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Strong's #310 - אַחַר
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- after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time)
- as an adverb
- behind (of place)
- afterwards (of time)
- as a preposition
- behind, after (of place)
- after (of time)
- besides
- as a conjunction
- after that
- as a substantive
- hinder part
- with other prepositions
- from behind
- from following after
- as an adverb
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1181) rh (ההר HhR) AC: Burn CO: ? AB: ?: The pictograph h is a picture of a wall representing the outside. The r is a picture of a man. Combined these mean "outside man". A man outside in the desert sun becomes pale and hot.
A) rh (ההר HhR) AC: Burn CO: ? AB: ?: The heat from the sun. Heat of anger. Also tomorrow or later time as a delay.
af) rhm (מההר MHhR) - Later: KJV (52): tomorrow, time to come - Strongs: H4279 (מָחָר)
af2) trhm (מההרת MHhRT) - Tomorrow: [df: Mtrxm] KJV (32): morrow, next day, next - Strongs: H4283 (מָחֳרָתָם)
fm ) irh (ההרי HhRY) - Burning: KJV (6): fierce, heat - Strongs: H2750 (חֳרִי)
jm) nfrh (ההרונ HhRWN) - Burning: KJV (41): fierce, wrath, fury, wrathful, displeasure - Strongs: H2740 (חָרֹן)
lm) rhrh (ההרההר HhRHhR) - Burning: KJV (1): burning - Strongs: H2746 (חַרְחֻר)
B) rrh (ההרר HhRR) AC: Burn CO: ? AB: ?: The heat from the sun. Also anger as a hot emotion.
V) rrh (ההרר HhRR) - Burn: KJV (11): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pilpel) burn, dried, angry, kindle - Strongs: H2787 (חָרַר)
Nm) rrh (ההרר HhRR) - Burn: KJV (1): parched place - Strongs: H2788 (חֲרֵרִים)
C) rha (אההר AHhR) AC: Delay CO: Back AB: ?: Rather than work in the heat of the sun, one waits until the breeze of the day.
V) rha (אההר AHhR) - Delay: KJV (17): (vf: Paal, Piel) tarry, defer, slack, continue, delay, hinder, stay, late - Strongs: H309 (אָחַר)
Nm) rha (אההר AHhR) - I. After:A time to come beyond another event. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Other:A time, person or thing that follows after. KJV (878): after, follow, afterward, behind, other, another, next, following - Strongs: H310 (אַחַר), H311 (אַחַר), H312 (אַחֵר)
Nf4) tirha (אההרית AHhRYT) - End: The latter time as coming after everything else. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (62): end, latter, last, posterity, reward, hindermost - Strongs: H319 (אַחֲרִית), H320 (אַחֲרִי)
cm) rfha (אההור AHhWR) - Back: The part of the body that is behind. To be in the back of or behind something. KJV (41): back, backward, behind, next, delay, hinder part - Strongs: H268 (אָחֹר)
fm) irha (אההרי AHhRY) - Other: A time, person or thing that follows after. [Aramaic only] KJV (6): another, other - Strongs: H317 (אָחֳרִי)
jm) nfrha (אההרונ AHhRWN) - After: To be behind or following after something. KJV (51): last, after, latter, end, utmost, following, hinder - Strongs: H314 (אַחֲרֹן)
mm) nrha (אההרנ AHhRN) - Other: A time, person or thing that follows after. [Aramaic only] KJV (5): another, other - Strongs: H321 (אָחֳרָן)
sm) nirha (אההרינ AHhRYN) - End: The latter time as coming after everything else. [Aramaic only] KJV (1): last - Strongs: H318 (אַחֳרֵן)
cmf4) tinrfha (אההורנית AHhWRNYT) - Backward: KJV (7): backward, again - Strongs: H322 (אֲחֹרַנִּית)
E) arh (ההרא HhRA) AC: ? CO: Dung AB: ?: What comes from the backside (בהנד behind) .
Nm) arh (ההרא HhRA) - Dung: KJV (1): dung - Strongs: H2716 (חֲרָאִים)
af1) earhm (מההראה MHhRAH) - Privy: KJV (1): draught house - Strongs: H4280 (מַחֲרָאָה)
im) arht (תההרא THhRA) - Col KJV (2): habergeon - Strongs: H8473 (תַּחְרָא)
H) erh (ההרה HhRH) AC: Burn CO: ? AB: Anger: One who is hot.
V) erh (ההרה HhRH) - Burn: KJV (90): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael) kindle, wroth, hot, angry, displease, fret, incense burn, earnest, grieve - Strongs: H2734 (חָרָה)
im) erht (תההרה THhRH) - Compete: From the heat of passion. KJV (2): closest, contend - Strongs: H8474 (תַּחָרָה)
J) rfh (ההור HhWR) AC: ? CO: White AB: ?: A bleaching by the sun.
