Words the Bible translates as last
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- eschatosἔσχατοςlast: the final one in a sequence of order or time, the opposite of first
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- lowest in rank or standing: least, the bottom place, the opposite of greatest
- farthest in space: the remotest point, the far edge
- aḥaronאַחֲרוֹןlast or later: what comes after, whether at the end of a sequence or further along in time
+1 more meaning
- hinder or western: at the back, and so the west, since Hebrew speakers faced east to get their bearings
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