Last
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"last, utmost, extreme," is used (a) of place, e.g., Luke 14:9,10 , "lowest;" Acts 1:8; 13:47 , "uttermost part;" (b) of rank, e.g., Mark 9:35; (c) of time, relating either to persons or things, e.g., Matthew 5:26 , "the last (farthing)," RV (AV, "uttermost"); Matthew 20:8,12,14; Mark 12:6,22; 1 Corinthians 4:9 , of Apostles as "last" in the program of a spectacular display; 1 Corinthians 15:45 , "the last Adam;" Revelation 2:19; of the "last" state of persons, Matthew 12:45 , neuter plural, lit., "the last (things);" so Luke 11:26; 2 Peter 2:20 , RV, "the last state" (AV, "the latter end"); of Christ as the Eternal One, Revelation 1:17 (in some mss. ver. 11); 2:8; 22:13; in eschatological phrases as follows: (a) "the last day," a comprehensive term including both the time of the resurrection of the redeemed, John 6:39,40,44,54; 11:24 , and the ulterior time of the judgment of the unregenerate, at the Great White Throne, John 12:48; (b) "the last days," Acts 2:17 , a period relative to the supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and the resumption of the Divine interpositions in the affairs of the world at the end of the present age, before "the great and notable Day of the Lord," which will usher in the messianic kingdom; (c) in 2 Timothy 3:1 , "the last days" refers to the close of the present age of world conditions; (d) in James 5:3 , the phrase "in the last days" (RV) refers both to the period preceding the Roman overthrow of the city and the land in A.D. 70, and to the closing part of the age in consummating acts of gentile persecution including "the time of Jacob's trouble" (cp. verses James 5:7,8 ); (e) in 1 Peter 1:5 , "the last time" refers to the time of the Lord's second advent; (f) in 1 John 2:18 , "the last hour" (RV) and, in Jude 1:18 , "the last time" signify the present age previous to the Second Advent.
Hebrews 1:2 1 Peter 1:20
the neuter of the adjective husteros, is used as an adverb signifying "afterwards, later," see After , No. 5. Cp. the adjective, under LATER.
Philippians 4:10
Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words [2]
A. Adjective.
'Achăryôn (אַחֲרֹן, Strong'S #314), “at the back; western; later; last; future.” This word occurs about 51 times in biblical Hebrew.
'Achăryôn has a local-spatial meaning. Basically, it means “at the back”: “And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost” (Gen. 33:2—the first biblical appearance). When applied elsewhere, the word means “western”: “Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost [western] sea shall your coast be” (Deut. 11:24).
Used temporally, 'achăryôn has several nuances. First, it means “last” as contrasted to the first of two things: “And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign” (Exod. 4:8). Second, it can represent the “last” in a series of things or people: “Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?” (2 Sam. 19:12). The word also connotes “later on” and/or “afterwards”: “But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people” (Deut. 13:9). Next the emphasis can be on the finality or concluding characteristic of a given thing: “Now these be the last words of David” (2 Sam. 23:1).
'Achăryôn connotes “future,” or something that is yet to come: “… So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land …” (Deut. 29:22). The combination of “first” and “last” is an idiom of completeness: “Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?” (2 Chron. 9:29). Likewise the phrase expresses the sufficiency of the Lord, since He is said to include within Himself the “first” as well as the “last”: “Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God” (Isa. 44:6; cf. 48:12). These verses affirm that there is no other God, because all exists in Him.
B. Verb.
'Âchar (אָחַר, Strong'S #309), “to tarry, remain behind, delay.” Other words derived from this verb are: “other,” “after (wards),” “backwards.” 'Âchar appears in Exod. 22:29 with the meaning “delay”: “Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.”
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( a.) Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance.
(2): ( a.) Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.
(3): ( a.) Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
(4): ( a.) Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize.
(5): ( 3d pers. sing. pres.) of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.
(6): ( v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.
(7): ( v. i.) To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.
(8): ( a.) Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft.
(9): ( a.) At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York.
(10): ( a.) In conclusion; finally.
(11): ( a.) At a time next preceding the present time.
(12): ( v. t.) To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot.
(13): ( n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.
(14): ( v. i.) To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter.
(15): ( n.) The burden of a ship; a cargo.
King James Dictionary [4]
L'AST, a. See Late and Let.
1. That comes after all the others the latest applied to time as the last hour of the day the last day of the year. 2. That follows all the others that is behind all the others in place hindmost as, this was the last man that entered the church. 3. Beyond which there is no more.
Here, last of Britons, let your names be read.
4. Next before the present as the last week the last year. 5. Utmost.
Their last endeavors bend, T' outshine each other.
It is an object of the last importance.
6. Lowest meanest.
Antilochus takes the lst prize.
At last, at the last, at the end in the conclusion.
Gad, a troop shall overcome him but he shall overcome at the last. Genesis 49 .
To the last, to the end till the conclusion.
And blunder on in business to the last.
In the phrases, "you are the last man I should consult" "this is the last place in which I should expect to find you," the word last implies improbability this is the most improbable place, and therefore I should resort to it last.
L'AST, adv.
1. The last time the time before the present. I saw him last at New York. 2. In conclusion finally.
Pleased with his idol, he commends, admires, adores and last, the thing adored desires.
L'AST, See Let.
1. To continue in time to endure to remain in existence. Our government cannot last long unless administered by honest men. 2. To continue unimpaired not to decay or perish. Select for winter the best apples to last. This color will last. 3. To hold out to continue unconsumed. The captain knew he had not water on board to last a week.
L'AST, n. See Load.
A load hence, a certain weight or measure. A last of codfish, white herrings, meal, and ashes, is twelve barrels a last of corn is ten quarters or eighty bushels of gun powder, twenty four barrels of red herrings, twenty cades of hides, twelve dozen of leather, twenty dickers of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels of wool, twelve sacks of flax or feathers, 1700 pounds.
L'AST, n.
A mold or form of the human foot, made of wood, on which shoes are formed.
The cobbler is not to go beyond his last.
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [5]
One of the characters of the Lord Jesus Christ. He who is the Alpha is also the Omega, the first and the last, meaning that he is the first cause and final end of all things.
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