אַחַר
after
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H310
Strong's Hebrew
ʼachar
Transliteration
/akh-ar'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
718
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time)
- as an adverb
- behind (of place)
- afterwards (of time)
- as a preposition
- behind, after (of place)
- after (of time)
- besides
- as a conjunction
- after that
- as a substantive
- hinder part
- with other prepositions
- from behind
- from following after
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Preposition
- A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.
- Adverb
- A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Preposition 682 times (95%)
- Adverb 35 times (5%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 718 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 4 — showing verses 201–400 of 664 distinct verses where H310 appears, across 31 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Joshua 36 verses
- Joshua 8:16 אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֑ם אַחֲרֵ֣י prep + sfx pers 3mp prep All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
- Joshua 8:17 אַחֲרֵ֣י אַחֲרֵ֥י prep prep There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El, who didn't go out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
- Joshua 8:20 אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֜ם prep + sfx pers 3mp When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
- Joshua 8:34 וְ/אַֽחֲרֵי conj + prep Afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
- Joshua 9:16 אַחֲרֵ֕י prep It happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.
- Joshua 10:14 וְ/אַחֲרָ֔י/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man: for Yahweh fought for Israel.
- Joshua 10:19 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep but don't stay; pursue after your enemies, and strike the hindmost of them; don't allow them to enter into their cities: for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand.
- Joshua 10:26 אַֽחֲרֵי prep Afterward Joshua struck them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging on the trees until the evening.
- Joshua 14:8 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep Nevertheless my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God.
- Joshua 14:9 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have wholly followed Yahweh my God.
- Joshua 14:14 אַחֲרֵ֕י prep Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day; because that he wholly followed Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- Joshua 20:5 אַֽחֲרָ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him before.
- Joshua 22:16 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֖י prep + prep Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in that you have built you an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh?
- Joshua 22:18 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֖י prep + prep that you must turn away this day from following Yahweh? and it will be, seeing you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
- Joshua 22:23 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֣י prep + prep that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Yahweh himself require it;
- Joshua 22:27 אַחֲרֵי/נוּ֒ prep + sfx pers 1cp but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not tell our children in time to come, You have no portion in Yahweh.
- Joshua 22:29 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֣י prep + prep Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tent.
- Joshua 23:1 אַ֠חֲרֵי prep It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;
- Joshua 24:5 וְ/אַחַ֖ר conj + adv I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst of it: and afterward I brought you out.
- Joshua 24:6 אַחֲרֵ֧י prep I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.
- Joshua 24:20 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he has done you good.
- Joshua 24:29 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
- Joshua 24:31 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.
Judges 40 verses
- Judges 1:1 אַחֲרֵי֙ prep It happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?
- Judges 1:6 אַחֲרָ֑י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- Judges 1:9 וְ/אַחַ֗ר conj + adv Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland.
- Judges 2:7 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.
- Judges 2:10 אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֗ם prep + sfx pers 3mp Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who didn't know Yahweh, nor yet the work which he had worked for Israel.
- Judges 2:12 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed themselves down to them: and they provoked Yahweh to anger.
- Judges 2:17 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep Yet they didn't listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh; [but] they didn't do so.
- Judges 2:19 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
- Judges 3:22 אַחַ֣ר prep and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
- Judges 3:28 אַחֲרַ֔/י אַחֲרָ֗י/ו prep + sfx pers 1cs prep + sfx pers 3ms He said to them, Follow after me; for Yahweh has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. They went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn't allow a man to pass over.
- Judges 3:31 וְ/אַחֲרָ֤י/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox-goad: and he also saved Israel.
- Judges 4:14 אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Deborah said to Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand; hasn't Yahweh gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
- Judges 4:16 אַחֲרֵ֤י וְ/אַחֲרֵ֣י prep conj + prep But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, to Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
- Judges 5:14 אַחֲרֶ֥י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Out of Ephraim [came down] they whose root is in Amalek; After you, Benjamin, among your peoples; Out of Machir came down governors, Out of Zebulun those who handle the marshal's staff.
- Judges 6:34 אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms But the Spirit of Yahweh came on Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.
- Judges 6:35 אַחֲרָ֑י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
- Judges 7:11 וְ/אַחַר֙ conj + adv and you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall your hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant to the outermost part of the armed men who were in the camp.
- Judges 7:23 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep The men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
- Judges 8:5 אַחֲרֵ֛י prep He said to the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
- Judges 8:12 אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֑ם prep + sfx pers 3mp Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the host.
- Judges 8:27 אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
- Judges 8:33 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
- Judges 9:3 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep His mother's brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
- Judges 9:4 אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms They gave him seventy [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.
