Last
אַחֲרוֹןStrong’s H0314acharon (a-cha-ron)
Appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Acharon is the Hebrew word usually translated “last”, “latter” and “at the last”. It appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.”
Meaning
- Behind, following, subsequent, westernbehind, hindermost, western (of location) · later, subsequent, latter, last (of time)
How it's translated
- last 9
- and latter 9
- at the last 6
- latter 5
- later 5
- western 4
- behind 3
- future 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 8
- Deuteronomy 6
- Isaiah 5
- 2 Samuel 4
- Psalms 4
- 1 Chronicles 2
22 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:29In contextAt the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
- Zechariah 14:8In contextAnd it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
- Genesis 33:2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
- Exodus 4:8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
- Numbers 2:31All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
- Deuteronomy 11:24Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
All 48 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
אַחֲרוֹן acharon · last
1) behind, following, subsequent, western 1a) behind, hindermost, western (of location) 1b) later, subsequent, latter, last (of time)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “last” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
L'AST, adjective
[See Late and Let.]
- That comes after all the others; the latest; applied to time; as the last hour of the day; the last day of the year.
- That follows all the others; that is behind all the others in place; hindmost; as, this was the last man that entered the church.
- Beyond which there is no more.
- Next before the present; as the last week; the last year.
All definitions and other forms of “last”
- Utmost.
- Lowest; meanest.“Gad, a troop shall overcome him; but he shall overcome at the last” Genesis 49:19
L'AST, adverb
- The last time; the time before the present.
- In conclusion; finally.
L'AST, verb intransitive
[See Let.]
- To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.
- To continue unimpaired; not to decay or perish.
- To hold out; to continue unconsumed.
L'AST, noun
[See Load.]
L'AST, noun
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.