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
Hebrew · H310
אַחַר
Properly, the hind part ; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
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אַחַר H310
Pronunciation ʾaḥar
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
Full entry for אַחַר (H310) · Open the biblical lexicon
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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
After 118× Genesis 9:28, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 11:10
And after 22× Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13
behind 21× Genesis 32:19, Exodus 11:5, Numbers 3:23, Joshua 8:2
After that 19× Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:55, Genesis 30:21, Exodus 5:1
after you 15× Genesis 9:9, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:10
after him 14× Genesis 17:19, Genesis 18:19, Exodus 29:29, 1 Kings 1:20
After them 14× 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 later 11× Genesis 22:1, Genesis 40:1, Genesis 48:1, Joshua 24:29
with 10× Exodus 23:2, Leviticus 20:5, Deuteronomy 31:16, Judges 8:33
behind them 9× Exodus 14:19, Judges 20:40, 1 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 5:23
Afterward 8× Leviticus 14:8, Leviticus 16:26, Joshua 8:34, Judges 1:9
behind him 8× Genesis 19:6, Judges 6:34, 1 Samuel 14:13, 1 Samuel 24:8
him 7× Numbers 16:25, Judges 9:4, 1 Samuel 26:3, 2 Samuel 11:8
Next to him 7× Nehemiah 3:17, Nehemiah 3:18, Nehemiah 3:20, Nehemiah 3:21
them 7× Genesis 41:30, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:23, Joshua 2:5
from 6× Joshua 22:16, Joshua 22:18, Joshua 22:23, 2 Kings 10:29
to 6× Exodus 34:15, Exodus 34:16, Joshua 14:8, 1 Samuel 20:37
after me 5× 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:17, 1 Kings 1:24, 1 Kings 1:30
and afterward 5× Genesis 15:14, Genesis 45:15, Leviticus 16:28, Joshua 24:5
and then 5× Genesis 33:7, Leviticus 22:7, Judges 19:5, Job 18:2
behind you 5× 2 Kings 19:21, Job 39:10, Psalms 50:17, Isaiah 30:21
followed 5× Joshua 14:9, Joshua 14:14, 1 Samuel 14:13, 1 Kings 12:20
from following 5× 1 Samuel 12:20, 2 Samuel 7:8, 2 Chronicles 25:27, 2 Chronicles 34:33
Later 5× Genesis 10:18, 1 Kings 17:17, 1 Chronicles 2:21, 2 Chronicles 20:35
back 4× Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:26, Joshua 8:20, 2 Samuel 2:20
from following Me 4× Deuteronomy 7:4, 1 Samuel 15:11, 1 Kings 9:6, Jeremiah 3:19
her 4× 2 Samuel 3:16, 2 Kings 4:30, 2 Kings 11:15, 2 Chronicles 23:14
me 4× Genesis 31:36, Judges 3:28, 1 Samuel 14:12, 2 Kings 6:19
Since 4× Genesis 41:39, Leviticus 25:15, Ruth 2:11, 2 Samuel 19:30
Then 4× Genesis 38:30, Joshua 2:16, Judges 7:11, Job 37:4
and 3× Exodus 14:9, Leviticus 14:43, 1 Kings 13:23
behind me 3× 2 Kings 9:18, 2 Kings 9:19, Ezekiel 3:12
even after 3× Joshua 24:20, 1 Kings 13:33, Job 19:26
follow 3× 1 Samuel 12:14, 2 Samuel 17:9, 1 Kings 11:6
from him 3× 2 Samuel 11:15, 1 Kings 19:21, Job 34:27
to follow 3× Judges 9:3, 2 Samuel 20:2, Isaiah 66:17
you 3× Genesis 24:8, Deuteronomy 29:22, 1 Kings 19:20
after her 2× Judges 19:3, 2 Chronicles 11:20
