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.
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
Occurrences
715 total
- Numbers 14:43מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י · awayFor there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”
- Numbers 15:39אַחֲרֵ֤י; וְאַחֲרֵ֣י; אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
- Numbers 16:25אַחֲרָ֖יו · himSo Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
- Numbers 19:7וְאַחַ֖ר · after thatThen the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
- Numbers 25:8אַחַ֨ר…followed the Israelite into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
- Numbers 25:13אַחֲרָ֔יוIt will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
- Numbers 26:1אַחֲרֵ֣י · AfterAfter the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
- Numbers 30:15אַחֲרֵ֣י · afterBut if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”
- Numbers 31:2אַחַ֖ר · After that“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
- Numbers 31:24וְאַחַ֖ר · After thatOn the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
- Numbers 32:11אַחֲרָֽי׃ · follow Me‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—
- Numbers 32:12אַחֲרֵ֥י · they did follow…not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
- Numbers 32:15מֵֽאַחֲרָ֔יו · from following HimFor if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”
- Numbers 32:22וְאַחַ֣ר…then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.
- Numbers 35:28וְאַחֲרֵ֥י · Only after…because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
- Deuteronomy 1:4אַחֲרֵ֣י · This was afterThis was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
- Deuteronomy 1:8אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ · after themSee, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”
- Deuteronomy 1:36אַחֲרֵ֥י · he followed…except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
- Deuteronomy 4:3אַחֲרֵ֣יYour eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
- Deuteronomy 4:37אַחֲרָ֑יו · after themBecause He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
- Deuteronomy 4:40אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ · after youKeep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
- Deuteronomy 6:14אַחֲרֵ֖יDo not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
- Deuteronomy 7:4מֵֽאַחֲרַ֔י · from following Me…because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
- Deuteronomy 8:19אַחֲרֵי֙ · afterIf you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
- Deuteronomy 10:15אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם · afterYet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
- Deuteronomy 11:4אַחֲרֵיכֶ֑ם…what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
- Deuteronomy 11:28אַחֲרֵ֛י…but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
- Deuteronomy 11:30אַֽחֲרֵי֙ · towardAre not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
- Deuteronomy 12:25אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ · after youDo not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 12:28אַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙ · after youBe careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 12:30אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם · by their ways; אַחֲרֵ֖י · after…be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
- Deuteronomy 13:2אַחֲרֵ֨י…and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”
- Deuteronomy 13:4אַחֲרֵ֨יYou are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
- Deuteronomy 19:6אַחֲרֵ֣יOtherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
- Deuteronomy 21:13וְאַ֨חַר · After…and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
- Deuteronomy 23:14מֵאַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃ס · from youFor the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
- Deuteronomy 24:4אַחֲרֵי֙ · after…then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 24:20אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ · the branches againWhen you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
- Deuteronomy 24:21אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ · againWhen you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
- Deuteronomy 25:18אַֽחַרֶ֔יךָ…how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
- Deuteronomy 28:14אַחֲרֵ֛י · afterDo not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
- Deuteronomy 29:22מֵאַ֣חֲרֵיכֶ֔ם · youThen the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.
- Deuteronomy 31:16אַחֲרֵ֣י׀ · withAnd the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
- Deuteronomy 31:27אַחֲרֵ֥י · will you rebel afterFor I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
- Deuteronomy 31:29אַחֲרֵ֤י · afterFor I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
- Joshua 1:1אַחֲרֵ֛י · afterNow after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
- Joshua 2:5אַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם · themAt dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”