Hebrew word · Strong's H319

אַחֲרִית

ʼachărîyth · akh-ar-eeth' · word · “end, latter part, future”

In a sentence

Acharit means the end, the latter days, or "what comes after." It opens the prophet's view of God's future: "in the acharit of days" all nations stream to his mountain.

Acharit names the far horizon — the end of a journey, of a life, of the age. Wisdom asks what comes after; prophecy promises what God will do then.

Isaiah and Micah's vision of nations streaming to the LORD's mountain "in the latter days (acharit hayyamim)" is one of Scripture's great hope texts.

Strong's reference

Definition: the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity

KJV usage: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Proverbs 19:20 “Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.” Isaiah 2:2 “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.” Jeremiah 29:11 “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.”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.