אַחֲרוֹן

Genesis 33:2 אַחֲרֹנִ֔ים אַחֲרֹנִֽים׃ behind

He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

Exodus 4:8 הָאַחֲרֽוֹן׃ <the> latter

And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.

Numbers 2:31 לָאַחֲרֹנָ֥ה to the last

The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”

Deuteronomy 11:24 הָֽאַחֲר֔וֹן <the> western

Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

Here: Literally 'the behind / hinder' sea. Israelites oriented themselves facing east, toward sunrise, so what lay 'behind' them was the west. The phrase means 'the western sea,' not 'the farthest sea in the world.'

Deuteronomy 13:9 בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃ at the last

Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

Deuteronomy 17:7 בָּאַחֲרֹנָ֑ה at the last

The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Here: 'At the last, afterward.' It pairs with 'at the first'. The two words mark the beginning and the end of a single communal act.

Deuteronomy 24:3 הָאַחֲרוֹן֒ הָאַחֲר֔וֹן <the> latter

and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,

Deuteronomy 29:22 הָֽאַחֲר֗וֹן <the> later

Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

Deuteronomy 34:2 הָאַחֲרֽוֹן׃ <the> western

all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,

Ruth 3:10 הָאַחֲר֖וֹן <the> latter

Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

Here: 'The last (one)'. It describes her ḥesed: this latest act of loyalty, coming to the threshing floor to ask for marriage with a family redeemer.

1 Samuel 29:2 בָּאַחֲרֹנָ֖ה at the last

As the Philistine leaders marched out with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.

2 Samuel 2:26 בָּאַחֲרוֹנָ֑ה at the last

Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

Here: 'At the latter end', meaning the aftermath or final outcome. Abner sets today's victory against what comes later: blood feuds, a divided people, lasting hatred.

2 Samuel 19:11 אַֽחֲרֹנִ֔ים [the] last [people]

Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?

2 Samuel 19:12 אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים [the] last [people]

You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’

2 Samuel 23:1 הָאַֽחֲרֹנִ֑ים <the> last

These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

Here: "The last". It is plural and agrees with "words", so it describes the words and not David. It marks this poem as David's closing, last-will kind of statement. It need not mean the literal last sentence he spoke, since 1 Kings 2 records later words.

1 Kings 17:13 בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃ ס at the last

“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

Here: 'Afterward.' It closes the verse on the 'last' that matches the 'first', and quietly answers her verse-12 plan in which 'last' meant death.

1 Chronicles 23:27 הָאַ֣חֲרֹנִ֔ים <the> last

For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,

1 Chronicles 29:29 וְהָאֲחרֹנִ֑ים and <the> latter

Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,

2 Chronicles 9:29 וְהָאֲחֲרוֹנִ֑ים and <the> latter

As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

2 Chronicles 12:15 וְהָאֲ֣חַרוֹנִ֔ים and <the> latter

Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.

2 Chronicles 16:11 וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים and <the> latter

Now the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:34 וְהָאַחֲרֹנִ֑ים and <the> latter

As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.

2 Chronicles 25:26 וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים and <the> latter

As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?

2 Chronicles 26:22 וְהָאֲחֲרֹנִ֑ים and <the> latter

As for the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from beginning to end, they are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.

2 Chronicles 28:26 וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים and <the> latter

As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

2 Chronicles 35:27 וְהָאַחֲרֹנִ֑ים and <the> latter

his acts from beginning to end—they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

Ezra 8:13 אַחֲרֹנִים֒ [the] last [ones]

from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

Nehemiah 8:18 הָאַחֲר֑וֹן <the> last

Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.

Job 18:20 אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים [those] behind

Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

Job 19:25 וְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹן and last

But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

Here: Literally "and last," an adjective. It can work as an adverb ("at last, in the end, afterward"). Or it can describe the go'el as "the last one," either the one who stands up after Job is gone or the one who has the last word in court. No word for "day" is present.

Psalm 48:13 אַחֲרֽוֹן׃ later

consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

Psalm 78:4 אַחֲר֗וֹן later

We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.

Here: "Later, coming after." Here it means the generation that follows, not the "last" generation in an end-of-the-world sense.

Psalm 78:6 אַ֭חֲרוֹן later

that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children

Psalm 102:18 אַחֲר֑וֹן later

Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

Here: 'Later' or 'following', meaning the generation that comes after this one. With 'generation' it is a set phrase for descendants (Ps 48:13; 78:4, 6). It does not mean the final generation of history.

Proverbs 31:25 אַחֲרֽוֹן׃ future

Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.

Here: 'Later' or 'coming'. Together with 'day' it means the future, the time ahead, as in Isaiah 30:8, where something is written 'for a later day'. In this setting it means whatever the coming seasons bring, such as the winter of verse 21. It is not a technical term for the end of the world.

Ecclesiastes 1:11 לָאַחֲרֹנִ֜ים לָאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃ פ of the subsequent [things], to the later [time]

There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

Ecclesiastes 4:16 הָאַחֲרוֹנִ֖ים the subsequent [people]

There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Isaiah 9:1 וְהָאַחֲר֖וֹן and the latter [time]

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

Here: 'And the latter [time]', the counterpart to 'the former'. It could also be read 'the latter one' as the subject of the next verb.

Isaiah 30:8 אַחֲר֔וֹן future

Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.

Here: "Later" or "coming". The "later day" is the time after the warning, when its outcome can be checked. It is not a technical term for the end of the world.

Isaiah 41:4 אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים [the] last

Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”

Here: Plural: 'the last ones,' most naturally the last of the generations just mentioned. God was there at the first and will still be there with the last.

Isaiah 44:6 אַחֲר֔וֹן [am] last

Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

Here: Last in time, still there when everything has run its course. Put together with 'first', it covers all of history from start to finish.

Isaiah 48:12 אַחֲרֽוֹן׃ [am] last

Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.

Here: 'Last': the one still there at the end, who no one comes after and who wraps up what he began. Set beside 'first', it covers the whole of time and history.

Jeremiah 50:17 הָאַחֲרוֹן֙ the last [lion]

Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

Here: 'The last' or 'at last'. It pairs with 'the first' and suggests the attacks have reached their limit. Verse 18 explains why: this last lion is about to be punished.

Daniel 8:3 בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃ at the last

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.

Here: 'At the last', meaning later in time, as in 'afterward' at Deut 13:9. It ends the verse on the surprise: the latecomer overtakes the horn that was there first.

Daniel 11:29 וְכָאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃ and as the latter [time]

At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.

Joel 2:20 הָאַֽחֲר֑וֹן <the> western

The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.

Here: 'The behind sea', meaning the sea at your back when you face east: the Mediterranean (Deut 11:24; 34:2; Zech 14:8). The KJV's 'utmost sea' misses that it is a direction.

Haggai 2:9 הָאַֽחֲרוֹן֙ <the> latter

The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”

Here: "The latter." In grammar it could describe either "glory" or "house", since both are masculine singular. Verse 3 speaks of the house's "former glory", so it most likely means the house's later glory as opposed to its earlier glory.

Zechariah 14:8 הָאַחֲר֑וֹן <the> western

And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.

Here: 'Behind' someone facing east is the west. 'The behind sea' is the Mediterranean, as in Deuteronomy 11:24 and 34:2.