אַחֲרִית
ʼachărîyth · akh-ar-eeth'
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
Lexicon
Derivation: from H310 (אַחַר);
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
- the last or end, hence, the future
- also, posterity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to separate and protect › the head, the highest › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַחֲרִית 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
61 occurrences · 61 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the latter7 · 18%
- the latter end3 · 8%
- but the end3 · 8%
- and the end2 · 5%
- in the end2 · 5%
- at the last2 · 5%
- the end2 · 5%
- you in the latter1 · 3%
- what their end1 · 3%
- their latter end1 · 3%
- yet thy latter end1 · 3%
- for the end1 · 3%
- i their end1 · 3%
- let his posterity1 · 3%
- in the uttermost parts1 · 3%
- but her end1 · 3%
- in thy latter end1 · 3%
- an end1 · 3%
- a reward1 · 3%
- for there shall be no reward1 · 3%
- at the length1 · 3%
- is the end1 · 3%
- and it shall come to pass in the last1 · 3%
- our last end1 · 3%
- and at his end1 · 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.