Latter
אַחֲרִיתStrong’s H0320acharit (a-cha-rit)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Acharit is the Aramaic word usually translated “at end of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;”
Meaning
- End, latter
How it's translated
- at end of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
Aramaic dictionary
אַחֲרִית acharit · latter
end, latter Aramaic of a.cha.rit (אַחֲרִית "end" H0319)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “latter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LAT'TER, adjective
[an irregular comparative of late.]
- Coming or happening after something else; opposed to former; as the former and latter rain; former or latter harvest.
- Mentioned the last of two.
- Modern; lately done or past; as in these latter ages.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.