Later
ὕστερονStrong’s G5306husteron
Appears in 13 verses of the New Testament
In short
Husteron is the Greek word usually translated “afterward”, “finally” and “later”. It appears in 13 verses of the New Testament.
“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;”
Meaning
Usually translated “afterward”, “finally” and “later”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- afterward 9
- finally 3
- later 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 7
- Luke 2
- Mark 1
- John 1
- 1 Timothy 1
- Hebrews 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
- Matthew 21:29He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
- Matthew 21:32For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
- Matthew 21:37But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
- Matthew 22:27And last of all the woman died also.
- Matthew 25:11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Greek dictionary
ὕστερον husteron · later
(comp.) later, second; (neu.) finally, last of all posterior, in place or time; subsequent, later, last, finally, last of all Mt. 21:31; 1Tim. 4:1
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “later” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LA'TER, adjective
[comparative deg. of late.]
Posterior; subsequent.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.