And next to him 2× Nehemiah 3:22, Nehemiah 3:29
and next to them 2× Nehemiah 3:23, Nehemiah 3:27
behind her 2× 2 Samuel 13:17, 2 Samuel 13:18
But after 2× 1 Samuel 5:9, Jeremiah 46:26
but later 2× Proverbs 20:17, Jeremiah 34:11
following 2× 1 Chronicles 17:7, 2 Chronicles 2:17
for 2× Judges 11:36, Job 39:8
from following Him 2× Numbers 32:15, 2 Kings 18:6
from Me 2× Ezekiel 14:7, Ezekiel 14:11
from pursuing 2× 1 Samuel 24:1, 2 Samuel 2:30
from pursuing him 2× 1 Kings 22:33, 2 Chronicles 18:32
Next in command was 2× 2 Samuel 23:9, 1 Chronicles 11:12
Next to them 2× Nehemiah 3:29, Nehemiah 3:30
pursuing 2× 2 Samuel 2:26, 2 Samuel 2:27
themselves with 2× Judges 2:17, 1 Chronicles 5:25
This was after 2× Deuteronomy 1:4, Jeremiah 29:2
toward 2× Deuteronomy 11:30, 1 Samuel 8:3
vvv 2× Numbers 25:13, 2 Chronicles 11:16
[by departing] from 1× Hosea 1:2
[follow] after 1× Psalms 68:25
[her] back home 1× Ruth 1:15
[let him] follow 1× 2 Samuel 20:11
[of the spies] 1× Joshua 2:7
[stationed themselves] behind 1× Nehemiah 4:16
[the Israelites] 1× Exodus 14:28
[the west] 1× Zechariah 6:6
[Tola] 1× Judges 10:3
about this 1× 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 all 1× Judges 19:23
After Ehud 1× Judges 3:31
After Elon 1× Judges 12:13
After Ibzan 1× Judges 12:11
after it 1× 1 Samuel 17:35
After Jephthah 1× Judges 12:8
after some time 1× Genesis 39:7
After the time 1× Judges 10:1
After this 1× 2 Chronicles 20:1
afterward as well 1× Genesis 6:4
again 1× Deuteronomy 24:21
Against 1× 1 Samuel 24:14
against you 1× Jeremiah 12:6
And after all of them 1× Jeremiah 25:26
And after him 1× 2 Samuel 23:11
and after Me 1× Isaiah 43:10
and after that 1× Leviticus 15:28
And after them 1× 1 Kings 20:15
and behind him 1× Zechariah 1:8
and behind them 1× Joel 2:3
and followed 1× Jeremiah 2:8
and from 1× 2 Chronicles 32:23
and gone after 1× Jeremiah 9:14
and has followed Me 1× Numbers 14:24
and his followers 1× Nehemiah 11:8
and I must go after 1× Jeremiah 2:25
and its back 1× 1 Kings 10:19
and later 1× Psalms 73:24
and their followers 1× Psalms 49:13
and your descendants 1× Genesis 17:7
another 1× 1 Kings 3:12
around 1× 2 Kings 2:24
away 1× Numbers 14:43
away from following 1× 2 Kings 17:21
away with you 1× Song Of Solomon 1:4
back with me 1× Genesis 24:39
behind [him] 1× Genesis 22:13
Beyond him 1× Nehemiah 3:16
Beyond them 1× Nehemiah 3:23
but 1× 1 Kings 2:28
But afterward 1× Ezekiel 20:39
but behind them 1× Joel 2:3
But shortly after 1× Jeremiah 28:12
by their ways 1× Deuteronomy 12:30
by worshiping it 1× Judges 8:27
chasing him 1× 2 Samuel 2:21
chasing me 1× 2 Samuel 2:22
follow him 1× Psalms 49:17
follow Me 1× Numbers 32:11
following him 1× Judges 4:14
for Aaron 1× Exodus 28:43
from [following] 1× Zephaniah 1:6
from following you 1× Ruth 1:16
from tending 1× Psalms 78:71
from the rear 1× 2 Chronicles 13:13
from you 1× Deuteronomy 23:14
going after 1× 2 Kings 17:15
has followed 1× Job 31:7
he followed 1× Deuteronomy 1:36
his back 1× 2 Samuel 2:23
his pursuit 1× 1 Samuel 14:46
How long 1× Jeremiah 13:27
in 1× Genesis 24:36
in addition to 1× Ezekiel 16:23
in that direction 1× Ezekiel 10:11
