Hebrew · H310

אַחַר

Properly, the hind part ; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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אַחַרH310

Pronunciationʾaḥar

What does אַחַר (ʾaḥar) mean in the Bible?

אַחַר (ʾaḥar): Fundamental spatial concept of "behind/hinder" extended into temporal and causal relationships: what comes after

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Questions this entry answers

What does אַחַר (ʾaḥar) mean in the Bible?

אַחַר (ʾaḥar): Fundamental spatial concept of "behind/hinder" extended into temporal and causal relationships: what comes after

How does the BSB render H310?

The BSB source-word alignment has 715 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (136), After (118), And after (22), behind (21), After that (19).

Where does אַחַר (ʾaḥar) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 5:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (85), 2 Samuel (59), 1 Kings (56), Jeremiah (54).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

. . .136×Genesis 16:13, Genesis 22:20, Genesis 24:5, Genesis 24:61

After118×Genesis 9:28, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 11:10

And after22×Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13

behind21×Genesis 32:19, Exodus 11:5, Numbers 3:23, Joshua 8:2

After that19×Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:55, Genesis 30:21, Exodus 5:1

after you15×Genesis 9:9, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:10

after him14×Genesis 17:19, Genesis 18:19, Exodus 29:29, 1 Kings 1:20

After them14×Genesis 41:3, Genesis 41:6, Genesis 41:19, Genesis 41:23

-11×Exodus 34:16, Numbers 32:22, Deuteronomy 13:4, Judges 15:7

Some time later11×Genesis 22:1, Genesis 40:1, Genesis 48:1, Joshua 24:29

with10×Exodus 23:2, Leviticus 20:5, Deuteronomy 31:16, Judges 8:33

behind them9×Exodus 14:19, Judges 20:40, 1 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 5:23

Afterward8×Leviticus 14:8, Leviticus 16:26, Joshua 8:34, Judges 1:9

behind him8×Genesis 19:6, Judges 6:34, 1 Samuel 14:13, 1 Samuel 24:8

him7×Numbers 16:25, Judges 9:4, 1 Samuel 26:3, 2 Samuel 11:8

Next to him7×Nehemiah 3:17, Nehemiah 3:18, Nehemiah 3:20, Nehemiah 3:21

them7×Genesis 41:30, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:23, Joshua 2:5

from6×Joshua 22:16, Joshua 22:18, Joshua 22:23, 2 Kings 10:29

to6×Exodus 34:15, Exodus 34:16, Joshua 14:8, 1 Samuel 20:37

after me5×1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:17, 1 Kings 1:24, 1 Kings 1:30

and afterward5×Genesis 15:14, Genesis 45:15, Leviticus 16:28, Joshua 24:5

and then5×Genesis 33:7, Leviticus 22:7, Judges 19:5, Job 18:2

behind you5×2 Kings 19:21, Job 39:10, Psalms 50:17, Isaiah 30:21

followed5×Joshua 14:9, Joshua 14:14, 1 Samuel 14:13, 1 Kings 12:20

from following5×1 Samuel 12:20, 2 Samuel 7:8, 2 Chronicles 25:27, 2 Chronicles 34:33

Later5×Genesis 10:18, 1 Kings 17:17, 1 Chronicles 2:21, 2 Chronicles 20:35

back4×Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:26, Joshua 8:20, 2 Samuel 2:20

