אַחֲרוֹן
ʼachărôwn · akh-ar-one'
hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) אַחֲרֹן; from H309 (אָחַר);
hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western
- hinder
- generally, late or last
- specifically, (as facing the east) western
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: after (-ward), to come, following, hind(-er, -ermost, -most), last, latter, rereward, ut(ter) most.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to separate and protect › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַחֲרוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
51 occurrences · 51 OT · 0 NT · 41 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and last9 · 23%
- to come6 · 15%
- and afterward2 · 5%
- in the latter end2 · 5%
- after1 · 3%
- hindermost1 · 3%
- of the latter1 · 3%
- hindmost1 · 3%
- even unto the uttermost1 · 3%
- and afterwards1 · 3%
- and if the latter1 · 3%
- or if the latter1 · 3%
- unto the utmost1 · 3%
- in the rereward1 · 3%
- why are ye the last1 · 3%
- wherefore then are ye the last1 · 3%
- now these be the last1 · 3%
- it unto me, and after1 · 3%
- for by the last1 · 3%
- and of the last1 · 3%
- unto the last1 · 3%
- they that come after1 · 3%
- at the latter1 · 3%
- following1 · 3%
- of things that are to come1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.