- Judges 9:49 אַחֲרֵ֤י prep All the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire on them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
- Judges 10:1 אַחֲרֵ֨י prep After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.
- Judges 10:3 אַחֲרָ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms After him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
- Judges 11:36 אַחֲרֵ֡י prep She said to him, My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.
- Judges 12:8 אַֽחֲרָי/ו֙ prep + sfx pers 3ms After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
- Judges 12:11 אַֽחֲרָי/ו֙ prep + sfx pers 3ms After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
- Judges 12:13 אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
- Judges 13:11 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man who spoke to the woman? He said, I am.
- Judges 15:7 וְ/אַחַ֥ר conj + adv Samson said to them, If you do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
- Judges 16:4 אַחֲרֵי prep It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
- Judges 18:12 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
- Judges 19:3 אַחֲרֶ֗י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
- Judges 19:5 וְ/אַחַ֥ר conj + adv It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young lady's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.
- Judges 19:23 אַ֠חֲרֵי prep The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, don't do this folly.
- Judges 20:40 אַחֲרָ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.
- Judges 20:45 אַחֲרָי/ו֙ prep + sfx pers 3ms They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men.
Ruth 9 verses
- Ruth 1:15 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep She said, Behold, your sister-in-law is gone back to her people, and to her god: return you after your sister-in-law.
- Ruth 1:16 מֵ/אַחֲרָ֑יִ/ךְ prep + prep + sfx pers 2fs Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;
- Ruth 2:2 אַחַ֕ר prep Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. She said to her, Go, my daughter.
- Ruth 2:3 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
- Ruth 2:7 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep She said, Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house.
- Ruth 2:9 אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֔ן prep + sfx pers 3fp Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them: haven't I charged the young men that they shall not touch you? and when you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
- Ruth 2:11 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep Boaz answered her, It has fully been shown me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn't know before.
- Ruth 3:10 אַחֲרֵי֙ prep He said, Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter: you have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich.
- Ruth 4:4 אַחֲרֶ֑י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms I thought to disclose it to you, saying, Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it: but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it besides you; and I am after you. He said, I will redeem it.
1 Samuel 45 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:9 אַחֲרֵ֛י וְ/אַחֲרֵ֣י prep conj + prep So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the door-post of the temple of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 5:9 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep It was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of Yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.
- 1 Samuel 6:7 מֵ/אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֖ם prep + prep + sfx pers 3mp Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart, and two milk cattle, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cattle to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
- 1 Samuel 6:12 אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + sfx pers 3mp The cattle took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
- 1 Samuel 7:2 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep It happened, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath Jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 8:3 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
- 1 Samuel 9:13 אַחֲרֵי prep as soon as you are come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he come, because he does bless the sacrifice; [and] afterwards they eat who are invited. Now therefore get you up; for at this time you shall find him.
- 1 Samuel 10:5 אַ֣חַר prep After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you are come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
- 1 Samuel 11:5 אַחֲרֵ֤י prep Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What ails the people that they weep? They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
- 1 Samuel 11:7 אַחֲרֵ֤י וְ/אַחַ֣ר prep conj + prep He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
- 1 Samuel 12:14 אַחַ֖ר prep If you will fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, and both you and also the king who reigns over you are followers of Yahweh your God, [well]:
- 1 Samuel 12:20 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֣י prep + prep Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid; you have indeed done all this evil; yet don't turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart:
- 1 Samuel 12:21 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep and don't turn aside; for [then would you go] after vain things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
- 1 Samuel 13:4 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep All Israel heard say that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 13:7 אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
- 1 Samuel 14:12 אַחֲרַ֔/י prep + sfx pers 1cs The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. Jonathan said to his armor bearer, Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 14:13 אַחֲרָ֑י/ו אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms prep + sfx pers 3ms Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armor bearer killed them after him.
- 1 Samuel 14:22 אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֖ם prep + sfx pers 3mp Likewise all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
- 1 Samuel 14:36 אַחֲרֵי֩ prep Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. They said, Do whatever seems good to you. Then said the priest, Let us draw near here to God.
- 1 Samuel 14:37 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? will you deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he didn't answer him that day.
- 1 Samuel 14:46 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֖י prep + prep Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
- 1 Samuel 15:11 מֵ/אַֽחֲרַ֔/י prep + prep + sfx pers 1cs It repents me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.
- 1 Samuel 15:31 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 17:13 אַחֲרֵי prep The three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
- 1 Samuel 17:14 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
- 1 Samuel 17:35 אַחֲרָ֛י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.
