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Lexicon :: Strong's H4279 - māḥār

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מָחָר
Transliteration
māḥār
Pronunciation
maw-khar'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from אָחַר (H309)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1185a

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).

  1. 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.
STRONGS H4279: Abbreviations
מָחָר 52 noun masculine, used often as adverb, tomorrow, in time to come (Aramaic מְחַר bdb056304; probably properly time in front, Köii. 263, compare √, and Assyrian maḫru, front, often of time, though always of former time, of old, DlHWB 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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:33; 30:33

Exodus

8:6; 8:19; 8:25; 9:5; 9:18; 10:4; 13:14; 16:23; 17:9; 19:10; 32:5

Numbers

11:18; 14:25

Deuteronomy

6:20

Joshua

4:6; 4:21; 7:13; 11:6; 22:18; 22:24; 22:27; 22:28

1 Samuel

9:16; 11:9; 20:5; 20:12; 20:18

2 Samuel

11:12

1 Kings

19:2; 20:6

2 Kings

7:1; 7:18; 10:6

Esther

5:12

Proverbs

27:1

Isaiah

22:13; 56:12

H4279

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Strong's Number H4279 matches the Hebrew מָחָר (māḥār),
which occurs 52 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 30:33–Pro 27:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-colored, will be considered stolen.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:10 - “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh said. Moses replied, “It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:23 - I will make a distinction[fn] between my people and your people. This sign will occur tomorrow.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only let Pharaoh be sure that he does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:5 - The LORD set a time and said, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:4 - If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:14 - “In days to come, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - He said to them, “This is what the LORD commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5 - When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:18 - “Tell the people: ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The LORD heard you when you wailed, “If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!” Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - Since the Amalekites and the Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - and tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them before the LORD. The man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:16 - Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:20 - In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the LORD our God has commanded you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:5 - Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:6 - to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:21 - He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:13 - “Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow; for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: There are devoted things among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 - The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:18 - And are you now turning away from the LORD? “ ‘If you rebel against the LORD today, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:24 - “No! We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - On the contrary, it is to be a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the LORD at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and fellowship offerings. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 - “And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us, or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the LORD’s altar, which our ancestors built, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - Then when the man, with his concubine and his servant, got up to leave, his father-in-law, the woman’s father, said, “Now look, it’s almost evening. Spend the night here; the day is nearly over. Stay and enjoy yourself. Early tomorrow morning you can get up and be on your way home.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministering before it.) They asked, “Shall we go up again to fight against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites, or not?” The LORD responded, “Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16 - “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over my people Israel; he will deliver them from the hand of the Philistines. I have looked on my people, for their cry has reached me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - They told the messengers who had come, “Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be rescued.’ ” When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:10 - They said to the Ammonites, “Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever you like.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:11 - Saul sent men to David’s house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you’ll be killed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:5 - So David said, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon feast, and I am supposed to dine with the king; but let me go and hide in the field until the evening of the day after tomorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:12 - Then Jonathan said to David, “I swear by the LORD, the God of Israel, that I will surely sound out my father by this time the day after tomorrow! If he is favorably disposed toward you, will I not send you word and let you know?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:18 - Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon feast. You will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:19 - The LORD will deliver both Israel and you into the hands of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. The LORD will also give the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:12 - Then David said to him, “Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:2 - So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:6 - But about this time tomorrow I am going to send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will seize everything you value and carry it away.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:28 - Then he asked her, “What’s the matter?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we’ll eat my son.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the LORD. This is what the LORD says: About this time tomorrow, a seah[fn] of the finest flour will sell for a shekel[fn] and two seahs[fn] of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - It happened as the man of God had said to the king: “About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side and will obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the royal princes, seventy of them, were with the leading men of the city, who were rearing them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:16 - Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - If the king regards me with favor and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - “And that’s not all,” Haman added. “I’m the only person Queen Esther invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave. And she has invited me along with the king tomorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - “If it pleases the king,” Esther answered, “give the Jews in Susa permission to carry out this day’s edict tomorrow also, and let Haman’s ten sons be impaled on poles.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:28 - Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”— when you already have it with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:1 - Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

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