from following Me4×Deuteronomy 7:4, 1 Samuel 15:11, 1 Kings 9:6, Jeremiah 3:19

her4×2 Samuel 3:16, 2 Kings 4:30, 2 Kings 11:15, 2 Chronicles 23:14

me4×Genesis 31:36, Judges 3:28, 1 Samuel 14:12, 2 Kings 6:19

Since4×Genesis 41:39, Leviticus 25:15, Ruth 2:11, 2 Samuel 19:30

Then4×Genesis 38:30, Joshua 2:16, Judges 7:11, Job 37:4

and3×Exodus 14:9, Leviticus 14:43, 1 Kings 13:23

behind me3×2 Kings 9:18, 2 Kings 9:19, Ezekiel 3:12

even after3×Joshua 24:20, 1 Kings 13:33, Job 19:26

follow3×1 Samuel 12:14, 2 Samuel 17:9, 1 Kings 11:6

from him3×2 Samuel 11:15, 1 Kings 19:21, Job 34:27

to follow3×Judges 9:3, 2 Samuel 20:2, Isaiah 66:17

you3×Genesis 24:8, Deuteronomy 29:22, 1 Kings 19:20

after her2×Judges 19:3, 2 Chronicles 11:20

And next to him2×Nehemiah 3:22, Nehemiah 3:29

and next to them2×Nehemiah 3:23, Nehemiah 3:27

behind her2×2 Samuel 13:17, 2 Samuel 13:18

But after2×1 Samuel 5:9, Jeremiah 46:26

but later2×Proverbs 20:17, Jeremiah 34:11

following2×1 Chronicles 17:7, 2 Chronicles 2:17

for2×Judges 11:36, Job 39:8

from following Him2×Numbers 32:15, 2 Kings 18:6

from Me2×Ezekiel 14:7, Ezekiel 14:11

from pursuing2×1 Samuel 24:1, 2 Samuel 2:30

from pursuing him2×1 Kings 22:33, 2 Chronicles 18:32

Next in command was2×2 Samuel 23:9, 1 Chronicles 11:12

Next to them2×Nehemiah 3:29, Nehemiah 3:30

pursuing2×2 Samuel 2:26, 2 Samuel 2:27

themselves with2×Judges 2:17, 1 Chronicles 5:25

This was after2×Deuteronomy 1:4, Jeremiah 29:2

toward2×Deuteronomy 11:30, 1 Samuel 8:3

vvv2×Numbers 25:13, 2 Chronicles 11:16

[by departing] from1×Hosea 1:2

[follow] after1×Psalms 68:25

[her] back home1×Ruth 1:15

[let him] follow1×2 Samuel 20:11

[of the spies]1×Joshua 2:7

[stationed themselves] behind1×Nehemiah 4:16

[the Israelites]1×Exodus 14:28

[the west]1×Zechariah 6:6

[Tola]1×Judges 10:3

about this1×2 Samuel 3:28

after [Josiah]1×2 Kings 23:25

after [someone]1×Ruth 2:2

after [these girls]1×Ruth 2:9

After all1×Judges 19:23

After Ehud1×Judges 3:31

After Elon1×Judges 12:13

After Ibzan1×Judges 12:11

after it1×1 Samuel 17:35

After Jephthah1×Judges 12:8

after some time1×Genesis 39:7

After the time1×Judges 10:1

After this1×2 Chronicles 20:1

afterward as well1×Genesis 6:4

again1×Deuteronomy 24:21

Against1×1 Samuel 24:14

against you1×Jeremiah 12:6

And after all of them1×Jeremiah 25:26

And after him1×2 Samuel 23:11

and after Me1×Isaiah 43:10

and after that1×Leviticus 15:28

And after them1×1 Kings 20:15

and behind him1×Zechariah 1:8

and behind them1×Joel 2:3

and followed1×Jeremiah 2:8

and from1×2 Chronicles 32:23

and gone after1×Jeremiah 9:14

and has followed Me1×Numbers 14:24

and his followers1×Nehemiah 11:8

and I must go after1×Jeremiah 2:25

and its back1×1 Kings 10:19

and later1×Psalms 73:24

and their followers1×Psalms 49:13

and your descendants1×Genesis 17:7

another1×1 Kings 3:12

around1×2 Kings 2:24

away1×Numbers 14:43

away from following1×2 Kings 17:21

away with you1×Song Of Solomon 1:4

back with me1×Genesis 24:39

behind [him]1×Genesis 22:13

Beyond him1×Nehemiah 3:16

Beyond them1×Nehemiah 3:23

but1×1 Kings 2:28

But afterward1×Ezekiel 20:39

but behind them1×Joel 2:3

But shortly after1×Jeremiah 28:12

by their ways1×Deuteronomy 12:30

by worshiping it1×Judges 8:27

chasing him1×2 Samuel 2:21

chasing me1×2 Samuel 2:22

follow him1×Psalms 49:17

follow Me1×Numbers 32:11

following him1×Judges 4:14

for Aaron1×Exodus 28:43

from [following]1×Zephaniah 1:6

from following you1×Ruth 1:16

from tending1×Psalms 78:71

from the rear1×2 Chronicles 13:13

from you1×Deuteronomy 23:14

going after1×2 Kings 17:15

has followed1×Job 31:7

he followed1×Deuteronomy 1:36

his back1×2 Samuel 2:23

his pursuit1×1 Samuel 14:46

How long1×Jeremiah 13:27

in1×Genesis 24:36

in addition to1×Ezekiel 16:23

in that direction1×Ezekiel 10:11

is behind us1×Genesis 32:18

is right behind us1×Genesis 32:20

it1×Joshua 3:3

Jacob1×Genesis 31:23

just after1×Amos 7:1

Lead on1×Hosea 5:8

