H319 — אַחֲרִית (ʼachărîyth)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H319
Original: אַחֲרִית
Transliteration: ʼachărîyth
Pronunciation: akh-ar-eeth
Part of Speech: Feminine noun
Root: אַחַר (ʼachar, H310) — after, behind; from root אָחַר (ʼâchar, H309) — to tarry, linger, be behind
Occurrences: 60 unique verses (78 tokens) across 15 books
First Occurrence: Gen 49:1 — "that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days (beʼachărîyth hayyâmîm)"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

From H310; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity:—(last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
end (the end, an end, the end thereof, etc.)	20	33.3%
latter (latter end, latter days, latter time)	18	30.0%
last (last end, at the last, etc.)	8	13.3%
posterity	3	5.0%
reward	2	3.3%
hindermost / uttermost parts	2	3.3%
remnant / residue	2	3.3%
Other (length, him)	5	8.3%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Amos	3	2.1
Daniel	5	1.4
Proverbs	13	1.4
Micah	1	1.0
Ecclesiastes	2	0.9
Jeremiah	10	0.7
Deuteronomy	6	0.6
Lamentations	1	0.6
Hosea	1	0.5
Isaiah	4	0.3
Numbers	3	0.2
Ezekiel	3	0.2
Psalms	5	0.2
Job	2	0.2
Genesis	1	0.1

Highest density in the Minor Prophets (Amos, Micah, Hosea) and Daniel. Heavy in Proverbs (13 of 60 verses) but in its wisdom sense of "outcome/consequence" rather than eschatological. Prophetic books collectively account for ~45% of all occurrences. Absent from the historical books entirely (Joshua through 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther).

Semantic Categories¶

1. Eschatological Future — "The Latter Days"¶

The phrase beʼachărîyth hayyâmîm ("in the latter days / last days") is a fixed prophetic formula pointing to an indeterminate future period. - Gen 49:1 — "that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days" - Deut 4:30 — "when thou art in tribulation... in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD" - Deut 31:29 — "evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil" - Isa 2:2 — "in the last days, the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established" - Dan 10:14 — "to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days" - Mic 4:1 — "in the last days... the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established" - Hos 3:5 — "shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days" - Jer 23:20 — "in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly" - Jer 48:47 — "I will bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days" - Jer 49:39 — "in the latter days, I will bring again the captivity of Elam" - Ezek 38:16 — "it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land"

2. Outcome / Consequence of a Way of Life¶

Especially dominant in Proverbs — the inevitable result that follows from choices. - Prov 5:4 — "her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword" - Prov 14:12 — "the end thereof are the ways of death" - Prov 16:25 — "the end thereof are the ways of death" - Prov 20:21 — "the end thereof shall not be blessed" - Prov 23:18 — "surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off" - Eccl 7:8 — "better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof"

3. Personal Destiny / Latter Condition¶

The final state of an individual or group — how things turn out for them. - Job 8:7 — "thy latter end should greatly increase" - Job 42:12 — "the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning" - Psalm 37:37–38 — "the end of that man is peace... the end of the wicked shall be cut off" - Psalm 73:17 — "then understood I their end" - Deut 32:20 — "I will see what their end shall be" - Deut 32:29 — "that they would consider their latter end!" - Lam 1:9 — "she remembereth not her last end"

4. Posterity / Future Descendants¶

The word extends temporally from the person to what remains after them — offspring, legacy. - Psalm 109:13 — "let his posterity be cut off" - Num 24:20 — "his latter end shall be that he perish for ever" - Jer 31:17 — "there is hope in thine end... thy children shall come again" - Dan 11:4 — "his kingdom shall be... not according to his dominion... nor to his posterity"

5. Eschatological Endpoint — End of Indignation / End of the Vision¶

Specifically in Daniel, the concluding phase of a prophetic period. - Dan 8:19 — "I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation" - Dan 8:23 — "in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full" - Dan 12:8 — "what shall be the end of these things?"

