מָחָר
ma.char
“tomorrow”
Definition
properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
probably from H309 (אָחַר);
- tomorrow, in time to come, in the future 1a) tomorrow (as the day following the present day) 1b) in future time
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מָחָר appears 49 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”
But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
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