V) rfh (ההור HhWR) - White: To become white. KJV (1): (vf: Paal) wax pale - Strongs: H2357 (חָוַר)
Nm) rfh (ההור HhWR) - I. White:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Noble:[Unknown connection to root] KJV (16): white - Strongs: H2353 (חוּר), H2358 (חִוָּר), H2715 (חוֹר)
fm) irfh (ההורי HhWRY) - White: KJV (2): network - Strongs: H2355 (חוֹרָי), H2751 (חֹרִי)
L) rhi (יההר YHhR) AC: Delay CO: ? AB: ?: Rather than work in the heat of the sun, one waits until the breeze of the day.
V) rhi (יההר YHhR) - Delay: [df: lxy] KJV (43): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) hope, wait, tarry, trust, stay - Strongs: H3176 (יָהַל), H3186 (יָחַר)
bm ) rihi (יההיר YHhYR) - Delay: KJV (1): hope - Strongs: H3175 (יָחִיל)
if2) trhft (תוההרת TWHhRT) - Hope: An expectation for what will come. [df: tlxwt] KJV (6): hope - Strongs: H8431 (תּוֹחֶלֶת)
Adopted Roots:
- A2199 Brh (Waste, Sword)
- A2200 Crh (Tremble)
- A2201 Drh (Tremble)
- A2204 Krh (Roast, Grill)
- A2205 Lrh (Nettle)
- A2232 Rhu (Burn, Hemorrhoids)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1. adverb a. of place, behind, twice Genesis 22:13 (many MSS. ⅏ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Ol Ew read אֶחָד see Di) Psalm 68:26.
b. of time, afterwards Genesis 10:18; Genesis 18:5; Genesis 24:55; Genesis 30:21; Judges 19:5 +; וְאַחַר in laws of P, as Leviticus 14:8,19; Leviticus 15:28; Leviticus 22:7; Numbers 5:26 and elsewhere
2. preposition a. of place, behind, after Exodus 3:1; Exodus 11:5; 2 Kings 11:6; Song of Solomon 2:9; Isaiah 57:8: הָלַח אַחַר to go after, follow Genesis 37:17; 2 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 23:3; Isaiah 65:2; Ezekiel 13:3; Job 31:7; חָיָה אַחַר 1 Samuel 12:14; מֵאַחַר from after 2 Samuel 7:8; Psalm 78:71; Isaiah 59:13.
b. of time, after Genesis 9:28; Leviticus 25:15 al; הָאֵלֶּה אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים after these things Genesis 15:1; Genesis 22:1; Genesis 39:7; Genesis 40:1; 1 Kings 17:17; 1 Kings 21:1; Ezra 7:1; Esther 2:1; Esther 3:1; אַחַר כֵּן Leviticus 14:36; Deuteronomy 21:13; 1 Samuel 10:5; אַחַר זֶה (late) 2 Chronicles 32:9; followed by infinitive Numbers 6:19; Jeremiah 40:1; 1 Chronicles 2:24; Job 21:3; עַד אַחַר till after Nehemiah 13:19.
c. Nehemiah 5:15 strangely: Ew RV besides; but text probably corrupt, see Be Ry. 3
conjunctionאַחַר אֲשֶׁר after that Ezekiel 40:1; and without אשׁר Leviticus 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 אַחֲרַי, אַחֲרֶיךָ, etc.
1. substantive hinder part 2 Samuel 2:23 בְּאַחֲרֵי הַחֲנִית with the hinder end of the spear.
2. preposition a. of place, behind, after Genesis 18:10 וְהוּא אַחֲרָיו and it behind him Deuteronomy 11:30; Judges 5:14; 1 Samuel 14:13; 1 Samuel 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, הֵנִיעַ ראֹשׁ 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) בִּעֵר, דָּבֵק, דָּלַק, הָיָה, הָלַח, מִלֵּא, מָּנָה, רָדַף, הִשְׁלִיח (see these words).
