אַחֲרִית
a.cha.rit
“end”
Definition
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
from H310 (אַחַר);
- after part, end 1a) end, issue, event 1b) latter time (prophetic for future time) 1c) posterity 1d) last, hindermost Aramaic equivalent: a.cha.rit (*אַחֲרִית *"latter" H0320)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
אַחֲרִית appears 60 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness:“Behold, the days are comingwhen you will be taken away with hooks,and your posterity with fishhooks.
When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’You did not take these things to heartor consider their outcome.
Though your beginnings were modest,your latter days will flourish.
In the end it bites like a snakeand stings like a viper.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.