אַחֲרוֹן
behind
also: following, subsequent, western fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H314 appears in the Book of Numbers — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Numbers
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
אחרון (ʼachărôwn) is a Hebrew adjective most often rendered “behind.” It first appears in Genesis 33:2. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 48 verses — moderately common. Beyond its headline sense, its full sense range takes in “following”, “subsequent”, and “western”. Sharing its root, it stands alongside אחר, אחר and אחר. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H314 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 48
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 48 distinct verses.
- 22 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 22 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #723
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 723 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 48 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Chronicles 8 verses 17%
- Deuteronomy 6 verses 13%
- Isaiah 5 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 48 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 24 verses · 50%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 15 verses · 31%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 9 verses · 19%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Last 15×, Come 6×, Latter 4×
- American Standard Version: Last 14×, Come 6×, Latter 4×
- Berean Standard Bible: Last 10×, End 8×, Come 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Last 12×, Last things 8×, Latter 7×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H314 across 51 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H314 across 51 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H314 across 49 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H314 across 55 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 2 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- a. of place, behind, hindermost Gn 33:2(×2); הַיָּם הָאַחֲרוֹן the hinder (= the Western) sea (i.e. the Mediterranean: opp. הַיָּם הַקַּדְמוֹנִי the front sea = the Dead Sea, the Semites, in defining the quarters of the heavens, turning naturally to the East, cf. קֶדֶם of the East, יָמִין, תֵּימָן of the South, above sv. אָחוֹר d. and Assyrian mat aḫarru ‘the Western land,’ of Phœnicia & Palestine) †Dt 11:24; 34:2 Jo 2:20 Zc 14:8; Jb 18:20 poet. אַחֲרֹנִים Ew Hi Di De the dwellers in the West (opp. קַדְמוֹנִים). More commonly e.g. Genesis 33:2
- b. of time, latter or last (according to context) Ex 4:8 Dt 24:3 2 S 19:12 Is 8:23, of God Is 44:6 (‖ רִאשׁוֹן) 48:12 (do.) cf. 41:4; in genl. subsequent (vaguely), יוֹם א׳ = time to come †Is 30:8 Pr 31:25 (but Ne 8:18 הַיּוֹם הָאַ׳ = the last day), (הַ)דּוֹר (הָ)אַ׳ the following generation †Dt 29:21 ψ 48:14; 78:4, 6; 102:19, (הָ)אַחֲרֹנִים they that come after Jb 18:20 (GesSchl) Ec 1:11; 4:16, but Is 41:4 the last, Jb 19:25 וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל־עָפָר יָקוּם and as one coming after (me) (and so able to establish my innocence when I am dead) will he (גֹּֽאֲלִי my Vindicator) arise upon the dust.—The fem. is used adverbially (cf. רִאשֹׁנָה) = afterwards or at the last (acc. to context): (α) absol. †Dan 11:29; (β,) בָּאַחֲרוֹנָה (opp. בָּרִאשֹׁנָה) †Dt 13:10; 17:7 1 S 29:2 2 S 2:26 1 K 17:13 Dn 8:3; (γ) לָאַ׳ †Nu 2:31 (P) Ec 1:11. e.g. Exodus 4:8
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
f. אַחֲרוֹנָה, pl. אַחֲרֹנִים (also אַחֲרוֹנִים), adj. from אַחַר, coming after or behind (as a compar. or superl., according to the context); hence
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אחר (ʼâchar) (H309) — to delay.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אַחֲרוֹן