b. of time, after Genesis 9:9 זַרְעֲכֶם אַחֲרֵיכֶם your seed after you; similarly Genesis 17:7-10,19; Genesis 35:12; Genesis 48:4; Exodus 28:43; Numbers 25:13 all P (also Deuteronomy 1:8; Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 10:15; 1 Samuel 24:22; 2 Samuel 7:12 ""), & with בָּנָיו Genesis 18:19 J ( + בֵּיתוֺ) Exodus 29:29 P Leviticus 25:46 H Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 12:25,28; Jeremiah 32:18,39; 1 Chronicles 28:8; Proverbs 20:7, דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ Joshua 22:27, בֵּיתוֺ Job 21:21; Exodus 10:14; Judges 10:3 etc.; with infinitive Genesis 5:4 אַחֲרֵי הוֺלִידֹוֺ after his begetting Sheth, Genesis 13:14; Genesis 14:17; Genesis 18:12; Genesis 25:11 + often; אַחֲרֵיכֵֿן afterwards Genesis 6:4 (אחריכן אשׁר = afterwards, when, compare 2 Chronicles 35:20) Genesis 15:14; Genesis 23:18; Genesis 25:26; Genesis 32:21; Genesis 41:31; Genesis 45:15 etc.; ויהי אחריכֿן as a formula of transition chiefly in 2Samuel ( 2 Samuel 2:1; 8:1 "" 2 Samuel 10:1 "" 2 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 21:18 "") compare 1 Samuel 24:6; Judges 16:4; 2 Kings 6:24; 2 Chronicles 20:1; 24:4; in late Hebrew אַחֲרֵי זֹאת Job 42:16; Ezra 9:10; 2 Chronicles 21:18 ( + כָּלֿ 2 Chronicles 35:20 (do.); compare Aramaic אַחֲרֵי דְנָה Daniel 2:29,45, and בָּאתַר דְּנָה Daniel 7:6,7. — The local (metaphor) and temporal senses blend Psalm 49:14 וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצוּ & after them (i.e. following, imitating them) men applaud their speech, compare Job 21:33.
3. conjunctionאַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר after that, with the finite verb Deuteronomy 24:4; Joshua 7:8; Joshua 9:16; Joshua 23:1; Joshua 24:20 +; without אשׁר Leviticus 25:48; 1 Samuel 5:9 . (The most common construction of אחרי is as a preposition with the infinitive construct) Joshua 2:7 אַחֲרֵי כַּאֲשֶׁר יָצְאוּ must be an error, either for אחרי אשׁר or for כאשׁר alone (notice אחריהם twice in the same verse); 2 Samuel 24:10 read אַחֲרֵי סָפַר 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 סוּר 1 Samuel 24:2; 2 Samuel 2:22,26,30; 2 Samuel 11:15; Joshua 22:16,18,23,29; 1 Samuel 15:11 +; with other verbs of motion, as עָלָה 1 Samuel 14:46; 2 Samuel 20:2, נַעֲלָה 2 Samuel 2:27, לָקַח Amos 7:15; 1 Chronicles 17:7, זָנָה Hosea 1:2; pregnantly Isaiah 30:21 thy ears shall hear a word מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ coming from behind thee, Jeremiah 9:21 (that is נָפַל, see v a) 1 Samuel 13:7 ᵐ5 L We Dr חָֽרְדוּ מֵאַחֲרָיו (β) denoting position (מן = off, on the side of; see מן behind Exodus 14:19 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:2,4,14; 1 Kings 10:19; Nehemiah 4:7 (מֵאַחֲרֵי לְ) 2 Chronicles 13:13b, (γ) of time (rare) Deuteronomy 29:21; Ecclesiastes 10:14; מֵאַחֲרֵי כֵן 2 Samuel 3:28; 2 Samuel 15:1; 2 Chronicles 32:23.
b. אֶלאַֿחֲרֵי 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Kings 9:18 סֹב אֶלאַֿחֲרַי 2 Kings 9:19; Zechariah 6:6.
c. עַלאַֿחֲרֵי Ezekiel 41:15 beside, at the back of.
אַחֲרַי adjective Proverbs 28:23 (si vera lectio)
אָדָם אַחֲרַי a man that turneth backwards (compare Jeremiah 7:24) so JosKi De Ol p. 429 (doubtfully) Now Sta§ 301 b: according to Ew§ 220 a Hi an abnormal adverb = afterwards, Lag Pr conjectures בְּאָרְחוֺ compare ᵐ5 ὁδούς.
(ו)ייחר Kt 2 Samuel 20:5 (Qr וַיּ֫וֺחֶר) see אחר above and Dr sm.
יחשׂ (√ of following; meaning unknown; derivatives common in Late Hebrew and Aramaic)
אַחַר prop. what is behind, hinder part, extremity. Hence
(1) adv.
(a) of place, behind, in the background; Genesis 22:13, וְהִנֵּה אַיִל אַחַר נֶאֱחָז בַּסְּבָךְ בְּקַרְנָיו “and behold a ram behind,” i.e. in the background (im Hintergrunde) “caught by its horns in a thicket.” Not that Abraham beheld the ram behind his back, as it is commonly thought, with the Vulgate, but at a distance in the part which lay before his eyes, im Hintergrunde der Scene, and there is no occasion to read with the Sam., LXX., Syr. and 42. MSS. אֶחָר.
