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Lexicon :: Strong's H268 - 'āḥôr

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אָחוֹר
Transliteration
'āḥôr
Pronunciation
aw-khore'
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Part of Speech
substantive
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TWOT Reference: 68d

Strong’s Definitions

אָחוֹר ʼâchôwr, aw-khore'; or (shortened) אָחֹר ʼâchôr ; from H299; the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West:—after(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-) hind(-er part), time to come, without.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H268 in the following manner: back(s) (16x), backward (11x), behind (5x), hinder parts (3x), afterwards (1x), back parts (1x), backside (1x), hereafter (1x), time to come (1x), without (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H268 in the following manner: back(s) (16x), backward (11x), behind (5x), hinder parts (3x), afterwards (1x), back parts (1x), backside (1x), hereafter (1x), time to come (1x), without (1x).

  1. the back side, the rear

    1. backwards

    2. hereafter (of time)

    3. behind

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָחוֹר ʼâchôwr, aw-khore'; or (shortened) אָחֹר ʼâchôr ; from H299; the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West:—after(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-) hind(-er part), time to come, without.
STRONGS H268: Abbreviations
אָחוֺר 41 substantive (Arabic أُخُرً) the hinder side, back part, in the singular, mostly in adverbial phrases: —
a. as accusative, in poetry backwards23 times (＝prose אֲחֹרַנִּית) with verbs such as נָפַל fall Genesis 49:17, נָשׂוֺג be turned 2 Samuel 1:22 (|| תָּשׁוּב רֵיקָם), שׁוּב Psalm 9:4; Psalm 56:10 +, נָסוֺג Psalm 35:4; Psalm 40:15 + (of enemies repulsed), Psalm 44:19; Isaiah 50:5 (from obedience to God), נָזוֺר Isaiah 1:4, הֵשׁיב Isaiah 44:25; Psalm 44:11, הִכָּה Psalm 78:66; behind (opposed to קֶדֶם) Psalm 139:5; Job 23:8; in the phrase פָּנִים וְאָחוֺר in front and behind 1 Chronicles 19:10 (altered from וּמֵאָ׳ מִפָּ׳ in 2 Samuel. See below) 2 Chronicles 13:14; Ezekiel 2:10.
b. בְּאָחוֺר † Proverbs 29:11, וְחָכָם בְּאָחוֺר יְשַׁבְּחֶנָּה Ges Hi but a wise man stilleth it (רוּחַ anger) backwards (that is, when it would break forth), De in the background, that is, of his heart (|| כָּל־רוּחוֺ יוֺצִיא כְסִיל).
c. לְאָחוֺר
(α) as a. † Psalm 114:3; Psalm 114:5; Jeremiah 7:24;
(β) of time, hereafter (compare לְפָנִים＝before) † Isaiah 41:23; Isaiah 42:23.
d. מֵאָחוֺר behind (מן＝on the side of) † 2 Samuel 10:9 וּמֵ׳ מִפָּנִים in front and behind, Isaiah 9:11 וּפְלִשְׁתִּים מֵאָ׳ and the Philistines behind (＝on the West), opposed to אֲרָם מִקֶּדֶם.
† Plural construct אֲחֹרֵי hinder part (of the tabernacle) Exodus 26:12, (of a man or animal Exodus 33:23; 1 Kings 7:25 (＝2 Chronicles 4:4) Ezekiel 8:16.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:17

Exodus

26:12; 33:23

2 Samuel

1:22; 10:9

1 Kings

7:25

1 Chronicles

19:10

2 Chronicles

4:4; 13:14

Job

23:8

Psalms

9:4; 35:4; 40:15; 44:11; 44:19; 56:10; 78:66; 114:3; 114:5; 139:5

Proverbs

29:11

Isaiah

1:4; 9:11; 41:23; 42:23; 44:25; 50:5

Jeremiah

7:24

Ezekiel

2:10; 8:16

H268

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Strong's Number H268 matches the Hebrew אָחוֹר ('āḥôr),
which occurs 41 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward),