6. Spatial Extremity¶

Rare usage for the farthest physical extent. - Psalm 139:9 — "dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea" - Amos 9:1 — "I will slay the last of them with the sword" - Jer 50:12 — "the hindermost of the nations"

7. Divine Knowledge of the Future¶

God's sovereign awareness of end from beginning. - Isa 41:22 — "let them shew... what shall happen... that we may consider... the latter end of them" - Isa 46:10 — "declaring the end from the beginning" - Isa 47:7 — "thou didst not... remember the latter end of it"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
יוֹם (yôwm)	H3117	17x	beʼachărîyth hayyâmîm — "in the latter days"
יְהוָֹה (Yᵉhôvâh)	H3068	14x	"saith the LORD" in prophetic formulas
בִּין (bîyn)	H995	7x	"understand the latter end" — discernment pairing
יָדַע (yâdaʻ)	H3045	7x	"know what shall be in the latter days"
רֵאשִׁית (rêʼshîyth)	H7225	6x	"beginning... end" — merism pair
עַם (ʻam)	H5971	6x	"what shall befall thy people" — national destiny
שׁוּב (shûwb)	H7725	8x	"turn/return... in the latter days" — repentance formula
עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh)	H6213	9x	Actions that produce a specific ʼachărîyth
לֵב (lêb)	H3820	5x	Heart/mind considering the latter end

Word Family / Cognates¶

H310 אַחַר (ʼachar) — preposition/adverb: after, behind, following (709v)
H314 אַחֲרוֹן (ʼachărôwn) — adjective: hinder, last, latter, western (51v)
H320 אַחֲרִית (ʼachărîyth) — Aramaic cognate: latter (1v — Dan 2:28 beʼachărîyth yômayâʼ)
H309 אָחַר (ʼâchar) — root verb: to tarry, linger, delay

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
קֵץ (qêts)	H7093	"end"	qêts = the cut-off point, temporal terminus; ʼachărîyth = what comes after, the aftermath or resulting state
קָצֶה (qâtseh)	H7097	"end"	qâtseh = spatial extremity, edge, border; ʼachărîyth = temporal/consequential end
סוֹף (çôwph)	H5490	"end"	çôwph = termination, conclusion (rare, 5v); ʼachărîyth = the resulting condition, not mere cessation
אַחֲרוֹן (ʼachărôwn)	H314	"last, latter"	ʼachărôwn = adjective modifying something as "last in a sequence"; ʼachărîyth = noun denoting the future period or outcome itself

Synonyms¶

No synonyms returned by search_relationships.py for H319.

Antonyms¶

רֵאשִׁית — beginning / first part, standing in direct contrast to ʼachărîyth as end, aftermath, or future outcome.

UBS Semantic Domains¶

Code	Domain Label	Notes
003002005	Spatial Referents	Secondary spatial-extremity sense in passages using H319 for farthest parts.
002001001003	Alive	Peripheral association in tool output, likely tied to posterity or continuing life beyond the present.
002003003010	End	Core domain for H319 as end, outcome, or latter period.
002001002015	Insignificant	Secondary association in tool output, plausibly reflecting remnant/residue uses.
001002007012	Relatives	Fits the posterity/descendants extension of H319 in a few passages.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Co-occurrences	PMI Score	Notes
ἔσχατος (éschatos) G2078	36x	25.19	Primary — "last, final"; dominates beʼachărîyth hayyâmîm → ep' eschatōn tōn hēmerōn
ἡμέρα (hēméra) G2250	17x	5.59	Co-translation of hayyâmîm in the formula
ἀρχή (archḗ) G746	4x	5.31	When ʼachărîyth is paired with rêʼshîyth, LXX renders the contrast
συνίημι (syníēmi) G4920	4x	6.39	"Understand" in passages about comprehending the end
ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō) G654	5x	4.23	In repentance/return contexts

The dominant bridge ʼachărîyth → éschatos is among the strongest Hebrew-to-Greek alignments in the LXX. The NT phrase ἐπ' ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ("in the last days" — Acts 2:17, 2 Tim 3:1, Heb 1:2, 2 Pet 3:3) directly continues the OT beʼachărîyth hayyâmîm formula.