(b) adv. of time, afterwards, then, Genesis 10:18, 18:5 24:55 30:21, etc.
(2) prep.
(a) of place, behind, Song of Solomon 2:9; Exodus 3:1, “behind the desert,” i.e. to the west of the desert [“see in אָחוֹר No.2 ”]; also after. הָלַךְ אַחַר פּ to follow any one, Genesis 37:17; Job 31:7 מֵאַחַר pregn. prop. from behind (hinter [etwas] weg). Psalms 78:71, מֵאַחַר עָלוֹת הֱבִיאוֹ “from after the milch cattle he brought him,” i.e. he brought him who had followed the cattle.
(b) of time, after, Genesis 9:28. אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה “after these things,” i.e. afterwards, a formula of transition; Genesis 15:1, 22:1. Followed by an Infin. after that, Numbers 6:19, אַחַר כֵּן prop. after so, i.e. after that it had so happened, i.e. afterwards, Leviticus 14:36; Deuteronomy 21:13.
(3) Conj. אַחַר אֲשֶׁר after that, Ezekiel 40:1 and without אֲשֶׁר Leviticus 14:43; Job 42:7.
Note. Instead of אַחַר there occurs far more frequently Pl. אַחֲרֵי, for which see just below, and it is constantly used when suff. are joined with this word.
Pl. אֲחָרִים only in const. state אַחֲרֵי; with suff. אַחֲרֵיכֶם אַחֲרַי, אַחֲרֵיהֶם, etc.
(1) subst. the hinder parts, 2 Samuel 2:23, בְּאַחֲרֵי הַחֲנִית “the hinder end of the spear.”
(2) Prep.
(a) of place, behind, Judges 18:12 (here i.q. to the west); more frequently after, hinter, hinter (iem.) her, Leviticus 26:33; 1 Samuel 14:37; 2 Kings 19:21 אַחֲרֵיהֶם (אֲשֶׁר) “those who follow them,” i.e. their flatterers, and parasites, Psalms 49:14. Hence it is joined to verbs of going, = to follow; הָיָה אַחֲרֵי פ׳ is to follow any one’s side, Exodus 23:2; 2 Samuel 2:10 comp. 1 Kings 1:7; Proverbs 28:23, מוֹכִיחַ אָדָם אַחֲרַי חֵן יִמְצָא “he who following me (i.e. my precepts) rebukes a man, shall find favour.”
(b) of time, after, Genesis 16:13, 17:8 followed by an inf. after that, Genesis 5:4.
(3) For conj. after that, commonly אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר, Deu. 24:4 Joshua 9:16, 23:1 more rarely אֲשֶׁר is omitted, Leviticus 25:48 once אַחֲרֵי כַּאֲשֶׁר Joshua 2:7.
(4) אַחֲרי־כֵן prop. after that things had so happened, i.e. afterwards, Genesis 15:14, 23:19 25:26, etc. Comp. Syr. ܒܳܬܰܪܟܶܢ and ܒܳܬܰܪ ܗܳܟܰܢ. With the addition of אֲשֶׁר it becomes a conj. i.q. אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר, like the Lat. posteaquam for postquam, Genesis 6:4; 2 Samuel 24:10. In the later [?] Hebrew there also occurs אַהֲרֵי זֹאת “after this,” Job 42:16; Ezra 9:10 compare Chald. אַחֲרֵי רְנָה Daniel 2:29, 45.
Comp. with other prep.
(1) מֵאַחֲרֵי, once מִן־אַחֲרֵי 1 Chronicles 17:7, prop. from after, from (being) after (any thing), hinter (etwas) weg. It is used especially when one leaves what he has before followed, Numbers 14:43; Deuteronomy 7:4; 2 Samuel 20:2, also from behind, after (compare מִן No. 3); Joshua 8:2; Exodus 14:19; Jeremiah 9:21 used of time, Ecclesiastes 10:14. In Nehemiah 4:7, for this is מֵאַחֲרֵי לְ. Hence, מֵאַחֲרֵי בֵז afterwards, 2 Samuel 3:28, 15:1.
(2) אֶל אַחֲרֵי after, with verbs of motion, 2 Kings 9:18, סֹב אֶל אַחֲרַי “return after me.” 2 Samuel 5:23.
(3) עַל אַחֲרֵי Ezekiel 41:15, i.q. אַחֲרֵי. Comp. עַל.
אַחַר pl. const. אַחֲרֵי also Ch. (but by a Hebraism), Daniel 2:29, 45 7:24. In the more pure Chaldee is used the prep. בָּתַר.