319. acharith
Lexical Summary
acharith: end, last, future

Original Word: אַחֲרִית
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: achariyth
Pronunciation: a-kha-REET
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ar-eeth')
KJV: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward
NASB: end, last, future, latter, outcome, posterity, come
Word Origin: [from H310 (אַחַר - after)]

1. the last or end
2. (hence) the future
3. (also) posterity

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
last, latter end time, hinder, uttermost, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward

From 'achar; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity -- (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.

see HEBREW 'achar

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from achar
Definition
the after-part, end
NASB Translation
come (2), descendants (1), end (20), final end (1), final period (1), future (7), last (8), latter (7), latter ending (1), latter period (1), least (1), outcome (3), posterity (3), remotest part (1), rest (2), survivors (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אַחֲרִית61 noun feminine after-part, end; —

a. of place, only Psalm Eccl 139:9 (late) יָם ׳א.

b. of time, latter part or actual close (according to context), opposed to רֵאשִׁית; — of year Deuteronomy 11:12; of a man's life Numbers 23:10; Proverbs 5:11; Job 8:7; Job 42:12; of a people's existence Numbers 24:20; = final lot Deuteronomy 32:20,29; Jeremiah 12:4; Jeremiah 31:17; Psalm 73:17; a future, i.e. a happy close of life, suggesting sometimes the idea of a posterity, promised to the righteous Proverbs 23:18 ("" תִּקְוָה hope) Proverbs 24:14; Jeremiah 29:11 (וְתִקְוָה ׳לָתֵת לָכֶם א), withheld from the wicked Proverbs 24:20 ("" ׃ נֵר יִדְעָֽח ׃ see below); the end or ultimate issue of a course of action Jeremiah 5:31; Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 23:32 (of wine, i.e. of indulgence in it) Proverbs 25:8; Isaiah 46:10 (absolute, but implicitly of a phase of history) Isaiah 47:7 (of the conduct described Isaiah 47:6 b-7 a) Daniel 12:8; Ecclesiastes 7:8; of a prediction = the event Isaiah 41:22. בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים in the end of the days, a prophetic phrase denoting the final period of the history so far as the speaker's perspective reaches; the sense thus varies with the context, but it often = the ideal or Messianic future; Genesis 49:1 (of the period of Israel's possession of Canaan) Numbers 24:14; Deuteronomy 4:30 (of the period of Israel's return to God after adversity) Deuteronomy 31:29 (of the period of Israel's rebellion) Hosea 3:5; Isaiah 2:2 ( = Micah 4:1) Jeremiah 23:20 (see Graf) = Jeremiah 30:24; Jeremiah 48:47; Jeremiah 49:39; Ezekiel 38:16 (of the period of Gog's attack upon restored Israel) Daniel 2:28 (Aramaic) Daniel 10:14 (of the age of Antiochus Epiphanes): compare הַשָּׁנִים ׳כְּא Ezekiel 38:8.

c. הַגּוֺיִם ׳א Jeremiah 50:12 the last, hindermost of the nations (of Babylon), opposed to ראשׁית הגוים Amos 6:1 (Israel) compare Numbers 24:20 (Amalek) chief of the nations.

d. concrete posterity (extension of usage noted above in Proverbs 24:20) Psalm 37:37; Psalm 37:38 (possibly not more than 'a future' here) Psalm 109:13 ("" אַחֵר יִמַּח שְׁמָם בְּדוֺר) Amos 4:2; Amos 9:1; Ezekiel 23:25 (twice in verse) (according to others, in these four passages, remnant, residue) Daniel 11:4.

Topical Lexicon
Semantic Range and Thematic Emphases

The word designates the “after-part,” “outcome,” or “latter time.” In context it can point to (1) the chronological end of a account or era, (2) the moral or practical result of a chosen path, (3) the generations yet to come, or (4) the ultimate “last days” of redemptive history. Each nuance underscores God’s sovereignty over both history and individual destiny.

Distribution in the Old Testament

Approximately sixty-one occurrences appear across the Torah, Historical Books, Wisdom Writings, and Prophets. The concentration in Deuteronomy, Proverbs, Psalms, and Jeremiah reveals four primary arenas: covenant theology, moral instruction, personal hope, and eschatological prophecy.

Covenant and National Destiny

In Deuteronomy Moses pleads with Israel to weigh choices in light of their “latter end.” “If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would discern their latter end!” (Deuteronomy 32:29). Here the term frames covenant obedience: blessing or curse will be measured not merely by immediate circumstances but by the final outcome of national life. Similar warnings surface in Numbers 23:10; Deuteronomy 4:30; 8:16; 31:29.

