אַחֲרוֹן acharon

Hebrew word for “last” · Strong’s H314 · used 51 times in 48 verses

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Meaning

1) behind, following, subsequent, western; 1a) behind, hindermost, western (of location); 1b) later, subsequent, latter, last (of time)

How it is translated

Glosses given for acharon in context, with how often each is used:

• latter 14
• last 14
• later 5
• western 4
• behind 2
• last people 2
• future 2
• latter time 2
• last ones 1
• those behind 1
• subsequent things 1
• later time 1

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 19 (2), Psalms 78 (2), Genesis 33 (1), Exodus 4 (1), Numbers 2 (1), Deuteronomy 11 (1), Deuteronomy 13 (1), Deuteronomy 17 (1), Deuteronomy 24 (1), Deuteronomy 29 (1)

Forms

• האחרון 12
• אחרון 8
• אחרנים 7
• באחרנה 5
• והאחרונים 5
• והאחרנים 4
• לאחרנה 2
• האחרנים 2
• באחרונה 1
• ואחרון 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with acharon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רִאשׁוֹן rishon “first” 24
• כָּתַב katav “to write” 12
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 8
• דָּבָר davar “word” 13
• דּוֹר dor “generation” 6
• קַדְמֹנִי qadmoni “eastern” 3
• יֶתֶר yeter “remainder” 4
• חֹזֶה chozeh “seer” 3
• הֵן hen “look!” 5
• יָם yam “sea” 5
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 6
• נָבִיא navi “prophet” 4

Key verses

The verses using acharon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Samuel 2:26 — 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,…
• 2 Samuel 23:1 — 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…
• Job 19:25 — For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
• Psalms 78:4 — 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…
• Isaiah 30:8 — Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
• Isaiah 41:4 — Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
• Isaiah 44:6 — 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.
• Isaiah 48:12 — Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
• Jeremiah 50:17 — Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath…
• Daniel 8:3 — 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…
• Haggai 2:9 — The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Zechariah 14:8 — 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.