אַחַר achar

Hebrew word for “after” · Strong’s H310 · used 715 times in 664 verses

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Meaning

1) after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time);

Senses in the lexicon

• after (714)
• backwards (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for achar in context, with how often each is used:

• after 627
• behind 80
• after this 5
• backs 1
• back ends 1
• will be after 1

Where it is used

Also in 19 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 2 (13), Nehemiah 3 (13), 1 Kings 1 (11), Genesis 5 (9), Genesis 11 (9), Genesis 41 (8), Exodus 14 (8), Joshua 8 (8), Genesis 24 (7), 2 Samuel 20 (7)

Forms

• אחרי 294
• אחריו 81
• אחר 51
• אחריהם 47
• ואחרי 45
• ואחר 42
• אחריך 33
• מאחרי 32
• ואחריו 19
• מאחריו 12

Words used with it

Words that share verses with achar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 114
• רָדַף radaph “to pursue” 45
• כֵּן ken “so” 65
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 70
• עַד ad “till” 53
• דָּוִד david “David” 49
• אָב av “father” 51
• הֶם hem “them” 48
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 47
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 40
• רָאָה raah “to see” 47
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 40

Key verses

The verses using achar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 15:1 — After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
• Genesis 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to…
• Genesis 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the…
• Deuteronomy 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the…
• Nehemiah 9:26 — Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn…
• Jeremiah 7:9 — Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
• Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write…
• Jeremiah 32:39 — And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
• Ezekiel 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth…
• Daniel 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the…
• Hosea 3:5 — Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
• Zechariah 2:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.