אַחַר
Transliteration
'aḥar
Pronunciation
akh-ar'
Part of Speech
feminine adjective, adverb, preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָחַר (H309)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 68b, 68c

Strong’s Definitions

אַחַר ʼachar, akh-ar'; from H309; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 709x

The KJV translates Strong's H310 in the following manner: after (454x), follow (78x), afterward(s) (46x), behind (44x), miscellaneous (87x).

  1. after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time)

    1. as an adverb

      1. behind (of place)

      2. afterwards (of time)

    2. as a preposition

      1. behind, after (of place)

      2. after (of time)

      3. besides

    3. as a conjunction

      1. after that

    4. as a substantive

      1. hinder part

    5. with other prepositions

      1. from behind

      2. from following after

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַחַר ʼachar, akh-ar'; from H309; 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.
STRONGS H310: Abbreviations
אַחַר properly substantive the hinder or following part (compare the plural)
1. adverb
a. of place, behind, twice Genesis 22:13 (many MSS. Samaritan Ol Ew read אֶחָד see Di) Psalm 68:26 [Psalm 68:25].
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, Leviticus 14:19; 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; Songs 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. [and elsewhere]; 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. †conjunction אַחַר 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, ָאַחֲרֶיך, 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 [1 Samuel 21:9] ; Hosea 5:8 ָאַחֲרֶיך Behind thee! (sc. Look or The foe is); with a verb as הִבִּיט to look Genesis 19:17; 1 Samuel 24:9 [1 Samuel 24:8], ׁהֵנִיעַ ראֹש 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, פָּנָה, רָדַף, הִשְׁלִיח (see these words).
b. of time, after Genesis 9:9 זַרְעֲכֶם אַחֲרֵיכֶם your seed after you; similarly Genesis 17:7-10, Genesis 17:19; 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 [1 Samuel 24:21]; 2 Samuel 7:12 ||), & with בָּנָיו Genesis 18:19 J (+ ֺבֵּיתו) Exodus 29:29 P Leviticus 25:46 H [Code of Holiness] Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 12:25, Deuteronomy 12:28; Jeremiah 32:18, Jeremiah 32:39; 1 Chronicles 28:8; Proverbs 20:7, ּדּוֺרוֺתֵינו Joshua 22:27, ֺבֵּיתו Job 21:21; Exodus 10:14; Judges 10:3 etc.; with infinitive Genesis 5:4 ֺאַחֲרֵי הוֺלִידֹו after his begetting Sheth, Genesis 13:14; Genesis 14:17; Genesis 18:12; Genesis 25:11 + often; אַחֲרֵי־כֵן afterwards Genesis 6:4 (אחרי כן אשׁר = afterwards, when, compare 2 Chronicles 35:20) Genesis 15:14; Genesis 23:19; Genesis 25:26; Genesis 32:21 [Genesis 32:20]; Genesis 41:31; Genesis 45:15 etc.; ויהי אחרי־כן as a formula of transition chiefly in 2 Samuel (2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 8:1 || 2 Samuel 10:1 || 2 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 21:18 ||) compare 1 Samuel 24:6 [1 Samuel 24:5]; Judges 16:4; 2 Kings 6:24; 2 Chronicles 20:1; 2 Chronicles 24:4; in late Hebrew אַחֲרֵי זֹאת Job 42:16; Ezra 9:10; 2 Chronicles 21:18 (+ כָּל־ 2 Chronicles 35:20 (do.); compare Aramaic אַחֲרֵי דְנָה Daniel 2:29, Daniel 2:45, and בָּאתַר דְּנָה Daniel 7:6, Daniel 7:7. — The local (metaphor) and temporal senses blend Psalm 49:14 [Psalm 49:13] ּוְאַחֲרֵיהֶם בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצו & after them (i.e. following, imitating them) men applaud their speech, compare Job 21:33.
3. conjunction אַחֲרֵי 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 יָֽֽֽצְאו 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. מֵאַחֲרֵי 57, 1 Chronicles 17:7 מִן־אַחֲרֵי (|| 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, 2 Samuel 2:26, 2 Samuel 2:30; 2 Samuel 11:15; Joshua 22:16, Joshua 22:18, Joshua 22:23, Joshua 22:29; 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 ָמֵאַחֲרֶיך coming from behind thee, Jeremiah 9:21 [Jeremiah 9:22] (that is נָפַל, see Jeremiah 9:21a [Jeremiah 9:22a]) 1 Samuel 13:7 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, Joshua 8:4, Joshua 8:14; 1 Kings 10:19; Nehemiah 4:7 [Nehemiah 4:13] (ְמֵאַחֲרֵי ל) 2 Chronicles 13:13b.
(γ) of time (rare) † Deuteronomy 29:21 [Deuteronomy 29:22]; Ecclesiastes 10:14; מֵאַחֲרֵי כֵן 2 Samuel 3:28; 2 Samuel 15:1; 2 Chronicles 32:23.
b. אֶל־אַחֲרֵי 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Kings 9:18 סֹב אֶל־אַחֲרַי 2 Kings 9:19; Zechariah 6:6.
c. † עַל־אַחֲרֵי 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 Jos Ki De Olp. 429 (doubtfully) Now Sta§ 301 b: according to Ew§ 220 a Hi an abnormal adverb = afterwards, LagPr conjectures ֺבְּאָרְחו compare ὁδούς.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H311.
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References

