STRONGS NUMBER H310


Word Summary
achar: the hind or following part
Original Word: אַחַר
Transliteration: achar
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ar')
Part of Speech: Adverb; Preposition; Conjunction; substantive; Adjective
Short Definition: the hind or following part
Meaning: the hind or following part
Strong's Concordance
after that again, at, away from, back from behind, beside, by

From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) -- after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.

see HEBREW 'achar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H310. achar

אַחַר‎ properly substantive the hinder or following part (compare the plural)

1. adverb a. of place, behind, twice Genesis 22:13 (many MSS. ᵑ6 ᵐ5 ⅏‎ Ol Ew read אֶחָד‎ see Di) Psalm 68:26.

b. of time, afterwards Genesis 10:18; 18:5; 24:55; 30:21; Judges 19:5 +; וְאַחַר‎ in laws of P, as Leviticus 14:8, 19; 15:28; 22:7; Numbers 5:26 and elsewhere

2. preposition a. of place, behind, after Exodus 3:1; 11:5; 2 Kings 11:6; Song of Solomon 2:9; Isaiah 57:8: אַחַר הָלַחto go after, follow Genesis 37:17; 2 Kings 13:2; 23:3; Isaiah 65:2; Ezekiel 13:3; Job 31:7; אַחַר חָיָה1 Samuel 12:14; מֵאַחַרfrom after 2 Samuel 7:8; Psalm 78:71; Isaiah 59:13.

b. of time, after Genesis 9:28; Leviticus 25:15 al; הַדְּבָרִים אַחַר הָאֵלֶּהafter these things Genesis 15:1; 22:1; 39:7; 40:1; 1 Kings 17:17; 21:1; Ezra 7:1; Esther 2:1; 3:1; כֵּן אַחַרLeviticus 14:36; Deuteronomy 21:13; 1 Samuel 10:5; זֶה אַחַר‎ (late) 2 Chronicles 32:9; followed by infinitive Numbers 6:19; Jeremiah 40:1; 1 Chronicles 2:24; Job 21:3; אַחַר עַדtill after Nehemiah 13:19.

c. Nehemiah 5:15 strangely: Ew RV besides; but text probably corrupt, see Be Ry. 3

conjunction אֲשֶׁר אַחַרafter that Ezekiel 40:1; and without אשׁרLeviticus 14:43; Jeremiah 41:16; Job 42:7. As preposition & conjunction the plural אַחֲרֵי‎ is much more frequently, which in any case must be used before suffixes.

Plural only construct אַחֲרֵי‎ with suffix אַחֲרֶיךָ אַחֲרַי,‎, etc.

1. substantive hinder part 2 Samuel 2:23 הַחֲנִית בְּאַחֲרֵי‎ with the hinder end of the spear.

2. preposition a. of place, behind, after Genesis 18:10 אַחֲרָיו וְהוּא‎ and it behind him Deuteronomy 11:30; Judges 5:14; 1 Samuel 14:13; 21:10; Hosea 5:8 אַחֲרֶיךָ‎ Behind thee! (sc. Look or The foe is); with a verbas הִבִּיט‎ to look Genesis 19:17; 1 Samuel 24:9, ראֹשׁ הֵנִיעַ‎ to shake the head 2 Kings 19:21 ( = Isaiah 37:22), especially verbs expressing or implying motion, as בָּא‎ to enter in (see Dr 2 Samuel 20:14) הִשְׁלִיח רָדַף, מָּנָה, מִלֵּא, הָלַח, הָיָה, דָּלַק, דָּבֵק, בִּעֵר,‎ (see these words).

