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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. Judges 4:14אַחֲרָֽיו׃ · following him
    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
  2. Judges 4:16אַחֲרֵ֤י; וְאַחֲרֵ֣י
    Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
  3. Judges 5:14אַחֲרֶ֥יךָ · after you
    Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
  4. Judges 6:34אַחֲרָֽיו׃ · behind him
    So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
  5. Judges 6:35אַחֲרָ֑יו · to arms
    Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.
  6. Judges 7:11וְאַחַר֙ · Then
    …and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
  7. Judges 7:23אַחֲרֵ֥י
    Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.
  8. Judges 8:5אַחֲרֵ֛י
    So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
  9. Judges 8:12אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם
    When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
  10. Judges 8:27אַחֲרָ֖יו · by worshiping it
    From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
  11. Judges 8:33אַחֲרֵ֣י · with
    And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
  12. Judges 9:3אַחֲרֵ֣י · to follow
    And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
  13. Judges 9:4אַחֲרָֽיו׃ · him
    So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
  14. Judges 9:49אַחֲרֵ֤י
    So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
  15. Judges 10:1אַחֲרֵ֨י · After the time
    After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
  16. Judges 10:3אַחֲרָ֔יו · [Tola]
    Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
  17. Judges 11:36אַחֲרֵ֡י · for
    “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”
  18. Judges 12:8אַֽחֲרָיו֙ · After Jephthah
    After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
  19. Judges 12:11אַֽחֲרָיו֙ · After Ibzan
    After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
  20. Judges 12:13אַחֲרָ֖יו · After Elon
    After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
  21. Judges 13:11אַחֲרֵ֣י
    So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.
  22. Judges 15:7וְאַחַ֥ר
    And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”
  23. Judges 16:4אַחֲרֵי־ · Some time later
    Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
  24. Judges 18:12אַחֲרֵ֖י · west
    They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
  25. Judges 19:3אַחֲרֶ֗יהָ · after her
    …her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
  26. Judges 19:5וְאַחַ֥ר · and then
    On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”
  27. Judges 19:23אַ֠חֲרֵי · After all
    The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
  28. Judges 20:40אַחֲרָ֔יו · behind them
    But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
  29. Judges 20:45אַחֲרָיו֙
    Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
  30. Ruth 1:15אַחֲרֵ֥י · [her] back home
    “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”
  31. Ruth 1:16מֵאַחֲרָ֑יִךְ · from following you
    But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
  32. Ruth 2:2אַחַ֕ר · after [someone]
    And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
  33. Ruth 2:3אַחֲרֵ֖י · after
    So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
  34. Ruth 2:7אַחֲרֵ֖י · after
    She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
  35. Ruth 2:9אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן · after [these girls]
    Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
  36. Ruth 2:11אַחֲרֵ֖י · since
    Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
  37. Ruth 3:10אַחֲרֵי֙ · after
    Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
  38. Ruth 4:4אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ · next after you
    I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
  39. 1 Samuel 1:9אַחֲרֵ֛י · So after; וְאַחֲרֵ֣י
    So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
  40. 1 Samuel 5:9אַחֲרֵ֣י׀ · But after
    But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
  41. 1 Samuel 6:7מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם
    Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
  42. 1 Samuel 6:12אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם · behind them
    And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
  43. 1 Samuel 7:2אַחֲרֵ֥י · sought
    And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
  44. 1 Samuel 8:3אַחֲרֵ֣י · toward
    But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
  45. 1 Samuel 9:13אַחֲרֵי־ · after that
    As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
  46. 1 Samuel 10:5אַ֣חַר · After
    After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
  47. 1 Samuel 11:5אַחֲרֵ֤י · behind
    Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
  48. 1 Samuel 11:7אַחֲרֵ֤י · behind
    He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.