מָחָר machar

Hebrew word for “tomorrow” · Strong’s H4279 · used 52 times in 52 verses

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Meaning

1) tomorrow, in time to come, in the future; 1a) tomorrow (as the day following the present day); 1b) in future time

How it is translated

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

• tomorrow 47
• will be tomorrow 3
• future time 2

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 22 (4), Exodus 8 (3), 1 Samuel 20 (3), Exodus 9 (2), Numbers 16 (2), Joshua 4 (2), 1 Samuel 11 (2), 2 Kings 7 (2), 2 Chronicles 20 (2), Esther 5 (2)

Forms

• מחר 41
• ומחר 6
• למחר 5

Words used with it

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

• עֵת et “time” 9
• כֶם khem “you” 9
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 9
• אִם im “if” 9
• מָה mah “what?” 7
• זֹאת zot “this” 6
• קָדַשׁ qadash “to consecrate” 4
• שָׁאַל shaal “to ask” 4
• עִם im “with” 6
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 6
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 6
• הָמָן haman “Haman” 3

Key verses

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

• Exodus 13:14 — And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from…
• Exodus 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
• Exodus 19:10 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
• Joshua 4:6 — That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
• Joshua 11:6 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough…
• Judges 20:28 — And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin…
• 1 Samuel 9:16 — To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save…
• 1 Kings 19:2 — 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…
• 2 Kings 7:1 — Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two…
• 2 Chronicles 20:17 — Ye shall not need to fight in this set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be…
• Isaiah 22:13 — And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
• Isaiah 56:12 — Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

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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.