- 1 Samuel 17:53 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
- 1 Samuel 20:37 אַחֲרֵ֤י prep When the boy was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, Isn't the arrow beyond you?
- 1 Samuel 20:38 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep Jonathan cried after the boy, Go fast! Hurry! Don't delay! Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
- 1 Samuel 21:9 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep The priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here. David said, There is none like that; give it me.
- 1 Samuel 22:20 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
- 1 Samuel 23:25 אַחֲרֵֽי prep Saul and his men went to seek him. They told David: why he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
- 1 Samuel 23:28 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
- 1 Samuel 24:1 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֖י prep + prep It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.
- 1 Samuel 24:5 אַֽחֲרֵי prep It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
- 1 Samuel 24:8 אַחֲרֵי אַֽחֲרֵי אַֽחֲרָ֔י/ו prep prep prep + sfx pers 3ms David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.
- 1 Samuel 24:14 אַחֲרֵ֨י אַחֲרֵ֥י אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אַחֲרֵ֖י prep prep prep prep After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- 1 Samuel 24:21 אַֽחֲרָ֑/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house.
- 1 Samuel 25:13 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword. They girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.
- 1 Samuel 25:19 אַחֲרֵי/כֶ֣ם prep + sfx pers 2mp She said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she didn't tell her husband, Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 25:42 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
- 1 Samuel 26:3 אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
- 1 Samuel 26:18 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep He said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
- 1 Samuel 30:8 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep David inquired of Yahweh, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? He answered him, Pursue; for you shall surely overtake [them], and shall without fail recover [all].
- 1 Samuel 30:21 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him: and when David came near to the people, he greeted them.
2 Samuel 54 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:1 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
- 2 Samuel 1:7 אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, Here am I.
- 2 Samuel 1:10 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was 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.
- 2 Samuel 2:1 אַֽחֲרֵי prep It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? Yahweh said to him, Go up. David said, Where shall I go up? He said, To Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 2:10 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
- 2 Samuel 2:19 אַחֲרֵ֣י מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֖י prep prep + prep Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn't turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
- 2 Samuel 2:20 אַֽחֲרָ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it you, Asahel? He answered, It is I.
- 2 Samuel 2:21 מֵ/אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
- 2 Samuel 2:22 מֵ/אַֽחֲרָ֑/י prep + prep + sfx pers 1cs Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?
- 2 Samuel 2:23 בְּ/אַחֲרֵ֨י מֵ/אַחֲרָ֔י/ו prep + n c mp cs prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms However he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
- 2 Samuel 2:24 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
- 2 Samuel 2:25 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
- 2 Samuel 2:26 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֥י prep + prep Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brothers?"
- 2 Samuel 2:27 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֥י prep + prep Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed everyone his brother.
- 2 Samuel 2:28 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
- 2 Samuel 2:30 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֣י prep + prep Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 3:16 אַחֲרֶ֖י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner to him, Go, return: and he returned.
- 2 Samuel 3:26 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep When Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David didn't know it.
- 2 Samuel 3:28 מֵ/אַ֣חֲרֵי prep + prep Afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
- 2 Samuel 3:31 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.
- 2 Samuel 5:13 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
- 2 Samuel 5:23 אַ֣חֲרֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + sfx pers 3mp When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, You shall not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.
- 2 Samuel 7:8 מֵ/אַחַ֖ר prep + prep Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel;
- 2 Samuel 7:12 אַחֲרֶ֔י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 2 Samuel 8:1 אַֽחֲרֵי prep After this it happened that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 10:1 אַֽחֲרֵי prep It happened after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Samuel 11:8 אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of food] from the king.
- 2 Samuel 11:15 מֵ/אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms He wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire you from him, that he may be struck, and die.
- 2 Samuel 13:1 אַֽחֲרֵי prep It happened after this, that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
- 2 Samuel 13:17 אַחֲרֶֽי/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
- 2 Samuel 13:18 אַחֲרֶֽי/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs She had a garment of various colors on her; for with such robes were the king's daughters who were virgins dressed. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
- 2 Samuel 13:34 אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill-side behind him.
- 2 Samuel 15:1 מֵ/אַ֣חֲרֵי prep + prep It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
- 2 Samuel 15:13 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep There came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:1 אַחֲרֵי prep Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
- 2 Samuel 17:9 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place: and it will happen, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:21 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise you, and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.
- 2 Samuel 18:16 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
- 2 Samuel 18:22 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, Please let me also run after the Cushite. Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?
