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אַחַר

a.charafterHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentAdjective715 occurrences31 books664 verses

Definition

from H309; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Traditional renderings: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אַחַר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

715 total
  1. Genesis 24:55אַחַ֖ר · After that
    But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
  2. Genesis 24:61אַחֲרֵ֣י
    Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
  3. Genesis 24:67אַחֲרֵ֥י · after
    And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
  4. Genesis 25:11אַחֲרֵי֙ · After
    After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
  5. Genesis 25:26וְאַֽחֲרֵי־ · After
    After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
  6. Genesis 26:18אַחֲרֵ֖י · after
    Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
  7. Genesis 30:21וְאַחַ֖ר · After that
    After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
  8. Genesis 31:23אַחֲרָ֔יו · Jacob
    So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
  9. Genesis 31:36אַחֲרָֽי׃ · me
    Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
  10. Genesis 32:18אַחֲרֵֽינוּ׃ · is behind us
    …then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”
  11. Genesis 32:19אַחֲרֵ֥י · behind
    He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
  12. Genesis 32:20אַחֲרֵ֑ינוּ · is right behind us; וְאַחֲרֵי־ · After
    You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”
  13. Genesis 33:7וְאַחַ֗ר · and then
    Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
  14. Genesis 35:5אַחֲרֵ֖י
    As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
  15. Genesis 35:12אַחֲרֶ֖יךָ · after you
    The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
  16. Genesis 37:17אַחַ֣ר · after
    “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
  17. Genesis 38:30וְאַחַר֙ · Then
    Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
  18. Genesis 39:7אַחַר֙ · after some time
    …and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
  19. Genesis 40:1אַחַר֙ · Some time later
    Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
  20. Genesis 41:3אַחֲרֵיהֶן֙ · After them
    After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
  21. Genesis 41:6אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן׃ · After them
    After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
  22. Genesis 41:19אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן · After them
    After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
  23. Genesis 41:23אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ · After them
    After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
  24. Genesis 41:27אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ן · after them
    Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
  25. Genesis 41:30אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן · them
    …but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
  26. Genesis 41:31אַחֲרֵי־ · that follows
    The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.
  27. Genesis 41:39אַחֲרֵ֨י · Since
    Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
  28. Genesis 44:4אַחֲרֵ֣י
    They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
  29. Genesis 45:15וְאַ֣חֲרֵי · And afterward
    Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
  30. Genesis 46:30אַחֲרֵי֙
    Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
  31. Genesis 48:1אַחֲרֵי֙ · Some time later
    Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
  32. Genesis 48:4אַחֲרֶ֖יךָ · after you
    …and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
  33. Genesis 48:6אַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם · after them
    Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
  34. Genesis 50:14אַחֲרֵ֖י · After
    After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
  35. Exodus 3:1אַחַ֣ר · to the far side
    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  36. Exodus 3:20וְאַחֲרֵי־ · And after
    So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
  37. Exodus 5:1וְאַחַ֗ר · After that
    After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
  38. Exodus 7:25אַחֲרֵ֥י · after
    And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
  39. Exodus 10:14וְאַחֲרָ֖יו
    The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
  40. Exodus 11:1אַֽחֲרֵי־ · After
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
  41. Exodus 11:5אַחַ֣ר · behind
    …and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.
  42. Exodus 11:8וְאַחֲרֵי־ · After
    And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
  43. Exodus 14:4אַחֲרֵיהֶם֒ · them
    And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
  44. Exodus 14:8אַחֲרֵ֖י
    And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.
  45. Exodus 14:9אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם · and
    The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
  46. Exodus 14:10אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם · after them
    As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.
  47. Exodus 14:17אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם · after them
    And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
  48. Exodus 14:19מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם · behind them; מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ · behind them
    And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,