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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. 2 Samuel 2:21מֵאַחֲרָֽיו׃ · chasing him
    So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
  2. 2 Samuel 2:22מֵאַֽחֲרָ֑י · chasing me
    Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
  3. 2 Samuel 2:23בְּאַחֲרֵ֨י · the butt; מֵאַחֲרָ֔יו · his back
    But Asahel refused to turn away. So Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
  4. 2 Samuel 2:24אַחֲרֵ֣י
    But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
  5. 2 Samuel 2:25אַחֲרֵ֣י
    The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.
  6. 2 Samuel 2:26מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י · pursuing
    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
  7. 2 Samuel 2:27מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י · pursuing
    “As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
  8. 2 Samuel 2:28אַחֲרֵ֣י
    So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
  9. 2 Samuel 2:30מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י · from pursuing
    When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
  10. 2 Samuel 3:16אַחֲרֶ֖יהָ · her
    Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
  11. 2 Samuel 3:26אַחֲרֵ֣י · after
    As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.
  12. 2 Samuel 3:28מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי · about this
    Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
  13. 2 Samuel 3:31אַחֲרֵ֥י · behind
    Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
  14. 2 Samuel 5:13אַחֲרֵ֖י · After
    After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
  15. 2 Samuel 5:23אַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔ם · behind them
    So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
  16. 2 Samuel 7:8מֵאַחַ֖ר · from following
    Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
  17. 2 Samuel 7:12אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ · after you
    And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
  18. 2 Samuel 8:1אַֽחֲרֵי־
    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
  19. 2 Samuel 10:1אַֽחֲרֵי־ · Some time later
    Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
  20. 2 Samuel 11:8אַחֲרָ֖יו · him
    Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
  21. 2 Samuel 11:15מֵאַחֲרָ֖יו · from him
    In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
  22. 2 Samuel 13:1אַֽחֲרֵי־
    After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
  23. 2 Samuel 13:17אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃ · behind her
    Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”
  24. 2 Samuel 13:18אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃ · behind her
    So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
  25. 2 Samuel 13:34אַחֲרָ֖יו · west of him
    Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”
  26. 2 Samuel 15:1מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי
    Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
  27. 2 Samuel 15:13אַחֲרֵ֥י · with
    Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
  28. 2 Samuel 17:1אַחֲרֵי־
    Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
  29. 2 Samuel 17:9אַחֲרֵ֥י · follow
    Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
  30. 2 Samuel 17:21אַחֲרֵ֣י · After
    After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
  31. 2 Samuel 18:16אַחֲרֵ֣י
    Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
  32. 2 Samuel 18:22אַחֲרֵ֣י · behind
    Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
  33. 2 Samuel 19:30אַ֠חֲרֵי · since
    And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
  34. 2 Samuel 20:2מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י; אַחֲרֵ֖י · to follow
    So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
  35. 2 Samuel 20:6אַחֲרָ֔יו
    And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
  36. 2 Samuel 20:7אַֽחֲרָיו֙; אַחֲרֵ֖י
    So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.
  37. 2 Samuel 20:10אַחֲרֵ֖י
    Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
  38. 2 Samuel 20:11אַחֲרֵ֥י · [let him] follow
    One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
  39. 2 Samuel 20:13אַחֲרֵ֣י · with; אַחֲרֵ֖י
    As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
  40. 2 Samuel 20:14אַחֲרָֽיו׃ · him
    Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
  41. 2 Samuel 21:1אַחֲרֵ֣י
    During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
  42. 2 Samuel 21:14אַֽחֲרֵי־ · After
    And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
  43. 2 Samuel 21:18אַֽחֲרֵי־ · Some time later
    Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha.
  44. 2 Samuel 23:9וְאַחֲרוֹ · Next in command was
    Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
  45. 2 Samuel 23:10אַחֲרָ֖יו · to him
    …but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
  46. 2 Samuel 23:11וְאַחֲרָ֛יו · And after him
    And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.