Words the Bible translates as posterity
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- dorדּוֹרa generation: the people alive together in one stretch of time, and by extension the span of time they fill.
- she'eritשְׁאֵרִיתwhat is left of a larger whole after the rest is gone: the survivors of a people, or the remainder of a thing
- aḥaritאַחֲרִיתthe after-part of something: its end, its final outcome, or the future it leads to
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