- 2 Samuel 19:30 אַ֠חֲרֵי prep Mephibosheth said to the king, yes, let him take all, because my lord the king is come in peace to his own house.
- 2 Samuel 20:2 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֣י אַחֲרֵ֖י prep + prep prep So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 20:6 אַחֲרָ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.
- 2 Samuel 20:7 אַֽחֲרָי/ו֙ אַחֲרֵ֖י prep + sfx pers 3ms prep There went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:10 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he struck him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:11 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab.
- 2 Samuel 20:13 אַחֲרֵ֣י אַחֲרֵ֖י prep prep When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:14 אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
- 2 Samuel 21:1 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
- 2 Samuel 21:14 אַֽחֲרֵי prep They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. After that God was entreated for the land.
- 2 Samuel 21:18 אַֽחֲרֵי prep It came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
- 2 Samuel 23:9 ו/אחר/ו וְ/אַחֲרָ֛י/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.
- 2 Samuel 23:10 אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms He arose, and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take spoil.
- 2 Samuel 23:11 וְ/אַחֲרָ֛י/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms After him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. The Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 24:10 אַחֲרֵי prep David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to Yahweh, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
1 Kings 46 verses
- 1 Kings 1:6 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why have you done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.
- 1 Kings 1:7 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
- 1 Kings 1:13 אַחֲרַ֔/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Go and get you in to king David, and tell him, Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
- 1 Kings 1:14 אַחֲרַ֔יִ/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.
- 1 Kings 1:17 אַחֲרָ֑/י prep + sfx pers 1cs She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
- 1 Kings 1:20 אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
- 1 Kings 1:24 אַחֲרָ֑/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Nathan said, My lord, king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?
- 1 Kings 1:27 אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
- 1 Kings 1:30 אַחֲרַ֔/י prep + sfx pers 1cs most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.
- 1 Kings 1:35 אַחֲרָ֗י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
- 1 Kings 1:40 אַֽחֲרָ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with the sound of them.
- 1 Kings 2:28 אַחֲרֵ֣י וְ/אַחֲרֵ֥י prep conj + prep The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn't turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
- 1 Kings 3:12 וְ/אַחֲרֶ֖י/ךָ conj + prep + sfx pers 2ms behold, I have done according to your word: behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.
- 1 Kings 9:6 מֵֽ/אַחֲרַ֔/י prep + prep + sfx pers 1cs But if you shall turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
- 1 Kings 9:21 אַחֲרֵי/הֶם֙ prep + sfx pers 3mp their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants to this day.
- 1 Kings 10:19 מֵ/אַֽחֲרָ֔י/ו prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
- 1 Kings 11:2 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon joined to these in love.
- 1 Kings 11:4 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:5 אַחֲרֵ֣י וְ/אַחֲרֵ֣י prep conj + prep For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- 1 Kings 11:6 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and didn't go fully after Yahweh, as did David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:10 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he didn't keep that which Yahweh commanded.
- 1 Kings 12:20 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep It happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
- 1 Kings 13:14 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? He said, I am.
- 1 Kings 13:23 אַחֲרֵ֛י וְ/אַחֲרֵ֣י prep conj + prep It happened, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, [to wit], for the prophet whom he had brought back.
- 1 Kings 13:31 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep It happened, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
- 1 Kings 13:33 אַחַר֙ prep After this thing Jeroboam didn't return from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
- 1 Kings 14:8 אַחֲרַ/י֙ prep + sfx pers 1cs and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,
- 1 Kings 14:9 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made you other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back:
- 1 Kings 14:10 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung, until it be all gone.
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At its core, אחר (ʼachar) means “after.” Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. Spanning 664 verses in 31 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 5:4. Sharing its root, it stands alongside אחר, אחר and אחרון. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
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Strong's H310 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 664
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 664 distinct verses.
- 31 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 31 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #71
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 71 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 664 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 356 verses · 54%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 187 verses · 28%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 121 verses · 18%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: After 398×, Afterward 35×, Behind 35×
- American Standard Version†: After 346×, Afterward 32×, Behind 26×
- Berean Standard Bible†: After 153×, Behind 23×, After that 20×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: After 351×, After him 80×, After them 39×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H310 across 682† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 68 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 27 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H310 across 680† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 104 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H310 across 555† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 94 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 158 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H310 across 711† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 42 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
18 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 18 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. adv.
