Definition

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

Etymology

or (shortened) אַחֲרֹן; from H309 (אָחַר);

Where the KJV renders it

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

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.