12; 1Kgs 19:2; 1Kgs 20:6; 2Kgs 7:1; 2Kgs 7:18 ; 2Kgs 10:6 and in לְמָחָר Exod 8:19 לְמָחָר יִהְיֶה הָאֹת הַזֶּה, = for, against, to-morrow, Exod 8:6; Num 11:18 ; Josh 7:13; Esth 5:12.
b. as adverb accusative Exod 8:25 ; Exod 9:5 מָחָר יַעֲשֶׂה הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה ׳ י, Exod 10:4 הִנְנִי מֵבִיא מָחָר אַרְבֶּה, Exod 17:9; Exod 32:5; Num 14:25; 1Sam 11:9 etc., Josh 11:6 מָחָר כָּעֵת הַזּאֹת; opposed to הַיּוֺם Exod 19:10 הַיּוֺם וּמָחָר, Josh 22:18; 2Sam 11:12a; rhetorically, Isa 22:13 כִּי מָחָר נָמוּת.
2. = in future time, Exod 13:14 כִּי יִשְׁאָֽלְךָ בִנְךָ מָחָר לֵאמֹר = Deut 6:20; Josh 4:6; Josh 4:21; Josh 22:24; Josh 22:27; Josh 22:28 so בְּיוֺם מָחָר Gen 30:33.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מחר (mah-gh)

Genesis 30:33

KJV: So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.in time…: Heb. to morrow
EHCC: in time éo come, (lit. in the day of 6

Exodus 8:10

KJV: And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.To morrow: or, Against to morrow
EHCC: (6). And he said, To morrow. (marg. or,

Numbers 11:18

KJV: And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
EHCC: Sanctify yourselves ayainst fo morrow,

Deuteronomy 6:20

KJV: And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?in…: Heb. to morrow
EHCC: when thy son asketh thee in time fo come,

Joshua 3:5

KJV: And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
EHCC: to morrow the Lord will do wonders

Judges 19:9

KJV: And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.draweth: Heb. is weakthe day groweth to an end: Heb. it is the pitching time of the dayhome: Heb. to thy tent
EHCC: tu morrow get you early on your way,

Judges 28:19

EHCC: axd ta morrow (shalt) thou and thy sous

2 Samuel 11:12

KJV: And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
EHCC: and to morrow 1 will let thee depart.

1 Kings 19:2

KJV: Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
EHCC: 40 morrow about this time.

2 Kings 6:28

KJV: And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
EHCC: we will eat my son in morrow.

2 Chronicles 20:16

KJV: To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.cliff: Heb. ascentbrook: or, valley
EHCC: To morrow go ye down

Esther 5:8

KJV: If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.perform: Heb. do
EHCC: and I will do tu morrow as the king hath

Proverbs 3:28

KJV: Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
EHCC: and to morrow 1 will give;

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