--- title: אַחֲרוֹן — coming after · The Tanakh dictionary description: אַחֲרוֹן (314), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 51 times: coming after. BDB 1906: adj. coming after behind. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/314.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-3.md)‎ / אַחֲרוֹן‎ # אַחֲרוֹן «אַחֲרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **coming after** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 51 times · **Key:** 314 · **BDB:** אַחֲרוֹן ### Glosses latter (14); last (12); later (5) ### Meaning (OSHB) coming after [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/314/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) adj. coming after behind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/314/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** f. אַחֲרוֹנָה, pl. אַחֲרֹנִים (also אַחֲרוֹנִים), adj. from אַחַר, coming after or behind (as a compar. or superl., according to the context); hence 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 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. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «אַחֲרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/314/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 18:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.20/) עַל־י֭וֹמוֹ נָשַׁ֣מּוּ אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים וְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗ים אָ֣חֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃ *Word for word:* on day his they.are.appalled \[the\].western and.\[the\] eastern they.take.hold.of a.shudder *JPS 1917:* They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before are affrighted. [Psalms 102:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.102.19/) תִּכָּ֣תֶב זֹ֭את לְד֣וֹר אַחֲר֑וֹן וְעַ֥ם נִ֝בְרָ֗א יְהַלֶּל־יָֽהּ׃ *Word for word:* let.it.be.written this for a.generation later and a.people \[who.will.be\].created it.will.praise Yahweh *JPS 1917:* This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. - ← previous: [אַחֵר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/313.md) - next →: [אַחְרַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/315.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-3.md)