Many years later1×Ezra 7:1

next after1×1 Kings 1:6

next after you1×Ruth 4:4

now that1×Joshua 7:8

Only after1×Numbers 35:28

only later1×Proverbs 20:25

or after him1×2 Kings 18:5

or follow1×Jeremiah 7:6

or since1×Joshua 10:14

plus1×Nehemiah 5:15

right behind you1×1 Samuel 25:19

So after1×1 Samuel 1:9

solicited1×Ezekiel 16:34

Some time after1×1 Kings 21:1

sought1×1 Samuel 7:2

subsequent1×Daniel 8:1

supported1×1 Kings 16:21

that after1×Jeremiah 3:7

that follows1×Genesis 41:31

that will come after him1×Ecclesiastes 7:14

the branches again1×Deuteronomy 24:20

the butt1×2 Samuel 2:23

the rear [of the temple]1×Ezekiel 41:15

themselves1×Leviticus 17:7

Then after1×Daniel 9:26

then, after1×Job 21:3

they did follow1×Numbers 32:12

they will trudge behind1×Isaiah 45:14

They will walk after1×Hosea 11:10

to arms1×Judges 6:35

to chase after them1×Ezekiel 12:14

to come1×Joshua 22:27

to him1×2 Samuel 23:10

to succeed him1×1 Kings 15:4

to the Egyptians1×Ezekiel 29:16

to the far side1×Exodus 3:1

to You1×Psalms 63:8

toward him1×2 Kings 5:21

was behind him1×Genesis 18:10

was behind them1×2 Chronicles 13:13

was commander after him1×1 Chronicles 27:7

was succeeded by1×1 Chronicles 27:34

west1×Judges 18:12

west of him1×2 Samuel 13:34

When1×2 Chronicles 25:14

who follow1×Isaiah 65:2

who follow him1×Leviticus 20:5

who has just1×Numbers 6:19

will follow it1×Psalms 94:15

will later1×Proverbs 28:23

will pursue1×Jeremiah 48:2

will you rebel after1×Deuteronomy 31:27

with him1×1 Kings 1:35

with me1×Nehemiah 4:23

with them1×Leviticus 20:6

Yet afterward1×Jeremiah 49:6

your descendants1×1 Kings 21:21

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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned rowGenesis 5:4

Aligned rows715

Books represented31

Genesis85Exodus28Leviticus25Numbers29Deuteronomy31Joshua40Judges42Ruth91 Samuel532 Samuel591 Kings562 Kings311 Chronicles152 Chronicles30Ezra4Nehemiah25Esther2Job15Psalms9Proverbs6Ecclesiastes8Song Of Solomon2Isaiah10Jeremiah54Ezekiel25Daniel2Hosea7Joel5Amos3Zephaniah1Zechariah4

Source forms

אַחֲרֵ֣י66x’a·ḥă·rêGenesis 14:17, Genesis 24:61, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 33:8

אַחֲרֵ֥י39x’a·ḥă·rêGenesis 16:13, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 32:19, Exodus 7:25

אַחֲרֵ֖י37x’a·ḥă·rêGenesis 24:36, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 35:5, Genesis 50:14

אַחֲרֵי֙17x’a·ḥă·rêGenesis 5:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 11:19

אַחַ֣ר15x’a·ḥarGenesis 9:28, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 37:17, Exodus 3:1

אַֽחֲרֵי֙14x’a·ḥă·rêGenesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:16

אַחֲרֵ֤י14x’a·ḥă·rêGenesis 18:12, Numbers 15:39, Deuteronomy 31:29, Judges 4:16

אַחֲרֵי־14x’a·ḥă·rê-Genesis 41:31, Judges 16:4, 1 Samuel 9:13, 1 Samuel 17:13

Parsing patterns

Preposition287xGenesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13

Preposition | third person masculine singular81xGenesis 17:19, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:6

Conjunctive waw | Preposition49xGenesis 15:14, Genesis 23:19, Genesis 25:26, Genesis 32:20

Preposition | third person masculine plural47xGenesis 41:23, Genesis 48:6, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:9

Conjunctive waw | Adverb39xGenesis 10:18, Genesis 30:21, Genesis 33:7, Genesis 38:30

Adverb38xGenesis 9:28, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 11:10

Preposition | second person masculine singular30xGenesis 17:7, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:10

Preposition-m29xNumbers 14:43, Joshua 8:4, Joshua 8:14, Joshua 22:16

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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אַחַר

What does אַחַר (ʾaḥar) mean in the Bible?

What does אַחַר (ʾaḥar) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H310?

Where does אַחַר (ʾaḥar) appear in Scripture?

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