- a. of place, behind, twice Gn 22:13 (many MSS. Sam. 𝔊 𝔖 Ol Ew read אֶחָד v. Di) ψ 68:26. e.g. Genesis 22:13
- b. of time, afterwards Gn 10:18; 18:5; 24:55; 30:21 Ju 19:5 +; וְאַחַר in laws of P, as Lv 14:8, 19; 15:28; 22:7 Nu 5:26 al. e.g. Genesis 10:18
- 2. prep.
- a. of place, behind, after Ex 3:1; 11:5 2 K 11:6 Ct 2:9 Is 57:8: הָלַךְ אַחַר to go after, follow Gn 37:17 2 K 13:2; 23:3 Is 65:2 Ez 13:3 Jb 31:7; הָיָה אַחַר 1 S 12:14; מֵאַחַר from after †2 S 7:8 ψ 78:71 Is 59:13. e.g. Exodus 3:1
- b. of time, after Gn 9:28 Lv 25:15 al; אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה after these things †Gn 15:1; 22:1; 39:7; 40:1 1 K 17:17; 21:1 Ezr 7:1 Est 2:1; 3:1; אַחַר כֵּן †Lv 14:36 Dt 21:13 1 S 10:5; אַחַר זֶה (late) 2 Ch 32:9: sq. inf. †Nu 6:19 Je 40:1 1 Ch 2:24 Jb 21:3; עַד אַחַר till after †Ne 13:19. e.g. Genesis 9:28
- c. Ne 5:15 strangely: Ew RV besides; but text prob. corrupt, v. BeRy. e.g. Nehemiah 5:15
- 3. †conj. אַחַר אֲשֶׁר after that Ez 40:1; and without אשׁר Lv 14:43 Je 41:16 Jb 42:7. As prep. & conj. the pl. אַחֲרֵי is much more freq., which in any case must be used before suffixes. e.g. Ezekiel 40:1
Plur
- only cstr. אַחֲרֵי with sf. אַחֲרַי, אַחֲרֶיךָ, etc.
- 1. subst. hinder part †2 S 2:23 בְּאַחֲרֵי הַחֲנִית with the hinder end of the spear. e.g. 2 Samuel 2:23
- 2. prep.
- a. of place, behind, after, Gn 18:10 וְהוּא אַחֲרָיו and it behind him Dt 11:30 Ju 5:14 1 S 14:13; 21:10; Ho 5:8 אַחֲרֶיךָ Behind thee! (sc. Look or The foe is); with a vb. as הִבִּיט to look Gn 19:17 1 S 24:9, הֵנִיעַ רֹאשׁ to shake the head 2 K 19:21 (= Is 37:22), especially verbs expressing or implying motion, as בָּא to enter in (v. Dr 2 S 20:14), בִּעֵר, דָּבֵק, דָּלַק, הָיָה, הָלַךְ, מִלֵּא, פָּנָה, רָדַף, הִשְׁלִיךְ (see these words). e.g. Genesis 18:10
- b. of time, after Gn 9:9 זַרְעֲכֶם אַחֲרֵיכֶם your seed after you; similarly 17:7–10, 19; 35:12; 48:4 Ex 28:43 Nu 25:13 all P (also Dt 1:8; 4:37; 10:15 1 S 24:22 2 S 7:12 ‖), & with בָּנָיו Gn 18:19 J (+ בֵּיתוֹ) Ex 29:29 P Lv 25:46 H Dt 4:40; 12:25, 28 Je 32:18, 39 1 Ch 28:8 Pr 20:7, דּוֹרוֹתֵינוּ Jos 22:27, בֵּיתוֹ Jb 21:21; Ex 10:14 Ju 10:3 etc.; with inf. Gn 5:4 אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ after his begetting Sheth, 13:14; 14:17; 18:12; 25:11 + often; אַחֲרֵי־כֵן afterwards Gn 6:4 (אחרי כן אשׁר = afterwards, when, cf. 2 Ch 35:20) 15:14; 23:19; 25:26; 32:21; 41:31; 45:15 etc.; ויהי אחרי־כן as a formula of transition chiefly in 2 S (2:1; 8:1 ‖ 10:1 ‖ 13:1; 21:18 ‖) cf. 1 S 24:6 Ju 16:4 2 K 6:24 2 Ch 20:1 24:4†; in late Heb. אַחֲרֵי זֹאת †Jb 42:16 Ezr 9:10 2 Ch 21:18 (+ כָּלִ־) 35:20 (do.); cf. Aramaic אַחֲרִי דְנָה Dn 2:29, 45, and בָּאתַר דְּנָה Dn 7:6, 7.—The local (metaph.) and temporal senses blend ψ 49:14 וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצוּ & after them (i.e. following, imitating them) men applaud their speech, cf. Jb 21:33. e.g. Genesis 9:9
