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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)
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).

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 31 times in 29 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:1 -

After Ahab’s death, Moab rebelled against Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 -

He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the children.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 -

The boy’s mother said to Elisha, “As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 -

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:21 -

So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right? ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 -

Then Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you’re looking for.” And he led them to Samaria.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:24 -

Some time later, King Ben-hadad of Aram brought all his military units together and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 -

Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger got to him, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him? ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:14 -

The messengers took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 -

So they followed them as far as the Jordan. They saw that the whole way was littered with clothes and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in their haste. The messengers returned and told the king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 -

So a horseman went to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Do you come in peace? ’ ”

Jehu replied, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.”

The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them but hasn’t started back.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:19 -

So he sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Do you come in peace? ’ ”

Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 -

Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, “Pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember when you and I were riding side by side behind his father Ahab, and the LORD uttered this pronouncement against him:

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 -

When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what was happening, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too! ” So they shot him in his chariot[fn] at Gur Pass near Ibleam, but he fled to Megiddo and died there.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:29 -

but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit ​— ​worshiping the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:6 -

“A third are to be at the Foundation[fn] Gate and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns providing protection for the palace.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:15 -

Then the priest Jehoiada ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Take her out between the ranks, and put to death by the sword anyone who follows her,” for the priest had said, “She is not to be put to death in the LORD’s temple.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:2 -

He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:17 -

Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash lived fifteen years after the death of Israel’s King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:19 -

A conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. However, men were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:22 -

After Amaziah the king rested with his ancestors, Azariah rebuilt Elath[fn] and restored it to Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 -

They rejected his statutes and his covenant he had made with their ancestors and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:21 -

When the LORD tore Israel from the house of David, Israel made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit grave sin.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:5 -

Hezekiah relied on the LORD God of Israel; not one of the kings of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:6 -

He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following him but kept the commands the LORD had commanded Moses.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 -

“This is the word the LORD has spoken against him:

Virgin Daughter Zion

despises you and scorns you;

Daughter Jerusalem

shakes her head behind your back.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:3 -

Next, the king stood by the pillar[fn] and made a covenant in the LORD’s presence to follow the LORD and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to[fn] the covenant.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:25 -

Before him there was no king like him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength according to all the law of Moses, and no one like him arose after him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 -

the Chaldean army pursued him and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. Zedekiah’s entire army left him and scattered.

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