Wisdom Literature: Ethical Motive

Proverbs employs the word to press home ethical consequences. Folly may seem sweet, “but in the end she is bitter as wormwood” (Proverbs 5:4). Righteousness, by contrast, carries an enduring reward: “For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off” (Proverbs 23:18). Psalms echoes the same contrast: “Consider the blameless and observe the upright; for posterity awaits the man of peace. But the transgressors will all be destroyed together; the future of the wicked will be cut off” (Psalm 37:37-38). Ecclesiastes 7:8 elevates patient faith: “The end of a matter is better than the beginning.”

Prophetic Usage: Judgment and Restoration

Jeremiah repeatedly welds judgment to hope. Against the looming exile God promises, “For I know the plans I have for you…plans to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11). After Rachel weeps for her children, the Lord assures, “There is hope for your future” (Jeremiah 31:17). Conversely, Judah’s hardened rebels are warned, “Disaster upon disaster is proclaimed…the whole land is devastated; yet I will not make a full end” (Jeremiah 4:20-27; cf. 30:24). Ezekiel, Amos, and Nahum declare that the “end” of proud nations is irreversible doom (Ezekiel 23:25; Amos 4:2; Nahum 1:8).

Eschatology and Messianic Hope

When Isaiah 2:2 and Micah 4:1 speak of “the last days,” they employ the term to announce a climactic age when the mountain of the Lord’s house is exalted and the nations stream to Zion. Daniel links the phrase to visions of final kingdom conflict and triumph (Daniel 8:19; 12:8-9). Hosea 3:5 ties it explicitly to David’s greater Son: “Afterward the children of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness in the last days.” Thus the word bridges Old Testament expectation with New Testament fulfillment in Jesus Christ, “the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last.”

Representative Passages

Numbers 24:14; Deuteronomy 4:30; 8:16; 31:29; 32:20, 29

Job 42:12

Psalm 37:37-38

Proverbs 5:4; 14:12; 16:25; 19:20; 20:21; 23:18; 24:14

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Isaiah 2:2

Jeremiah 17:11; 29:11; 31:17; 48:47; 49:6, 39

Lamentations 1:9

Ezekiel 23:25; 38:16

Daniel 8:19; 10:14

Hosea 3:5

Amos 4:2

Micah 4:1; 5:1; Habakkuk 2:3

Zephaniah 1:14-18

Historical and Ministry Significance

1. Israel’s historiography views time teleologically. Redemptive history moves toward a divinely appointed goal, not aimless cycles.
2. The prophets ground hope in God’s covenant faithfulness, assuring exiles that the “end” is restoration, not annihilation.
3. Wisdom teachers urge righteous living by exposing the final ruin of sin and the secure future of the godly.
4. The eschatological horizon fuels missionary vision: the nations will ultimately stream to Zion’s King.

Pastoral and Homiletical Applications

• Preaching: Contrast immediate gratification with eternal outcome; urge hearers to count the cost in light of the “latter end.”
• Counseling: Jeremiah 29:11 equips shepherds to anchor suffering saints in God’s future-oriented goodness.
• Discipleship: Proverbs 19:20, “Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise in your latter days,” shapes formative instruction.
• Eschatology: Isaiah 2 and Micah 4 provide a framework for teaching the ultimate peace under Messiah’s reign, reinforcing confidence in Scripture’s unified storyline.

Summary

Throughout Scripture the term sets present choices and circumstances against their divinely governed conclusion. Whether announcing judgment, promising hope, or unveiling the final day, it summons God’s people to live by faith in the certainty that the Lord who authors history also secures its victorious end.