- 3. conj. אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר after that, with the finite vb. Dt 24:4 Jos 7:8; 9:16; 23:1; 24:20 +; without אשׁר †Lv 25:48; 1 S 5:9†. (The most common constr. of אחרי is as a prep. with the inf. cstr.) Jos 2:7 אַהֲרֵי כַּאֲשֶׁר יָצְֽאוּ must be an error, either for אחרי אשׁר or for כאשׁר alone (notice אחריהם twice in the same verse); 2 S 24:10 read אַחֲרֵי סָפַר vid. Dr e.g. Deuteronomy 24:4
- 4. with other preps.:—
- a. מֵאַחֲרֵי57, 1 Ch 17:7 מִן־אַחֲרֵי (‖ 2 S 7:8 מֵאַחַר); (α) from behind Gn 19:26 2 S 2:23; from after i.e. from following after, usually with שׁוּב or סוּר 1 S 24:2 2 S 2:22, 26, 30; 11:15; often with God as obj. as Nu 14:43; 32:15 Dt 7:4 Jos 22:16, 18, 23, 29 1 S 15:11 +; with other vbs. of motion, as עָלָה 1 S 14:46 2 S 20:2, נַעֲלָה 2 S 2:27, לָקַח Am 7:15 1 Ch 17:7, זָנָה Ho 1:2; pregn. Is 30:21 thy ears shall hear a word מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ coming from behind thee, Je 9:21 (sc. נָפַל, see v a) 1 S 13:7 𝔊L We Dr חָֽרְדוּ מֵאַחֲרָיו. (β) denoting position (מן = off, on the side of; see מן) behind Ex 14:19(×2) Jos 8:2, 4, 14 1 K 10:19 Ne 4:7 (מֵאַחֲרֵי לְ) 2 Ch 13:13, b. (γ) of time (rare) †Dt 29:21 Ec 10:14; מֵאַחֲרֵי כֵן †2 S 3:28; 15:1; 2 Ch 32:23. e.g. 1 Chronicles 17:7
- b. †אֶל־אַחֲרֵי 2 S 5:23 2 K 9:18 סֹב אֶל־אַחֲרַי v 19 Zc 6:6. e.g. 2 Samuel 5:23
- c. †עַל־אַחֲרֵי Ez 41:5 beside, at the back of. e.g. Ezekiel 41:5
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. proposes subst. the hinder or following part (cf. the pl.)
I. adj. Pr 28:23 (si vera l.) אָדָם אַחֲרַי a man that turneth backwards (cf. Je 7:24) so Jos Ki De Ol p. 429 (doubtfully) Now Sta§ 301 b: according to Ew§ 200 a Hi an abnormal adv. = afterwards, Lag Pr conj. בְּאָרְחוֹ cf. 𝔊 ὁδούς.
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Derived from אחר (ʼâchar) (H309) — to delay.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אָחַר
- 1. to be behind, v. Pi.
- 2. (euphem.) to cover (of camels). B. Bath. 93ᵃ; Shebu. 34ᵃ; Snh. 37ᵇ (Ms. M. B. Bath. l. c. יהיר). Tosef. B. Kam. III, 6 אוֹחֵיר.
- to tarry, hesitate; to set behind. Pes. IX, 9 אם אֵחַרְתִּי if I should be late. Y. Yoma III, 40ᶜ top א׳ בו מעשה the text orders a later action after it. Y. Ned. X, 42ᵃ; 42ᵇ א׳ בעמידה he tarried in standing, i.e. was the last to sit down. Gen. R. s. 81, beg. א׳ אדם את נדרו if one procrastinates the fulfillment of his vow; a. fr.
- to be postponed, be done late, be placed later. Y. Yoma III, 40ᶜ top בכלל מְאוּחָר היה would belong to things to be done later. Ib. יוּאֲחַר וכ׳ let it be done later than &c.—אין מוקדם ומאוחר בתורה there is no ‘earlier’ or ‘later’ (no chronological order) in the events or laws of the Scripture. Pes. 6ᵇ; a. e.; Y. Sot. VIII, 22ᵈ מוּאֲחַר.—Shebi. X, 5, a. fr. מאוחר (a document) postdated, opp. מוקדם antedated. B. Mets. V, 10 רבית מְאוּחֶרֶת postpaid interests.
אֲחַר
- 1. to be behind.
- 2. *to cover. Targ. Jer. V, 8 (of steeds, h. text מוזנים; some ed. ד for. ר).
- take ye a later meal (on Sabbaths).
