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 3 of 4 — showing verses 401–600 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.
1 Kings 46 verses
- 1 Kings 15:4 אַחֲרָ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Nevertheless for David's sake did Yahweh his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
- 1 Kings 16:3 אַחֲרֵ֥י וְ/אַחֲרֵ֣י prep conj + prep behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Kings 16:21 אַחֲרֵ֨י אַחֲרֵ֥י prep prep Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
- 1 Kings 16:22 אַחֲרֵ֣י אַחֲרֵ֖י prep prep But the people who followed Omri prevailed against the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
- 1 Kings 17:17 אַחַר֙ prep It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
- 1 Kings 18:18 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep He answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of Yahweh, and you have followed the Baals.
- 1 Kings 18:21 אַחֲרָ֔י/ו אַחֲרָ֑י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms prep + sfx pers 3ms Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.
- 1 Kings 19:11 וְ/אַחַ֤ר conj + prep He said, Go forth, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh. Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake:
- 1 Kings 19:12 וְ/אַחַ֤ר וְ/אַחַ֣ר conj + prep conj + prep and after the earthquake a fire; but Yahweh was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
- 1 Kings 19:20 אַחֲרֵ֣י אַחֲרֶ֑י/ךָ prep prep + sfx pers 2ms He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. He said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
- 1 Kings 19:21 מֵ/אַחֲרָ֜י/ו אַחֲרֵ֥י prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms prep He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
- 1 Kings 20:15 וְ/אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֗ם conj + prep + sfx pers 3mp Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
- 1 Kings 20:19 אַחֲרֵי/הֶֽם prep + sfx pers 3mp So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
- 1 Kings 21:1 אַחַר֙ prep It happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
- 1 Kings 21:21 אַחֲרֶ֑י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel:
- 1 Kings 21:26 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.)
- 1 Kings 22:33 מֵ/אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
2 Kings 29 verses
- 2 Kings 1:1 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
- 2 Kings 2:24 אַֽחֲרָי/ו֙ prep + sfx pers 3ms He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them.
- 2 Kings 4:30 אַחֲרֶֽי/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs The mother of the child said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. He arose, and followed her.
- 2 Kings 5:20 אַחֲרָ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
- 2 Kings 5:21 אַחֲרֵ֣י אַחֲרָ֔י/ו prep prep + sfx pers 3ms So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
- 2 Kings 6:19 אַחֲרַ֔/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. He led them to Samaria.
- 2 Kings 6:24 אַחֲרֵי prep It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
- 2 Kings 6:32 אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: isn't the sound of his master's feet behind him?
- 2 Kings 7:14 אַחֲרֵ֧י prep They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
- 2 Kings 7:15 אַחֲרֵי/הֶם֮ prep + sfx pers 3mp They went after them to the Jordan: and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.
- 2 Kings 9:18 אַחֲרָ֑/י prep + sfx pers 1cs So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. The watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he isn't coming back.
- 2 Kings 9:19 אַחֲרָֽ/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu answered, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me.
- 2 Kings 9:25 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep Then said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him:
- 2 Kings 9:27 אַחֲרָ֜י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: [and they struck him] at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.
- 2 Kings 10:29 מֵ/אַֽחֲרֵי/הֶ֑ם prep + prep + sfx pers 3mp However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu didn't depart from after them, [to wit], the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
- 2 Kings 11:6 אַחַ֣ר prep A third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall you keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.
- 2 Kings 11:15 אַחֲרֶ֖י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the host, and said to them, Have her forth between the ranks; and him who follows her kill with the sword. For the priest said, Don't let her be slain in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 13:2 אַחַ֨ר prep He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it.
- 2 Kings 14:17 אַֽחֲרֵ֣י prep Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
- 2 Kings 14:19 אַֽחֲרָי/ו֙ prep + sfx pers 3ms They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
- 2 Kings 14:22 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
- 2 Kings 17:15 אַחֲרֵ֤י וְ/אַחֲרֵ֤י prep conj + prep They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Yahweh had charged those who they should not do like them.
- 2 Kings 17:21 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֣י prep + prep For he tore Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Yahweh, and made them sin a great sin.
- 2 Kings 18:5 וְ/אַחֲרָ֞י/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms He trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among them] that were before him.
- 2 Kings 18:6 מֵ/אַֽחֲרָ֑י/ו prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms For he joined with Yahweh; he didn't depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.
- 2 Kings 19:21 אַחֲרֶ֨י/ךָ֙ prep + sfx pers 2ms This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
- 2 Kings 23:3 אַחַ֤ר prep The king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all [his] heart, and all [his] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.