b. of time, after Genesis 9:9 אַחֲרֵיכֶם זַרְעֲכֶם‎ your seed after you; similarly 17:7-10, 19; 35:12; 48:4; Exodus 28:43; Numbers 25:13 all P (also Deuteronomy 1:8; 4:37; 10:15; 1 Samuel 24:22; 2 Samuel 7:12 ""), & with בָּנָיוGenesis 18:19 J ( + בֵּיתוֺ‎) Exodus 29:29 P Leviticus 25:46 H Deuteronomy 4:40; 12:25, 28; Jeremiah 32:18, 39; 1 Chronicles 28:8; Proverbs 20:7, דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּJoshua 22:27, בֵּיתוֺJob 21:21; Exodus 10:14; Judges 10:3 etc.; with infinitive Genesis 5:4 הוֺלִידֹוֺ אַחֲרֵיafter his begetting Sheth, 13:14; 14:17; 18:12; 25:11 + often; אַחֲרֵיכֵֿןafterwards 6:4 (אשׁר כן אחרי‎ = afterwards, when, compare 2 Chronicles 35:20) Genesis 15:14; 23:18; 25:26; 32:21; 41:31; 45:15 etc.; אחריכֿן ויהי‎ as a formula of transition chiefly in 2Samuel (2 Samuel 2:1; 8:1 "" 10:1 "" 13:1; 21:18 "") compare 1 Samuel 24:6; Judges 16:4; 2 Kings 6:24; 2 Chronicles 20:1; 24:4 ; in late Hebrew זֹאת אַחֲרֵיJob 42:16; Ezra 9:10; 2 Chronicles 21:18 ( + כָּלֿ35:20 (do.); compare Aramaic דְנָה אַחֲרֵיDaniel 2:29, 45, and דְּנָה בָּאתַר7:6-7,. — The local (metaphor) and temporal senses blend Psalm 49:14 יִרְצוּ בְּפִיהֶם וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם‎ & after them (i.e. following, imitating them) men applaud their speech, compare Job 21:33.

3. conjunction אֲשֶׁר אַחֲרֵי‎ after that, with the finite verb Deuteronomy 24:4; Joshua 7:8; 9:16; 23:1; 24:20 +; without אשׁרLeviticus 25:48; 1 Samuel 5:9 . (The most common construction of אחרי‎ is as a preposition with the infinitive construct) Joshua 2:7 יָצְאוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר אַחֲרֵי‎ must be an error, either for אשׁר אחרי‎ or for כאשׁר‎ alone (notice אחריהם‎ twice in the same verse); 2 Samuel 24:10 read סָפַר אַחֲרֵי‎ see Dr.

4 with other prepositions:

a. מֵאַחֲרֵי57, 1 Chronicles 17:7 מִןאַֿחֲרֵי‎ ("" 2 Samuel 7:8 מֵאַחַר‎); (α) from behind Genesis 19:26; 2 Samuel 2:23; from after i.e. from following after, usually with שׁוּב‎ or סוּר1 Samuel 24:2; 2 Samuel 2:22, 26, 30; 11:15; Joshua 22:16, 18, 23, 29; 1 Samuel 15:11 +; with other verbs of motion, as עָלָה14:46; 2 Samuel 20:2, נַעֲלָה2:27, לָקַחAmos 7:15; 1 Chronicles 17:7, זָנָהHosea 1:2; pregnantly Isaiah 30:21 thy ears shall hear a word מֵאַחֲרֶיךָcoming from behind thee, Jeremiah 9:21 (that is נָפַל‎, see va) 1 Samuel 13:7 ᵐ5L We Dr מֵאַחֲרָיו חָֽרְדוּ‎ (β) denoting position (מן‎ = off, on the side of; see מןbehind Exodus 14:19 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:2, 4, 14; 1 Kings 10:19; Nehemiah 4:7 (לְ מֵאַחֲרֵי‎) 2 Chronicles 13:13 b, (γ) of time (rare) Deuteronomy 29:21; Ecclesiastes 10:14; כֵן מֵאַחֲרֵי2 Samuel 3:28; 15:1; 2 Chronicles 32:23.

b. אֶלאַֿחֲרֵי2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Kings 9:18 אֶלאַֿחֲרַי סֹב9:19; Zechariah 6:6.

c. עַלאַֿחֲרֵיEzekiel 41:15 beside, at the back of.

אַחֲרַיadjective Proverbs 28:23 (si vera lectio)

אַחֲרַי אָדָם‎ a man that turneth backwards (compare Jeremiah 7:24) so JosKi De Olp. 429 (doubtfully) Now Sta§ 301 b: according to Ew§ 220 a Hi an abnormal adverb = afterwards, LagPr conjectures בְּאָרְחוֺ‎ compare ᵐ5ὁδούς.

(ו)ייחר‎ Kt 2 Samuel 20:5 (Qr וַיּ֫וֺחֶר‎) see אחר‎ above and Drsm.

יחשׂ‎ (√ of following; meaning unknown; derivatives common in Late Hebrew and Aramaic)