Forms and Transliterations
אַ֭חֲרִיתוֹ אַחֲרִ֑ית אַחֲרִ֔ית אַחֲרִ֖ית אַחֲרִ֣ית אַחֲרִ֥ית אַחֲרִית֥וֹ אַחֲרִיתִ֖י אַחֲרִיתֵֽנוּ׃ אַחֲרִיתָ֑ם אַחֲרִיתָ֔הּ אַחֲרִיתָ֔ן אַחֲרִיתָֽהּ׃ אחרית אחריתה אחריתה׃ אחריתו אחריתי אחריתם אחריתן אחריתנו׃ בְּאַֽחֲרִית֙ בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית בְּאַחֲרִ֨ית בְּאַחֲרִית֙ בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃ בְּאַחֲרִיתָ֑הּ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ באחרית באחריתה באחריתך באחריתך׃ וְ֝אַחֲרִית֗וֹ וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ וְאַחֲרִ֣ית וְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ וְאַחֲרִיתְכֶ֖ן וְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְ וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖ם וּֽבְאַחֲרִית֙ וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ ואחרית ואחריתה ואחריתו ואחריתך ואחריתכן ואחריתם ובאחרית ובאחריתו לְאַחֲרִית֗וֹ לְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְ לְאַחֲרִיתָֽהּ׃ לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃ לאחריתה׃ לאחריתו לאחריתך לאחריתם׃ ’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh ’a·ḥă·rî·ṯām ’a·ḥă·rî·ṯān ’a·ḥă·rî·ṯê·nū ’a·ḥă·rî·ṯî ’a·ḥă·rî·ṯōw ’a·ḥă·rîṯ ’aḥărîṯ ’aḥărîṯāh ’aḥărîṯām ’aḥărîṯān ’aḥărîṯênū ’aḥărîṯî ’aḥărîṯōw achaRit achariTah achariTam achariTan achariTenu achariTi achariTo bə’aḥărîṯ bə’aḥărîṯāh bə’aḥărîṯeḵā ḇə’aḥărîṯeḵā bə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh bə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯe·ḵā ḇə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯe·ḵā bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ beachaRit beachariTah beachariTecha lə’aḥărîṯāh lə’aḥărîṯām lə’aḥărîṯêḵ lə’aḥărîṯōw lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯām lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯêḵ lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯōw leachariTah leachariTam leachariTech leachariTo ū·ḇə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯōw ū·ḇə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ ūḇə’aḥărîṯ ūḇə’aḥărîṯōw uveachaRit uveachariTo veachaRit Veacharitah veachariTam veachariTech veacharitecha veachariteChen veachariTo wə’aḥărîṯ wə’aḥărîṯāh wə’aḥărîṯām wə’aḥărîṯêḵ wə’aḥărîṯəḵā wə’aḥărîṯəḵen wə’aḥărîṯōw wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯām wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯə·ḵā wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯə·ḵen wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯêḵ wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯōw wə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ
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Genesis 49:1
HEB: יִקְרָ֥א אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית הַיָּמִֽים׃
NAS: will befall you in the days to come.
KJV: you [that] which shall befall you in the last days.
INT: what will befall to come the days

Numbers 23:10
HEB: יְשָׁרִ֔ים וּתְהִ֥י אַחֲרִיתִ֖י כָּמֹֽהוּ׃
NAS: of the upright, And let my end be like
KJV: of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
INT: of the upright become my end be like

Numbers 24:14
HEB: הַזֶּ֛ה לְעַמְּךָ֖ בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית הַיָּמִֽים׃
NAS: to your people in the days to come.
KJV: to thy people in the latter days.
INT: this to your people to come the days

Numbers 24:20
HEB: גּוֹיִם֙ עֲמָלֵ֔ק וְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ עֲדֵ֥י אֹבֵֽד׃
NAS: of the nations, But his end [shall be] destruction.
KJV: of the nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish
INT: of the nations Amalek his end ever destruction

Deuteronomy 4:30
HEB: הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה בְּאַחֲרִית֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וְשַׁבְתָּ֙
NAS: have come upon you, in the latter days
KJV: are come upon thee, [even] in the latter days,
INT: things these the latter days will return

Deuteronomy 8:16
HEB: נַסֹּתֶ֔ךָ לְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֖ בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: you, to do good for you in the end.
KJV: thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
INT: test to do the end

Deuteronomy 11:12
HEB: הַשָּׁנָ֔ה וְעַ֖ד אַחֲרִ֥ית שָׁנָֽה׃ ס
NAS: on it, from the beginning even to the end of the year.
KJV: of the year even unto the end of the year.
INT: of the year even to the end of the year

Deuteronomy 31:29
HEB: אֶתְכֶ֤ם הָֽרָעָה֙ בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית הַיָּמִ֔ים כִּֽי־
NAS: will befall you in the latter days,
KJV: will befall you in the latter days;
INT: will befall which the latter days for

Deuteronomy 32:20
HEB: אֶרְאֶ֖ה מָ֣ה אַחֲרִיתָ֑ם כִּ֣י ד֤וֹר
NAS: what their end [shall be]; For they are a perverse
KJV: from them, I will see what their end [shall be]: for they [are] a very froward
INT: will see what their end for generation