- 2 Kings 23:25 וְ/אַחֲרָ֖י/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms Like him was there no king before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
- 2 Kings 25:5 אַחַ֣ר prep But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
1 Chronicles 14 verses
- 1 Chronicles 2:21 וְ/אַחַ֗ר conj + adv Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [as wife] when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
- 1 Chronicles 2:24 וְ/אַחַ֥ר conj + prep After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
- 1 Chronicles 5:25 אַחֲרֵי֙ prep They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
- 1 Chronicles 10:2 אַחֲרֵ֥י וְ/אַחֲרֵ֣י prep conj + prep The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 11:12 וְ/אַחֲרָ֛י/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
- 1 Chronicles 14:14 אַֽחֲרֵי/הֶ֑ם prep + sfx pers 3mp David inquired again of God; and God said to him, You shall not go up after them: turn away from them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.
- 1 Chronicles 17:7 אַחֲרֵ֖י 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 Israel:
- 1 Chronicles 17:11 אַחֲרֶ֔י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms It shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Chronicles 18:1 אַחֲרֵי prep After this it happened, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Chronicles 19:1 אַחֲרֵי prep It happened after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 20:4 אַחֲרֵי adv It happened after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued.
- 1 Chronicles 27:7 אַחֲרָ֑י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms The fourth [captain] for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:34 וְ/אַחֲרֵ֣י conj + prep and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king's host was Joab.
- 1 Chronicles 28:8 אַחֲרֵי/כֶ֖ם prep + sfx pers 2mp Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.
2 Chronicles 28 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:12 וְ/אַחֲרֶ֖י/ךָ conj + prep + sfx pers 2ms wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you; neither shall there any after you have the like.
- 2 Chronicles 2:17 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
- 2 Chronicles 8:8 אַחֲרֵי/הֶם֙ prep + sfx pers 3mp of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn't consume, of them did Solomon raise a levy [of bondservants] to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 11:16 וְ/אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֗ם conj + prep + sfx pers 3mp After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 11:20 וְ/אַחֲרֶ֣י/הָ conj + prep + sfx pers 3fs After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 2 Chronicles 13:13 מֵֽ/אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֑ם מֵ/אַחֲרֵי/הֶֽם prep + prep + sfx pers 3mp prep + prep + sfx pers 3mp But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
- 2 Chronicles 13:19 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns of it, and Jeshanah with the towns of it, and Ephron with the towns of it.
- 2 Chronicles 18:32 מֵ/אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
- 2 Chronicles 20:1 אַֽחֲרֵי adv It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
- 2 Chronicles 20:35 וְ/אַחֲרֵי conj + adv After this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:
- 2 Chronicles 21:18 וְ/אַחֲרֵ֖י conj + prep After all this Yahweh struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
- 2 Chronicles 22:4 אַחֲרֵ֛י prep He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.
- 2 Chronicles 23:14 אַחֲרֶ֖י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the host, and said to them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest said, Don't kill her in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 24:4 אַחֲרֵי adv It happened after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 24:17 וְ/אַֽחֲרֵ֥י conj + prep Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them.
- 2 Chronicles 25:14 אַחֲרֵ֨י prep Now it happened, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.
- 2 Chronicles 25:25 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
- 2 Chronicles 25:27 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֣י אַחֲרָי/ו֙ prep + prep prep + sfx pers 3ms Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following Yahweh they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
- 2 Chronicles 26:2 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 26:17 אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, who were valiant men:
- 2 Chronicles 32:1 אַחֲרֵ֨י prep After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.
- 2 Chronicles 32:9 אַ֣חַר prep After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 32:23 מֵ/אַֽחֲרֵי prep + prep Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
- 2 Chronicles 33:14 וְ/אַחֲרֵי conj + prep Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 34:31 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 34:33 מֵֽ/אַחֲרֵ֕י prep + prep Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Yahweh their God. All his days they didn't depart from following Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 35:14 וְ/אַחַ֗ר conj + adv Afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron [were busied] in offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
- 2 Chronicles 35:20 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
Ezra 4 verses
- Ezra 3:5 וְ/אַחֲרֵי conj + adv and afterward the continual burnt-offering, and [the offerings] of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of Yahweh that were consecrated, and of everyone who willingly offered a freewill-offering to Yahweh.
- Ezra 7:1 וְ/אַחַר֙ conj + prep Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- Ezra 9:10 אַֽחֲרֵי prep Now, our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments,
- Ezra 9:13 וְ/אַֽחֲרֵי֙ conj + prep After all that is come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that you our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
Nehemiah 22 verses
- Nehemiah 3:16 אַחֲרָ֤י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, to the place over against the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.
- Nehemiah 3:17 אַחֲרָ֛י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district.
- Nehemiah 3:18 אַחֲרָי/ו֙ prep + sfx pers 3ms After him repaired their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
- Nehemiah 3:20 אַחֲרָ֨י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning [of the wall] to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
- Nehemiah 3:21 אַחֲרָ֣י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
- Nehemiah 3:22 וְ/אַחֲרָ֛י/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms After him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
- Nehemiah 3:23 אַחֲרָ֨י/ו אַחֲרָ֣י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms prep + sfx pers 3ms After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house.
