אַחֲרוֹן
ʼachărôwn · H314 · Hebrew · 51 occurrences
Meanings
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behind, last
A reference to the space behind a person or object
ExamplesGenesis 33:2 He put the slave women and their children in front, and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.
Job 18:20 “Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror.
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Mediterranean, Western Sea
Literally: the sea behind; hence: Mediterranean Sea
ExamplesDeuteronomy 11:24 “Every place on which the sole of your foot steps shall be yours; your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the western sea.
Deuteronomy 34:2 and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the western sea,
Joel 2:20 “But I will remove the northern army far from you, And I will drive it into a dry and desolate land, Its advance guard into the eastern sea, And its rear guard into the western sea. And its stench will ascend and its odor of decay will come up, Because it has done great things.”
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latter, last, next, ... to come, future
A referent pointing to the last in a range of events
ExamplesExodus 4:8 “So if they will not believe you nor pay attention to the evidence of the first sign, they may believe the evidence of the last sign.
Deuteronomy 17:7 “The hands of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall eliminate the evil from your midst.
Deuteronomy 24:3 and the latter husband turns against her, writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand, and sends her away from his house, or if the latter husband who took her to be his wife dies,
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- שָׂמַחto rejoice, to be glad 1
- שָׁמֵםto be desolate, to be appalled 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 2
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בֵּןson 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֲנִיI 2
- זֶהthis 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
11 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 10
- לto/for 5
- אֵתwith 1
- כlike/as 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn · H7223 · first, former, formost
- The direct lexical opposite of אַחֲרוֹן, denoting that which is first, former, or earliest in a sequence.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἔσχατος éschatos · G2078 · last, final, finally
- Greek ἔσχατος renders Hebrew אַחֲרוֹן in contexts denoting temporal or sequential finality ('last,' 'latter,' 'final'), establishing a clear cross-linguistic translation equivalence for this core sense across the Hebrew Bible and its Septuagint rendering.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Spatial Referents003002005
- אַחֲרוֹן marks the rearmost or last position, as Rachel and Joseph placed last in the procession before Esau.
- Names of Waterbodies003001015
- The word's superlative sense of "last, latter" also appears in naming a rearward or later sea in some geographic references.
- Circumstantial Referents003002002
- אַחֲרוֹן can mark a later occurrence in a sequence of events, as the latter of two confirming signs.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H314. acharon אַחֲרוֺן51 feminine אַחֲרוֺנָה plural אַחֲרֹנִים (also אַחֲרוֺנִים…
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); הַיָּם הָאַחֲרוֺן the hinder (= the Western) sea (i.e. the Mediterranean: opposed to הַקַּדְמוֺנִי הַיָּם 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, תֵּימָן יָמִין, of the South, above under the word אָחוֺר d. and Assyrian mat a—arru 'the Western land,' of Phoenicia & Palestine) Deu 11:24; Deu 34:2; Joe 2:20; Zec 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) Exo 4:8; Deu 24:3; 2Sa 19:12; Isaiah 8:23, of God Isa 44:6 (|| רִאשׁוֺן) Isa 48:12 (do.) compare Isa 41:4; in Genl. subsequent (vaguely), א ׳יוֺם = time to come Isa 30:8; Pro 31:25 (but Neh 8:18 ׳הָאַ הַיוֺם = the last day), (הַ)דּוֺר ׳(הָ)אַ the following Generation Deu 29:21; Psa 48:14; Psa 78:4; Psa 78:6; Psa 102:19, (הָ)אַחֲרֹנִים they that come after Job 18:20 (Ges Schl) Ecc 1:11; Ecc 4:16, but Isa 41:4 the last, Job 19:25 יָקוּם עַלעָֿפָר וְאַחֲרוֺן 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) Deu 13:10; Deu 17:7; 1Sa 29:2; 2Sa 2:26; 1Ki 17:13; Dan 8:3; (γ) ׳לָאַ Num 2:31 (P) Ecc 1:11.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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