- same. Targ. II Sam. XX, 5; a. fr.—[Targ. Prov. XXIII, 30 מַוְחֲרִין, מְוַוחֲרִין Part. Af. or Pa. of יחר = מוֹחר׳, מאחר׳.]
- , contr. אִתְחַר to be delayed. Targ. Y. I Deut. I, 2; cmp. however ib. v. 6, v. אֲרַח.
אַחַר
- v. foreg.), pl. constr. אַחֲרֵי after, behind. Gen. R. s. 44 wherever the Bible uses the preposition aḥaré סמוך, it means in connection with, אחר מופלג while aḥar means without connection (later on). Yoma 6ᵃ אחר א׳ after ‘after’, i.e. some time after the act, opp. חד אחר one ‘after’, immediately, v. אֶוְתִּיוֹס.—לְאַחֲרָיו, לְאַחֲרֶיהָ, מֵאַחֲרָיו, מֵאַחֲרֶיהָ after it, as concluding, opp. לפניה, לפניו introductory (prayer).—Ber. I, 4 אחת לא׳ one benediction after the Sh’ma. Ib. III, 4 לאחריו (prayer) after meal; a. fr.—כִּלְאַחַר יד as if doing a thing with the back of the hand, i.e. in a manner different from the usual way of doing it. Sabb. 153ᵇ; a. fr.—מֵאַחַר
- 1. (conj. followed by ש־ or ד־) after, since, whereas, because. Ḥull. 29ᵃ מא׳ ששנינו after it has once been stated in the Mishnah … why was it necessary (?) &c. Ib.ᵇ ומאחר דאפי׳ וכ׳ and since it is not even rabbinically unfit, why &c.; a. fr.
- 2. a legal term, meaḥar, the presumption of the truth of one’s statement, because he might have pleaded more profitably, if he had been inclined to lie. Y. Shebu. VI, 36ᵈ bot. אין אומרים בממון מא׳ מאחר וכ׳ in money matters we do not apply the principle of meaḥer, so as to say that because he might have said ‘thou hast not lent me anything’, he may say, ‘thou didst lend me, but I paid half of it’ (and his plea must be accepted without an oath); v. מִיגּוֹ s. v. גּוֹ.—אַחֲרֶיךָ thy successor. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ top יהודה בני א׳ וכ׳ my son Judah shall succeed thee, none else (is worthy). Keth. 95ᵇ my property I bequeath to thee ואַחֲרַיִיךְ לפ׳ and after thee it shall go over to …—אַחַר כָּךְ (abbrev. אח"כ) afterwards, subsequently. Pes. X, 2; a. v. fr.
אַחֵר
- v. foreg. a. [back of,] another, the other, stranger. דבר א׳ (abbr. ד"א)
- 1. another thing, another explanation. Snh. IV, 5; a. v. fr. in Midr.
- 2. euphem. for idolatry, swine &c., v. דָּבָר.
- 3. Aḥer, [apostate,] byname of Elisha ben Abuyah. Ḥag. 14ᵇ; a. e.—Pl. אֲחֵרִים others; 1) freq. in Mishn. for anonymous authorities differing in opinion, א׳ אומרים, v. Hor. 13ᵇ אסיקו לר׳ מאיר א׳ R. Meïr is quoted under the word aḥerim.—2) freq. for strangers, gentiles. Snh. 52ᵇ אשת א׳ the wife of a non-Israelite. B. Mets. 111ᵇ; a. fr.—Fem. אֲחֶרֶת. Yoma I, 1 אשה א׳ a second (additional) wife; a. fr.—Snh. 104ᵃ זאת ועוד א׳ this and something besides (shall happen).