- Nehemiah 3:24 אַחֲרָ֣י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning [of the wall], and to the corner.
- Nehemiah 3:25 אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Palal the son of Uzai [repaired] over against the turning [of the wall], and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh [repaired].
- Nehemiah 3:27 אַחֲרָ֛י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.
- Nehemiah 3:29 אַחֲרָ֧י/ו וְ/אַחֲרָ֤י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his own house. After him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
- Nehemiah 3:30 אחר/י אַחֲרָ֨י/ו אַחֲרָ֣י/ו prep + sfx pers 1cs prep + sfx pers 3ms prep + sfx pers 3ms After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another portion. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
- Nehemiah 3:31 אחרי אַחֲרָ֣י/ו prep prep + sfx pers 3ms After him repaired Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.
- Nehemiah 4:13 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֥י prep + prep Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
- Nehemiah 4:16 אַחֲרֵ֖י prep It happened from that time forth, that half of my servants worked in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
- Nehemiah 4:23 אַחֲרַ֔/י prep + sfx pers 1cs So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone [went with] his weapon [to] the water.
- Nehemiah 5:15 אַחַר֙ prep But the former governors who were before me were chargeable to the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
- Nehemiah 9:26 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
- Nehemiah 11:8 וְ/אַחֲרָ֖י/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight.
- Nehemiah 12:32 אַחֲרֵי/הֶם֙ prep + sfx pers 3mp and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
- Nehemiah 12:38 אַחֲרֶ֑י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even to the broad wall,
- Nehemiah 13:19 אַחַ֣ר prep It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day.
Esther 2 verses
- Esther 2:1 אַחַר֙ prep After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
- Esther 3:1 אַחַ֣ר prep After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
Job 15 verses
- Job 3:1 אַחֲרֵי prep After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
- Job 18:2 וְ/אַחַ֥ר conj + adv "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
- Job 19:26 וְ/אַחַ֣ר conj + prep After my skin is destroyed, Then in my flesh shall I see God,
- Job 21:3 וְ/אַחַ֖ר conj + adv Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.
- Job 21:21 אַחֲרָ֑י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms For what does he care for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
- Job 21:33 וְ֭/אַחֲרָי/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
- Job 29:22 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep After my words they didn't speak again; My speech fell on them.
- Job 31:7 וְ/אַחַ֣ר conj + prep If my step has turned out of the way, If my heart walked after my eyes, If any defilement has stuck to my hands,
- Job 34:27 מֵֽ/אַחֲרָ֑י/ו prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms Because they turned aside from following him, And wouldn't have regard in any of his ways:
- Job 37:4 אַחֲרָ֤י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty; He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.
- Job 39:8 וְ/אַחַ֖ר conj + prep The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.
- Job 39:10 אַחֲרֶֽי/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
- Job 41:32 אַ֭חֲרָי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms He makes a path to shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.
- Job 42:7 אַחַ֨ר prep It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.
- Job 42:16 אַֽחֲרֵי prep After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, to four generations.
Psalms 9 verses
- Psalms 45:14 אַ֭חֲרֶי/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
- Psalms 49:13 וְ/אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֓ם conj + prep + sfx pers 3mp This is the destiny of those who are foolish, And of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
- Psalms 49:17 אַחֲרָ֣י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
- Psalms 50:17 אַחֲרֶֽי/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Seeing you hate instruction, And throw my words behind you?
- Psalms 63:8 אַחֲרֶ֑י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
- Psalms 68:25 אַחַ֣ר prep The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,
- Psalms 73:24 וְ֝/אַחַ֗ר conj + adv You will guide me with your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
- Psalms 78:71 מֵ/אַחַ֥ר prep + prep From following the ewes that have their young, He brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, And Israel, his inheritance.
- Psalms 94:15 וְ֝/אַחֲרָ֗י/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
Proverbs 6 verses
- Proverbs 7:22 אַחֲרֶ֗י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs He followed her immediately, As an ox goes to the slaughter, As a fool stepping into a noose.
- Proverbs 20:7 אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
- Proverbs 20:17 וְ֝/אַחַ֗ר conj + adv Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
- Proverbs 20:25 וְ/אַחַ֖ר conj + prep It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, Then later to consider his vows.
- Proverbs 24:27 אַ֝חַ֗ר prep Prepare your work outside, And get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
- Proverbs 28:23 אַ֭חֲרַי prep One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor Than one who flatters with the tongue.