Deuteronomy 32:29
HEB: זֹ֑את יָבִ֖ינוּ לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃
NAS: That they would discern their future!
KJV: this, [that] they would consider their latter end!
INT: would discern their future

Job 8:7
HEB: רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃
NAS: was insignificant, Yet your end will increase
KJV: was small, yet thy latter end should greatly
INT: your beginning was insignificant your end will increase greatly

Job 42:12
HEB: בֵּרַ֛ךְ אֶת־ אַחֲרִ֥ית אִיּ֖וֹב מֵרֵאשִׁת֑וֹ
NAS: blessed the latter [days] of Job
KJV: blessed the latter end of Job
INT: the LORD blessed end of Job his beginning

Psalm 37:37
HEB: יָשָׁ֑ר כִּֽי־ אַחֲרִ֖ית לְאִ֣ישׁ שָׁלֽוֹם׃
NAS: of peace will have a posterity.
KJV: the upright: for the end of [that] man
INT: the upright for A posterity the man of peace

Psalm 37:38
HEB: נִשְׁמְד֣וּ יַחְדָּ֑ו אַחֲרִ֖ית רְשָׁעִ֣ים נִכְרָֽתָה׃
NAS: destroyed; The posterity of the wicked
KJV: together: the end of the wicked
INT: destroyed together the posterity of the wicked will be cut

Psalm 73:17
HEB: אֵ֑ל אָ֝בִ֗ינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃
NAS: of God; [Then] I perceived their end.
KJV: of God; [then] understood I their end.
INT: of God perceived their end

Psalm 109:13
HEB: יְהִֽי־ אַחֲרִית֥וֹ לְהַכְרִ֑ית בְּד֥וֹר
NAS: Let his posterity be cut off;
KJV: Let his posterity be cut off;
INT: Let his posterity be cut generation

Psalm 139:9
HEB: שָׁ֑חַר אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית יָֽם׃
NAS: If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
KJV: [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
INT: of the dawn dwell the remotest of the sea

Proverbs 5:4
HEB: וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָ֣ה כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה
NAS: But in the end she is bitter
KJV: But her end is bitter as wormwood,
INT: the end is bitter wormwood

Proverbs 5:11
HEB: וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ בִּכְל֥וֹת בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗
NAS: And you groan at your final end, When your flesh
KJV: And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh
INT: groan your final are consumed your flesh

Proverbs 14:12
HEB: לִפְנֵי־ אִ֑ישׁ וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ דַּרְכֵי־ מָֽוֶת׃
NAS: to a man, But its end is the way
KJV: a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways
INT: unto to a man end is the way of death

Proverbs 14:13
HEB: יִכְאַב־ לֵ֑ב וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ שִׂמְחָ֣ה תוּגָֽה׃
NAS: may be in pain, And the end of joy
KJV: is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth
INT: pain the heart and the end of joy may be grief

Proverbs 16:25
HEB: לִפְנֵי־ אִ֑ישׁ וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ דַּרְכֵי־ מָֽוֶת׃
NAS: to a man, But its end is the way
KJV: a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways
INT: unto to a man end is the way of death

Proverbs 19:20
HEB: לְ֝מַ֗עַן תֶּחְכַּ֥ם בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: That you may be wise the rest of your days.
KJV: that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
INT: that you may be wise the rest

Proverbs 20:21
HEB: ק) בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ לֹ֣א תְבֹרָֽךְ׃
NAS: Will not be blessed in the end.
KJV: at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
INT: abhor the beginning the end not will not be blessed

Proverbs 23:18
HEB: אִם־ יֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א
NAS: there is a future, And your hope
KJV: For surely there is an end; and thine expectation
INT: lo there future and your hope not

61 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 319
61 Occurrences


’a·ḥă·rîṯ — 12 Occ.
’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh — 2 Occ.
’a·ḥă·rî·ṯām — 1 Occ.
’a·ḥă·rî·ṯān — 1 Occ.
’a·ḥă·rî·ṯê·nū — 1 Occ.
’a·ḥă·rî·ṯî — 1 Occ.
’a·ḥă·rî·ṯōw — 2 Occ.
bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ — 16 Occ.
bə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
bə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯe·ḵā — 2 Occ.
lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯām — 2 Occ.
lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯêḵ — 1 Occ.
lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
wə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh — 6 Occ.
wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯām — 1 Occ.
wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯêḵ — 2 Occ.
wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯə·ḵen — 1 Occ.
wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯōw — 2 Occ.

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