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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 Box Gen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way,
A viper by the path,
That bites the horse’s heels
So that its rider shall fall backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12 - “The remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:23 - “Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - From the blood of the slain,
From the fat of the mighty,
The bow of Jonathan did not turn back,
And the sword of Saul did not return empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 - When Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind, he chose some of Israel’s best and put them in battle array against the Syrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:10 - When Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind, he chose some of Israel’s best and put them in battle array against the Syrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4 - It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:14 - And when Judah looked around, to their surprise the battle line was at both front and rear; and they cried out to the LORD, and the priests sounded the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - “Look, I go forward, but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3 - When my enemies turn back,
They shall fall and perish at Your presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor
Who seek after my life;
Let those be turned back and brought to confusion
Who plot my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who seek to destroy my life;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:10 - You make us turn back from the enemy,
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:18 - Our heart has not turned back,
Nor have our steps departed from Your way;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:9 - When I cry out to You,
Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because God is for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - Let them be ashamed and confounded
Who seek my life;
Let them be turned back[fn] and confused
Who desire my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:66

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66 - And He beat back His enemies;
He put them to a perpetual reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3 - The sea saw it and fled;
Jordan turned back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:5 - What ails you, O sea, that you fled?
O Jordan, that you turned back?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:5 - Let all those who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5 - You have hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:11 - A fool vents all his feelings,[fn]
But a wise man holds them back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Alas, sinful nation,
A people laden with iniquity,
A brood of evildoers,
Children who are corrupters!
They have forsaken the LORD,
They have provoked to anger
The Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:12 - The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;
And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth.

For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 - But the word of the LORD was to them,
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little,”
That they might go and fall backward, and be broken
And snared and caught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:23 - Show the things that are to come hereafter,
That we may know that you are gods;
Yes, do good or do evil,
That we may be dismayed and see it together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17 - They shall be turned back,
They shall be greatly ashamed,
Who trust in carved images,
Who say to the molded images,
‘You are our gods.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:23 - Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will listen and hear for the time to come?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:25 - Who frustrates the signs of the babblers,
And drives diviners mad;
Who turns wise men backward,
And makes their knowledge foolishness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 - The Lord GOD has opened My ear;
And I was not rebellious,
Nor did I turn away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14 - Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:24 - “Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 - You have forsaken Me,” says the LORD,
“You have gone backward.
Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;
I am weary of relenting!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - ‘Now behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be surrendered to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say:

“Your close friends have set upon you
And prevailed against you;
Your feet have sunk in the mire,
And they have turned away again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5 - Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For fear was all around,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 - Jerusalem has sinned gravely,
Therefore she has become vile.[fn]
All who honored her despise her
Because they have seen her nakedness;
Yes, she sighs and turns away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:13 - “From above He has sent fire into my bones,
And it overpowered them;
He has spread a net for my feet
And turned me back;
He has made me desolate
And faint all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:3 - He has cut off in fierce anger
Every horn of Israel;
He has drawn back His right hand
From before the enemy.
He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
Devouring all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:10 - Then He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - So He brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house; and there, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.
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