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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 60 times in 54 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Sa 1:1–2Sa 21:18)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:1 - Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:7 - “Now when he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I answered, ‘Here I am.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - “So I stood over him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:1 - It happened after this that David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up to any of the cities of Judah?” And the LORD said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” And He said, “To Hebron.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. Only the house of Judah followed David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - So Asahel pursued Abner, and in going he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:20 - Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Are you Asahel?” He answered, “I am.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - And Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay hold on one of the young men and take his armor for yourself.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - So Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I face your brother Joab?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - However, he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the blunt end of the spear, so that the spear came out of his back; and he fell down there and died on the spot. So it was that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - Joab and Abishai also pursued Abner. And the sun was going down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah by the road to the Wilderness of Gibeon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:25 - Now the children of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became a unit, and took their stand on top of a hill.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the latter end? How long will it be then until you tell the people to return from pursuing their brethren?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - And Joab said, “As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then by morning all the people would have given up pursuing their brethren.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28 - So Joab blew a trumpet; and all the people stood still and did not pursue Israel anymore, nor did they fight anymore.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - So Joab returned from pursuing Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16 - Then her husband went along with her to Bahurim, weeping behind her. So Abner said to him, “Go, return!” And he returned.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 - And when Joab had gone from David’s presence, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David did not know it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - Afterward, when David heard it, he said, “My kingdom and I are guiltless before the LORD forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” And King David followed the coffin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:13 - And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron. Also more sons and daughters were born to David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:23 - Therefore David inquired of the LORD, and He said, “You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:12 - “When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:1 - After this it came to pass that David attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:1 - It happened after this that the king of the people of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - And David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah departed from the king’s house, and a gift of food from the king followed him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1 - After this Absalom the son of David had a lovely sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:17 - Then he called his servant who attended him, and said, “Here! Put this woman out, away from me, and bolt the door behind her.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:18 - Now she had on a robe of many colors, for the king’s virgin daughters wore such apparel. And his servant put her out and bolted the door behind her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:34 - Then Absalom fled. And the young man who was keeping watch lifted his eyes and looked, and there, many people were coming from the road on the hillside behind him.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:1 - After this it happened that Absalom provided himself with chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:13 - Now a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:1 - Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - “Surely by now he is hidden in some pit, or in some other place. And it will be, when some of them are overthrown at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - Now it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well and went and told King David, and said to David, “Arise and cross over the water quickly. For thus has Ahithophel advised against you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16 - So Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 - And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, “But whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite.” So Joab said, “Why will you run, my son, since you have no news ready?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:30 - Then Mephibosheth said to the king, “Rather, let him take it all, inasmuch as my lord the king has come back in peace to his own house.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:2 - So every man of Israel deserted David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah, from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem, remained loyal to their king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities, and escape us.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - So Joab’s men, with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, went out after him. And they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - But Amasa did not notice the sword that was in Joab’s hand. And he struck him with it in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - Meanwhile one of Joab’s men stood near Amasa, and said, “Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David—follow Joab!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:13 - When he was removed from the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:14 - And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and Beth Maachah and all the Berites. So they were gathered together and also went after Sheba.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, “It is because of Saul and his bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:14 - They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father. So they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God heeded the prayer for the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:18 - Now it happened afterward that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph,[fn] who was one of the sons of the giant.

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