Genesis

Genesis 5:4; Genesis 6:4; Genesis 9:9; Genesis 9:28; Genesis 10:18; Genesis 13:14; Genesis 14:17; Genesis 15:1; Genesis 15:14; Genesis 17:7; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 17:9; Genesis 17:10; Genesis 17:19; Genesis 18:5; Genesis 18:10; Genesis 18:12; Genesis 18:19; Genesis 19:17; Genesis 19:26; Genesis 22:1; Genesis 22:13; Genesis 23:19; Genesis 24:55; Genesis 25:11; Genesis 25:26; Genesis 30:21; Genesis 32:20; Genesis 35:12; Genesis 37:17; Genesis 39:7; Genesis 40:1; Genesis 41:31; Genesis 45:15; Genesis 48:4

Exodus

Exodus 3:1; Exodus 10:14; Exodus 11:5; Exodus 14:19; Exodus 28:43; Exodus 29:29

Leviticus

Leviticus 14:8; Leviticus 14:19; Leviticus 14:36; Leviticus 14:43; Leviticus 15:28; Leviticus 22:7; Leviticus 25:15; Leviticus 25:46; Leviticus 25:48

Numbers

Numbers 5:26; Numbers 6:19; Numbers 25:13

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 1:8; Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 10:15; Deuteronomy 11:30; Deuteronomy 12:25; Deuteronomy 12:28; Deuteronomy 21:13; Deuteronomy 24:4; Deuteronomy 29:22

Joshua

Joshua 2:7; Joshua 7:8; Joshua 8:2; Joshua 8:4; Joshua 8:14; Joshua 9:16; Joshua 22:16; Joshua 22:18; Joshua 22:23; Joshua 22:27; Joshua 22:29; Joshua 23:1; Joshua 24:20

Judges

Judges 5:14; Judges 10:3; Judges 16:4; Judges 19:5

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 5:9; 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Samuel 12:14; 1 Samuel 13:7; 1 Samuel 14:13; 1 Samuel 14:46; 1 Samuel 15:11; 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 24:2; 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 24:8; 1 Samuel 24:21

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 2:22; 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 2:26; 2 Samuel 2:27; 2 Samuel 2:30; 2 Samuel 3:28; 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Samuel 7:8; 2 Samuel 7:8; 2 Samuel 7:12; 2 Samuel 8:1; 2 Samuel 10:1; 2 Samuel 11:15; 2 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 15:1; 2 Samuel 20:2; 2 Samuel 20:14; 2 Samuel 21:18; 2 Samuel 24:10

1 Kings

1 Kings 10:19; 1 Kings 17:17; 1 Kings 21:1

2 Kings

2 Kings 6:24; 2 Kings 9:18; 2 Kings 9:19; 2 Kings 11:6; 2 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 19:21; 2 Kings 23:3

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 2:24; 1 Chronicles 17:7; 1 Chronicles 17:7; 1 Chronicles 28:8

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 13:13; 2 Chronicles 20:1; 2 Chronicles 21:18; 2 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 32:9; 2 Chronicles 32:23; 2 Chronicles 35:20; 2 Chronicles 35:20

Ezra

Ezra 7:1; Ezra 9:10

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 4:13; Nehemiah 5:15; Nehemiah 13:19

Esther

Esther 2:1; Esther 3:1

Job

Job 21:3; Job 21:21; Job 21:33; Job 31:7; Job 42:7; Job 42:16

Psalms

Psalms 49:13; Psalms 68:25; Psalms 78:71

Proverbs

Proverbs 20:7; Proverbs 28:23

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 10:14

Song of Songs

Song of Songs 2:9

Isaiah

Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 37:22; Isaiah 57:8; Isaiah 59:13; Isaiah 65:2

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 9:21; Jeremiah 9:21; Jeremiah 9:22; Jeremiah 9:22; Jeremiah 32:18; Jeremiah 32:39; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:16

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 13:3; Ezekiel 40:1; Ezekiel 41:15

Daniel

Daniel 2:29; Daniel 2:45; Daniel 7:6; Daniel 7:7

Hosea

Hosea 1:2; Hosea 5:8

Amos

Amos 7:15

Zechariah

Zechariah 6:6