מָחָר
mâchâr · maw-khar'
properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H309 (אָחַר);
properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
- properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow
- usually, (adverbially) tomorrow
- indefinitely, hereafter
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: time to come, tomorrow.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָחָר 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
52 occurrences · 52 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to morrow21 · 40%
- and to morrow5 · 10%
- in time to come4 · 8%
- behold, to morrow3 · 6%
- thee in time to come2 · 4%
- yourselves against to morrow2 · 4%
- for to morrow2 · 4%
- to come1 · 2%
- yourselves: for to morrow1 · 2%
- their fathers in time to come1 · 2%
- of them: for to morrow1 · 2%
- that to morrow1 · 2%
- about to morrow1 · 2%
- also, and to morrow1 · 2%
- of them by to morrow1 · 2%
- unto thee to morrow1 · 2%
- shall be to morrow1 · 2%
- by to morrow1 · 2%
- but myself; and to morrow1 · 2%
- not thyself of to morrow1 · 2%
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.