- , אַחֲרוֹנָה f. (אַחֲרוֹנִית f. noun) other, next, last. Meg. 21ᵇ; a. fr. א׳ the last of those called up to read from the Torah.—Pl. אַחֲרוֹנִים m., אַחֲרוֹנוֹת f.—מים א׳ the washing of hands after meals before grace, opp. מים ראשונים washihg before meals. Ber. 53ᵇ; a. fr.—דורות א׳ or only אחרונים the latter (present) generation, opp. ראשונים ancients. Yoma 9ᵇ; a. fr.—Ber. 13ᵃ צרות א׳ וכ׳ the latter (present) troubles bring the former into oblivion.—(ברכות) א׳ the three last sections in the Prayer of Benedictions. Ibid. 34ᵃ; a. fr.—Erub. 53ᵇ אַחְרוֹנִית second wife; v. אַהֲרוֹנִית.—בָּאַחֲרוֹנָה (adv.) last. B. Kam. 8ᵃ; a. e.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 40 distinct written forms H314 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אַחֲרֽוֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Isaiah 48:12 | 3 |
| בָּ/אַחֲרֹנָֽה | Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Daniel 8:3 | 3 |
| וְ/הָ/אַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Chronicles 16:11 | 3 |
| אַחֲר֔וֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Isaiah 30:8 | 2 |
| אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Samuel 19:12 | 2 |
| הָ/אַחֲר֑וֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Nehemiah 8:18 | 2 |
| הָ/אַחֲרֽוֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 34:2 | 2 |
| וְ/הָ/אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Chronicles 20:34 | 2 |
| אַ֭חֲרוֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Psalms 78:6 | 1 |
| אַֽחֲרֹנִ֔ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Samuel 19:11 | 1 |
| אַחֲר֑וֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Psalms 102:18 | 1 |
| אַחֲר֗וֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Psalms 78:4 | 1 |
| אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Job 18:20 | 1 |
| אַחֲרֹנִ֔ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Genesis 33:2 | 1 |
| אַחֲרֹנִֽים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Genesis 33:2 | 1 |
| אַחֲרֹנִים֒ | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Ezra 8:13 | 1 |
| בָּ/אַחֲרֹנָ֑ה | Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 17:7 | 1 |
| בָּ/אַחֲרֹנָ֖ה | Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 29:2 | 1 |
| בָּ/אַחֲרוֹנָ֑ה | Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | 2 Samuel 2:26 | 1 |
| הָ/אַ֣חֲרֹנִ֔ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 23:27 | 1 |
| הָ/אַֽחֲר֑וֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Joel 2:20 | 1 |
| הָ/אַֽחֲרֹנִ֑ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Samuel 23:1 | 1 |
| הָ/אַֽחֲרוֹן֙ | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Haggai 2:9 | 1 |
| הָ/אַחֲר֔וֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 24:3 | 1 |
| הָ/אַחֲר֖וֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Ruth 3:10 | 1 |
| הָ/אַחֲרוֹן֒ | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 24:3 | 1 |
| הָ/אַחֲרוֹן֙ | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Jeremiah 50:17 | 1 |
| הָ/אַחֲרוֹנִ֖ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Ecclesiastes 4:16 | 1 |
| הָֽ/אַחֲר֔וֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 11:24 | 1 |
| הָֽ/אַחֲר֗וֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 29:22 | 1 |
| וְ/הָ/אֲ֣חַרוֹנִ֔ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Chronicles 12:15 | 1 |
| וְ/הָ/אֲחֲרֹנִ֑ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Chronicles 26:22 | 1 |
| וְ/הָ/אֲחֲרוֹנִ֑ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Chronicles 9:29 | 1 |
| וְ/הָ/אֲחרֹנִ֑ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 29:29 | 1 |
| וְ/הָ/אַחֲר֖וֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Isaiah 9:1 | 1 |
| וְ/כָ/אַחֲרֹנָֽה | Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Daniel 11:29 | 1 |
| וְ֝/אַחֲר֗וֹן | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Job 19:25 | 1 |
| לָ/אַחֲרֹנִ֜ים | Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Ecclesiastes 1:11 | 1 |
| לָ/אַחֲרֹנָ֥ה | Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Numbers 2:31 | 1 |
| לָ/אַחֲרֹנָֽה | Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Ecclesiastes 1:11 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H314, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 46 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 48 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 33:2
- Exodus 4:8
- Numbers 2:31
- Deuteronomy 11:24
- Ruth 3:10
- 1 Samuel 29:2
- 2 Samuel 2:26
- 1 Kings 17:13
- 1 Chronicles 23:27
- 2 Chronicles 9:29
- Ezra 8:13
- Job 18:20
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