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Forms in the corpus
The 182 distinct written forms H310 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אַחֲרֵ֣י | Preposition | Deuteronomy 1:4 | 71 |
| אַחֲרֵ֥י | Preposition | Deuteronomy 1:36 | 39 |
| אַחֲרֵ֖י | Preposition | Deuteronomy 6:14 | 37 |
| אַחַ֣ר | Preposition | Esther 3:1 | 18 |
| אַחֲרֵי֙ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 8:19 | 17 |
| אַחֲרֵי | Preposition | Genesis 41:31 | 16 |
| וְ/אַחֲרֵי | Preposition | Exodus 3:20 | 16 |
| אַחֲרָֽי/ו | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 3:22 | 16 |
| אַחֲרֵ֤י | Preposition | Deuteronomy 31:29 | 14 |
| אַֽחֲרֵי֙ | Preposition | Genesis 5:4 | 14 |
| אַחֲרָ֖י/ו | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 6:12 | 13 |
| אַחֲרֵי/הֶֽם | Preposition | Amos 2:4 | 12 |
| וְ/אַחַ֖ר | Adverb | Genesis 30:21 | 11 |
| אַֽחֲרֵי | Preposition | Genesis 6:4 | 11 |
| אַֽחֲרֵי֙ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 11:30 | 11 |
| אַחֲרֵ֛י | Preposition | Daniel 8:1 | 11 |
| אַחֲרֵ֨י | Preposition | Deuteronomy 13:2 | 11 |
| אַחֲרָ֔י/ו | Preposition | Genesis 18:19 | 10 |
| מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֣י | Preposition | 1 Samuel 12:20 | 10 |
| אַחֲרֶ֑י/ךָ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 4:40 | 8 |
| אַחֲרָ֑י/ו | Preposition | Deuteronomy 4:37 | 8 |
| אַחַ֖ר | Preposition | Amos 7:1 | 8 |
| אַחַר֙ | Preposition | Esther 2:1 | 8 |
| וְ/אַחֲרֵ֣י | Preposition | 1 Chronicles 10:2 | 8 |
| אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֑ם | Preposition | Exodus 14:17 | 7 |
| אַחֲרַ֔/י | Preposition | Ezekiel 3:12 | 7 |
| אַחֲרָ֣י/ו | Preposition | Ezekiel 10:11 | 7 |
| וְ/אַחַ֣ר | Preposition | 1 Kings 19:12 | 6 |
| מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֖י | Preposition | Amos 7:15 | 6 |
| וְ/אַחַ֥ר | Adverb | Job 18:2 | 5 |
| אַ֠חֲרֵי | Preposition | 2 Samuel 19:30 | 5 |
| אַֽחֲרָי/ו֙ | Preposition | 2 Kings 2:24 | 5 |
| אַחֲרֵ֧י | Preposition | Hosea 11:10 | 5 |
| אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֗ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 10:15 | 5 |
| אַחֲרֶ֔י/ךָ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 12:25 | 5 |
| אַחֲרָֽ/י | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 2:18 | 5 |
| אַחַ֥ר | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 12:2 | 5 |
| וְ/אַחֲרֵ֥י | Preposition | Ezekiel 20:30 | 5 |
| וְ/אַחֲרָ֖י/ו | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 9:3 | 5 |
| וְ/אַחַ֗ר | Adverb | Exodus 5:1 | 5 |
| מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֥י | Preposition | 2 Samuel 2:26 | 5 |
| אַֽחֲרֵי | Preposition | Exodus 11:1 | 4 |
| וְ/אַחַר֙ | Adverb | Genesis 38:30 | 4 |
| אַחֲרֵ֕י | Preposition | Jeremiah 3:17 | 4 |
| אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֖ם | Preposition | Exodus 14:28 | 4 |
| אַחֲרֶ֖י/ךָ | Preposition | Genesis 35:12 | 4 |
| אַחֲרָ֑/י | Preposition | 1 Kings 1:17 | 4 |
| וְ/אַחֲרָ֛י/ו | Preposition | 1 Chronicles 11:12 | 4 |
| אַֽחֲרֵי/הֶ֔ם | Preposition | Jeremiah 8:2 | 3 |
| אַֽחֲרֵי/הֶם֙ | Preposition | Jeremiah 9:16 | 3 |
| אַֽחֲרָ֔י/ו | Preposition | 1 Samuel 24:8 | 3 |
| אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֔ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 12:30 | 3 |
| אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֔ן | Preposition | Genesis 41:19 | 3 |
| אַחֲרֵי/הֶם֙ | Preposition | 1 Kings 9:21 | 3 |
| אַחֲרֶ֖י/הָ | Preposition | 2 Chronicles 23:14 | 3 |
| אַחֲרֶ֨י/ךָ֙ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 12:28 | 3 |
| אַחֲרֶֽי/הָ | Preposition | 2 Kings 4:30 | 3 |
| אַחֲרֶֽי/ךָ | Preposition | Genesis 17:7 | 3 |
| אַחֲרָ֗י/ו | Preposition | 1 Kings 1:35 | 3 |
| אַחֲרָ֛י/ו | Preposition | 1 Samuel 17:35 | 3 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 122 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 623 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 664 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 5:4
- Exodus 3:1
- Leviticus 13:7
- Numbers 3:23
- Deuteronomy 1:4
- Joshua 1:1
- Judges 1:1
- Ruth 1:15
- 1 Samuel 1:9
- 2 Samuel 1:1
- 1 Kings 1:6
- 2 Kings 1:1
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