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12 - And thou shalt fix at the end that which is over in the skins of the tabernacle; the half of the skin that is left shalt thou fold over, according to the overplus of the skins of the tabernacle; thou shalt fold it over behind the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:23 - And I will remove my hand, and then shalt thou see my back parts; but my face shall not appear to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - From the blood of the slain, and from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan returned not empty; and the sword of Saul turned not back empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 - And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him from that which was opposed in front and from behind, and he chose out some of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - (LXX 7:13) And there were twelve oxen under the sea; three looking to the north, and three looking to the west, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the east: and all their hinder parts were [fn]inward, and the sea was above upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:10 - And Joab saw that they were fronting him to fight against him before and behind, and he chose some out of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against the Syrian.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4 - wherein they made them twelve calves,—three looking northwards, and three westwards, and three southwards, and three eastwards: and the sea was upon them above, and their hinder parts were inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:14 - And Juda looked back, and, behold, the battle was against them before and behind: and they cried to the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know concerning the latter end?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3 - (LXX 9:4) When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - (LXX 34:4) Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - (LXX 39:15) Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:10 - (LXX 43:11) Thou hast turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:18 - (LXX 43:19) And our heart has not gone back; but thou hast turned aside our paths from thy way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:9 - (LXX 55:10) Mine enemies shall be turned back, in the day wherein I shall call upon thee; behold, I know that thou art my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - (LXX 69:3) Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul: let them be turned backward and put to shame, that wish me evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66 - (LXX 77:66) And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he brought on them a perpetual reproach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3 - (LXX 113:3) The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:5 - (LXX 113:5) What ailed thee, O sea, that thou fleddest? and thou Jordan, that thou wast turned back?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:5 - (LXX 128:5) Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5 - (LXX 138:5) the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:11 - A fool utters all his mind: but the wise reserves his in part.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Ah sinful nation, a people full of sins, an evil seed, lawless children: ye have forsaken the Lord, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:12 - (LXX 9:11) even Syria from the rising of the sun, and the Greeks from the setting of the sun, who devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but still his hand is exalted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 - Therefore the oracle of God shall be to them affliction on affliction, hope on hope, yet a little, and yet a little, that they may go and fall backward; and they shall be crushed and shall be in danger, and shall be taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:23 - tell us, declare ye to us the things that are coming on at the last time, and we shall know that ye are gods: do good, and do evil, and we shall wonder, and see at the same time

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17 - But they are turned back: be ye utterly ashamed that trust in graven images, who say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:23 - Who is there among you that will give ear to these things? hearken ye to the things which are coming to pass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:25 - Who else will frustrate the tokens of [fn]those that have divining spirits, and prophecies [fn]from the heart of man? turning the wise back, and making their counsel foolishness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 - and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens mine ears, and I do not disobey, nor dispute.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14 - And we have turned judgment back, and righteousness has departed afar off: for truth is consumed in their ways, and they could not pass by a straight path.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:24 - But they hearkened not to me, and their ear gave no heed, but they walked in the imaginations of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 - Thou hast turned away from me, saith the Lord, thou wilt go back: therefore I will stretch out my hand, and will destroy thee, and will no more spare them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - (LXX 45:22) And, behold, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Juda were brought forth to the princes of the king of Babylon; and they said, The men who were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and will prevail against thee; and they shall cause thy foot to slide and fail, they have turned back from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5 - (LXX 26:5) Why do they fear, and turn back? even because their mighty men shall be slain: they have utterly fled, and being hemmed in they have not rallied, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 - Heth. Jerusalem has sinned a great sin; therefore has she come into tribulation, all that used to honour her have afflicted her, for they have seen her shame: yea, she herself groaned, and turned backward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:13 - Mem. He has sent fire from his lofty habitation, he has brought it into my bones: he has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: he has made me desolate and mourning all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:3 - Gimel. He has broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he has turned back his right hand from the face of the enemy, and has kindled a flame in Jacob as fire, and it has devoured all things round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:10 - And he unrolled it before me: and in it the front and the back were written upon: and there was written in it Lamentation, and mournful song, and woe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty men, with their back parts toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces turned the opposite way; and these were worshipping the sun.
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