Lexicon :: Strong's H4279 - māḥār

מָחָר

Transliteration

māḥār

Pronunciation

maw-khar'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Probably from אָחַר (H309)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1185a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

מָחָר mâchâr, maw-khar'; probably from H309; properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter:—time to come, tomorrow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 52x

The KJV translates Strong's H4279 in the following manner: to morrow (44x), time to come (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 52x

The KJV translates Strong's H4279 in the following manner: to morrow (44x), time to come (8x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

tomorrow, in time to come, in the future
1. tomorrow (as the day following the present day)
2. in future time

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

מָחָר mâchâr, maw-khar'; probably from H309; properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter:—time to come, tomorrow.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H4279: Abbreviations

מָחָר ₅₂ noun masculine, used often as adverb, tomorrow, in time to come (Aramaic מְחַר ; probably properly time in front, Kö^{ii. 263}, compare √, and Assyrian maḫru, front, often of time, though always of former time, of old, Dl^{HWB 402}); —

1. to-morrow (the day following the present day),

a. as substantive Exodus 16:23 מָחָר שַׁבָּתוֺן שַׁבַּת קֹדֶשׁ לְי׳ to-morrow is a sabbath, etc., 1 Samuel 20:5 חֹדֶשׁ מָחָר to-morrow is the new moon, 1 Samuel 20:18; in יוֺם מָחָר Genesis 30:33; Proverbs 27:1; Isaiah 56:12; in the idiomatic phrase כָּעֵת מָחָר at the like of the time, (being) to-morrow, = about to-morrow (see כְּ 1a) Exodus 9:18; 1 Samuel 9:16; 1 Samuel 20:12; 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 20:6; 2 Kings 7:1, 18; 2 Kings 10:6; and in לְמָחָר Exodus 8:19 לְמָחָר יִהְיֶה הָאֹת הַזֶּה, = for, against, to-morrow, Exodus 8:6; Numbers 11:18; Joshua 7:13; Esther 5:12.

b. as adverb accusative Exodus 8:25; Exodus 9:5 מָחָר יַעֲשֶׂה הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה י׳, Exodus 10:4 הִנְנִי מֵבִיא מָחָר אַרְבֶּה, Exodus 17:9; Exodus 32:5; Numbers 14:25; 1 Samuel 11:9 etc., Joshua 11:6 מָחָר כָּעֵת הַזּאֹת; opposed to הַיּוֺם Exodus 19:10 הַיּוֺם וּמָחָר, Joshua 22:18; 2 Samuel 11:12a; rhetorically, Isaiah 22:13 כִּי מָחָר נָמוּת.

2. = in future time, Exodus 13:14 כִּי יִשְׁאָֽלְךָ בִנְךָ מָחָר לֵאמֹר = Deuteronomy 6:20; Joshua 4:6, 21; Joshua 22:24, 27, 28; so בְּיוֺם מָחָר Genesis 30:33.

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