Ecclesiastes 8 verses
- Ecclesiastes 2:12 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
- Ecclesiastes 2:18 אַחֲרָֽ/י prep + sfx pers 1cs I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
- Ecclesiastes 3:22 אַחֲרָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 אַחֲרָ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 וְ/אַחֲרָ֖י/ו conj + prep + sfx pers 3ms This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Ecclesiastes 10:14 מֵֽ/אַחֲרָ֔י/ו prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
- Ecclesiastes 12:2 אַחַ֥ר prep Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, And the clouds return after the rain;
Song of Solomon 2 verses
- Song of Solomon 1:4 אַחֲרֶ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his chambers. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
- Song of Solomon 2:9 אַחַ֣ר prep My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
Isaiah 10 verses
- Isaiah 1:26 אַחֲרֵי prep I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called 'The city of righteousness, A faithful town.'
- Isaiah 30:21 מֵֽ/אַחֲרֶ֖י/ךָ prep + prep + sfx pers 2ms and your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it; when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.
- Isaiah 37:22 אַחֲרֶ֨י/ךָ֙ prep + sfx pers 2ms this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
- Isaiah 38:17 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But you have in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For you have cast all my sins behind your back.
- Isaiah 43:10 וְ/אַחֲרַ֖/י conj + prep + sfx pers 1cs You are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
- Isaiah 45:14 אַחֲרַ֣יִ/ךְ prep + sfx pers 2fs Thus says Yahweh: "The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They shall go after you. In chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down to you. They shall make supplication to you: 'Surely God is in you; and there is none else, there is no other god.
- Isaiah 57:8 וְ/אַחַ֤ר conj + prep Behind the doors and the posts have you set up your memorial: for you have uncovered [yourself] to another than me, and are gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them: you loved their bed where you saw it.
- Isaiah 59:13 מֵ/אַחַ֣ר prep + prep transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
- Isaiah 65:2 אַחַ֖ר prep I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
- Isaiah 66:17 אַחַ֤ר prep Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go] to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 52 verses
- Jeremiah 2:2 אַחֲרַ/י֙ prep + sfx pers 1cs Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
- Jeremiah 2:5 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep thus says Yahweh, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
- Jeremiah 2:8 וְ/אַחֲרֵ֥י conj + prep The priests didn't say, Where is Yahweh? and those who handle the law didn't know me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
- Jeremiah 2:23 אַחֲרֵ֤י prep How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: [you are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
- Jeremiah 2:25 וְ/אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֥ם conj + prep + sfx pers 3mp Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
- Jeremiah 3:7 אַחֲרֵ֨י prep I said after she had done all these things, She will return to me; but she didn't return: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
- Jeremiah 3:17 אַחֲרֵ֕י prep At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Yahweh; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
- Jeremiah 3:19 וּ/מֵ/אַחֲרַ֖/י conj + prep + Preposition + sfx pers 1cs But I said, How I will put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, You shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
- Jeremiah 7:6 וְ/אַחֲרֵ֨י conj + prep if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
- Jeremiah 7:9 אַחֲרֵ֛י prep Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
- Jeremiah 8:2 אַֽחֲרֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + sfx pers 3mp and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of the sky, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.
- Jeremiah 9:14 אַחֲרֵ֖י וְ/אַחֲרֵי֙ prep conj + prep but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;
- Jeremiah 9:16 אַֽחֲרֵי/הֶם֙ prep + sfx pers 3mp I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.
- Jeremiah 9:22 מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֥י prep + prep Speak, Thus says Yahweh, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather [them].
- Jeremiah 11:10 אַחֲרֵ֛י prep They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
- Jeremiah 12:6 אַחֲרֶ֖י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don't believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
- Jeremiah 12:15 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep It shall happen, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
- Jeremiah 13:10 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
- Jeremiah 13:27 אַחֲרֵ֥י prep I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! you will not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?
- Jeremiah 16:11 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep Then shall you tell them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says Yahweh, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
- Jeremiah 16:12 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me:
- Jeremiah 16:16 וְ/אַֽחֲרֵי conj + prep Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Yahweh, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
- Jeremiah 17:16 אַחֲרֶ֗י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
- Jeremiah 18:12 אַחֲרֵ֤י prep But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.
- Jeremiah 21:7 וְ/אַחֲרֵי conj + prep Afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
- Jeremiah 24:1 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep Yahweh shown me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Yahweh, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 25:6 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.
- Jeremiah 25:26 אַחֲרֵי/הֶֽם prep + sfx pers 3mp and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
- Jeremiah 28:12 אַ֠חֲרֵי prep Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
- Jeremiah 29:2 אַחֲרֵ֣י prep (after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, [and] the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem),
- Jeremiah 29:18 אַֽחֲרֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + sfx pers 3mp I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them;
- Jeremiah 31:19 אַחֲרֵ֤י וְ/אַֽחֲרֵי֙ prep conj + prep Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
- Jeremiah 31:33 אַחֲרֵ֨י prep But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
- Jeremiah 32:16 אַחֲרֵ֤י prep Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,
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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.
