Lexical Definition

‎אַחֲרוֹן‎ ʼachărôwn (akh-ar-one') last ^H:A
or (shortened) אַחֲרֹן ʼachărôn (akh-ar-one'); from ‎אָחַר‎

after (-ward), to come, following, hind(-er, -ermost, -most), last, latter, rereward, ut(ter) most.

• hinder
• generally, late or last
• specifically (as facing the east) western

1) behind, following, subsequent, western
1a) behind, hindermost, western (of location)
1b) later, subsequent, latter, last (of time)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַחֲרוֺן‎₅₁ feminine ‎אַחֲרוֺנָה‎ plural ‎אַחֲרֹנִים‎ (also ‎אַחֲרוֺנִים‎ adjective from ‎אַחַר‎, coming after or behind (as a comparative or superlative, according to the context); hence
a. of place, behind, hindermost Gen 33:2 (twice in verse); ‎הָאַחֲרוֺן הַיָּם‎ the hinder (= the Western) sea (i.e. the Mediterranean: opposed to ‎הַיָּם הַקַּדְמוֺנִי‎ the front sea = the Dead Sea, the Semites, in defining the quarters of the heavens, turning naturally to the East, compare ‎קֶדֶם‎ of the East, ‎יָמִין‎, ‎תֵּימָן‎ of the South, above under the word ‎אָחוֺר‎
d. and Assyrian mat a—arru 'the Western land,' of Phoenicia & Palestine) Deut 11:24; Deut 34:2; Joel 2:20; Zech 14:8; Job 18:20 poetic ‎אַחֲרֹנִים‎ Ew Hi Di De the dwellers in the West (opposed to ‎קַדְמוֺנִים‎). More commonly
b. of time, latter or last (according to context) Exod 4:8; Deut 24:3; 2Sam 19:12*; Isa 8:23*, of God Isa 44:6 (|| ‎רִאשׁוֺן‎) Isa 48:12 (do.) compare Isa 41:4 in genl. subsequent (vaguely), ‎׳‎‎יוֺם א‎ = time to come Isa 30:8; Prov 31:25 (but Neh 8:18 ‎הַיוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎הָאַ‎ = the last day), ‎׳‎‎(הָ)אַ‎ ‎(הַ)דּוֺר‎ the following generation Deut 29:21*; Ps 48:14*; Ps 78:4; Ps 78:6; Ps 102:19*, ‎(הָ)אַחֲרֹנִים‎ they that come after Job 18:20 (Ges Schl) Eccl 1:11; Eccl 4:16, but Isa 41:4 the last, Job 19:25 ‎וְאַחֲרוֺן עַלעָֿפָר יָקוּם‎ and as one coming after (me) (and so able to establish my innocence when I am dead) will he (‎גָֹּֽאֲלִי‎ my Vindicator) arise upon the dust. — The feminine is used adverbially (compare ‎רִאשֹׁנָה‎) = afterwards or at the last (according to context):
(a) absolute Dan 11:29 (β) ‎בָּאַחֲרוֺנָה‎ (opposed to ‎בָּרִאשֹׁנָה‎) Deut 13:10*; Deut 17:7; Deut 1:2; Deut 2:26; Deut 1:13; (γ) ‎׳‎‎לָאַ‎ Num 2:31 (P) Eccl 1:11.

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