Acharit אַחֲרִית

Acharit (Hebrew אַחֲרִית, Strong's H319) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “end”. It occurs 61 times in 60 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Acharit, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 49:1
  And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

Numbers

• Numbers 23:10
  Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
• Numbers 24:14
  And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”
• Numbers 24:20
  And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 4:30
  When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
• Deuteronomy 8:16
  Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
• Deuteronomy 11:12
  A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
• Deuteronomy 31:29
  For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
• Deuteronomy 32:20
  And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.
• Deuteronomy 32:29
  O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

Job

• Job 8:7
  Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
• Job 42:12
  So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

Psalms

• Psalm 37:37
  Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
• Psalm 37:38
  But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
• Psalm 73:17
  Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
• Psalm 109:13
  Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
• Psalm 139:9
  If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

Proverbs

• Proverbs 5:4
  But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
• Proverbs 5:11
  And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
• Proverbs 14:12
  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
• Proverbs 14:13
  Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
• Proverbs 16:25
  There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
• Proverbs 19:20
  Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
• Proverbs 20:21
  An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
• Proverbs 23:18
  For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
• Proverbs 23:32
  At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
• Proverbs 24:14
  So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
• Proverbs 24:20
  For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
• Proverbs 25:8
  Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
• Proverbs 29:21
  He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 7:8
  Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
• Ecclesiastes 10:13
  The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 2:2
  And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
• Isaiah 41:22
  Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
• Isaiah 46:10
  Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
• Isaiah 47:7
  And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 5:31
  The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
• Jeremiah 12:4
  How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
• Jeremiah 17:11
  As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
• Jeremiah 23:20
  The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
• Jeremiah 29:11
  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
• Jeremiah 30:24
  The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
• Jeremiah 31:17
  And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.
• Jeremiah 48:47
  Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
• Jeremiah 49:39
  But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 50:12
  Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 1:9
  Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O Lord, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 23:25
  And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.
• Ezekiel 38:8
  After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.
• Ezekiel 38:16
  And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.

Daniel

• Daniel 8:19
  And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.
• Daniel 8:23
  And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
• Daniel 10:14
  Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”
• Daniel 11:4
  And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others.
• Daniel 12:8
  And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

Hosea

• Hosea 3:5
  Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

Amos

• Amos 4:2
  The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
• Amos 8:10
  And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
• Amos 9:1
  I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

Micah

• Micah 4:1
  But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).