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Lexicon :: Strong's H310 - 'aḥar

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אַחַר
Transliteration
'aḥar
Pronunciation
akh-ar'
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Part of Speech
feminine adjective, adverb, preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
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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).

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 Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version 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 LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 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 Greek Version of the LXX ὁδούς.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H311.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

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

Exodus

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

Leviticus

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

Numbers

5:26; 6:19; 25:13

Deuteronomy

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

Joshua

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

Judges

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

1 Samuel

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

2 Samuel

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

1 Kings

10:19; 17:17; 21:1

2 Kings

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

1 Chronicles

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

2 Chronicles

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

Ezra

7:1; 9:10

Nehemiah

4:13; 5:15; 13:19

Esther

2:1; 3:1

Job

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

Psalms

49:13; 68:25; 78:71

Proverbs

20:7; 28:23

Ecclesiastes

10:14

Song of Songs

2:9

Isaiah

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

Jeremiah

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

Ezekiel

13:3; 40:1; 41:15

Daniel

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

Hosea

1:2; 5:8

Amos

7:15

Zechariah

6:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H310 matches the Hebrew אַחַר ('aḥar),
which occurs 718 times in 664 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 14 (Gen 24:61–Exo 15:20)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 -

Then Rebekah arose with her young women, and they mounted the camels and went H310 after the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. Thus, Isaac was comforted after H310 his mother’s death.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:11 - Now it happened after H310 the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac [fn]lived by Beer-lahai-roi.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - Afterward H310 his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called [fn]Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 -

Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which [fn]had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, but the Philistines had stopped them up after H310 the death of Abraham; and he [fn]called them by the same names by which his father had called them.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:21 - Afterward H310 she bore a daughter and named her Dinah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - so he took his [fn]relatives with him and pursued him a distance of seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36 -

Then Jacob became angry and contended with Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, “What is my transgression? What is my sin that you have hotly pursued H310 me?

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18 - then you shall say, ‘These belong to your servant Jacob; it is a present sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also is behind H310 us.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:19 - Then he commanded also the second and the third and all those who followed H310 the flocks, saying, “After this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - and you shall say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind H310 us.’” For he said, “I will appease his face with the present that goes before me. Then afterward H310 I will see his face; perhaps he will lift up my face.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7 - Leah likewise came near with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward H310 Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 -

Then they journeyed on, and there was [fn]a terror from God upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:12 -

“And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac,

I will give it to you,

And I will give the land to your seed after you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:17 - Then the man said, “They have journeyed from here; for I heard them saying, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:30 - Afterward H310 his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand; and he was named [fn]Zerah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:7 -

And it happened after H310 these events that his master’s wife [fn]set her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 -

Now it happened that after H310 these things, the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - Then behold, seven other cows came up after H310 them from the Nile, [fn]ugly and [fn]thin, and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - And behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after H310 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - “And behold, seven other cows came up after H310 them, poor and very ugly and lean, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt, in regard to [fn]ugliness;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - and behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after H310 them;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - “And the seven lean and ugly cows that came up after H310 them are seven years, and the seven lean ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - and after H310 them seven years of famine will arise, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will [fn]ravage the land,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - so that the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent H310 famine; for it will be very heavy.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:39 - So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since H310 God has made you know all of this, there is no one so understanding and wise as you are.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - Now they had just gone out of the city and were not far off when Joseph said to his house steward, “Arise, pursue H310 the men; you shall overtake them and say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward H310 his brothers talked with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:30 - Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now I can die, since H310 I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 -

Now it happened after H310 these things that [fn]Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply, and I will make you an assembly of peoples, and I will give this land to your seed after H310 you for an everlasting possession.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:6 - “But your kin that [fn]have been born after H310 them shall be yours; they shall be called by the [fn]names of their brothers in their inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14 - After H310 he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 -

Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the [fn]west H310 side H310 of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - “So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wondrous deeds which I shall do in the midst of it; and after H310 that he will let you go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 -

And afterward H310 Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25 - And seven full days [fn]passed after H310 Yahweh had struck the Nile.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - And the locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt; they were very heavy. There had never been so many [fn]locusts, nor would there be so many [fn]again H310.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:1 -

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after H310 that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out from here completely.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the servant-girl who is behind H310 the millstones; and all the firstborn of the cattle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:8 - “Then all these your servants will come down to me and bow themselves [fn]before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who [fn]follow you,’ and after H310 that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:4 - “Thus I will [fn]harden Pharaoh’s heart with strength, and he will pursue them; and I will be glorified through Pharaoh and all his army, so that the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh.” And they did so.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:8 - And Yahweh [fn]hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, with strength, and he pursued the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out with an [fn]exalted hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - Then the Egyptians pursued them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10 -

Now Pharaoh drew near, and the sons of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after H310 them, and they became very afraid; so the sons of Israel cried out to Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:17 - “As for Me, behold, I will [fn]harden the hearts of the Egyptians with strength so that they will go in after H310 them; and I will be glorified through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:19 -

Then the angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind H310 them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind H310 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:23 - Then the Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots and his horsemen went in after H310 them into the midst of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:28 - And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, [fn]even Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after H310 them; not even one of them remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 -

And Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after H310 her with tambourines and with [fn]dancing.


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