is behind us 1× Genesis 32:18
is right behind us 1× Genesis 32:20
it 1× Joshua 3:3
Jacob 1× Genesis 31:23
just after 1× Amos 7:1
Lead on 1× Hosea 5:8
Many years later 1× Ezra 7:1
next after 1× 1 Kings 1:6
next after you 1× Ruth 4:4
now that 1× Joshua 7:8
Only after 1× Numbers 35:28
only later 1× Proverbs 20:25
or after him 1× 2 Kings 18:5
or follow 1× Jeremiah 7:6
or since 1× Joshua 10:14
plus 1× Nehemiah 5:15
right behind you 1× 1 Samuel 25:19
So after 1× 1 Samuel 1:9
solicited 1× Ezekiel 16:34
Some time after 1× 1 Kings 21:1
sought 1× 1 Samuel 7:2
subsequent 1× Daniel 8:1
supported 1× 1 Kings 16:21
that after 1× Jeremiah 3:7
that follows 1× Genesis 41:31
that will come after him 1× Ecclesiastes 7:14
the branches again 1× Deuteronomy 24:20
the butt 1× 2 Samuel 2:23
the rear [of the temple] 1× Ezekiel 41:15
themselves 1× Leviticus 17:7
Then after 1× Daniel 9:26
then, after 1× Job 21:3
they did follow 1× Numbers 32:12
they will trudge behind 1× Isaiah 45:14
They will walk after 1× Hosea 11:10
to arms 1× Judges 6:35
to chase after them 1× Ezekiel 12:14
to come 1× Joshua 22:27
to him 1× 2 Samuel 23:10
to succeed him 1× 1 Kings 15:4
to the Egyptians 1× Ezekiel 29:16
to the far side 1× Exodus 3:1
to You 1× Psalms 63:8
toward him 1× 2 Kings 5:21
was behind him 1× Genesis 18:10
was behind them 1× 2 Chronicles 13:13
was commander after him 1× 1 Chronicles 27:7
was succeeded by 1× 1 Chronicles 27:34
west 1× Judges 18:12
west of him 1× 2 Samuel 13:34
When 1× 2 Chronicles 25:14
who follow 1× Isaiah 65:2
who follow him 1× Leviticus 20:5
who has just 1× Numbers 6:19
will follow it 1× Psalms 94:15
will later 1× Proverbs 28:23
will pursue 1× Jeremiah 48:2
will you rebel after 1× Deuteronomy 31:27
with him 1× 1 Kings 1:35
with me 1× Nehemiah 4:23
with them 1× Leviticus 20:6
Yet afterward 1× Jeremiah 49:6
your descendants 1× 1 Kings 21:21
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 5:4 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ to And after Preposition Genesis 5:7 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ to And after Preposition Genesis 5:10 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ to And after Preposition Genesis 5:13 אַחֲרֵי֙ to And after Preposition Genesis 5:16 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ to And after Preposition Genesis 5:19 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ to And after Preposition Genesis 5:22 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ to And after Preposition Genesis 5:26 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ to And after Preposition Genesis 5:30 אַֽחֲרֵי֙ to And after Preposition Genesis 6:4 אַֽחֲרֵי־ to afterward as well Preposition
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 5:4
Aligned rows 715
Books represented 31
Genesis 85 Exodus 28 Leviticus 25 Numbers 29 Deuteronomy 31 Joshua 40 Judges 42 Ruth 9 1 Samuel 53 2 Samuel 59 1 Kings 56 2 Kings 31 1 Chronicles 15 2 Chronicles 30 Ezra 4 Nehemiah 25 Esther 2 Job 15 Psalms 9 Proverbs 6 Ecclesiastes 8 Song Of Solomon 2 Isaiah 10 Jeremiah 54 Ezekiel 25 Daniel 2 Hosea 7 Joel 5 Amos 3 Zephaniah 1 Zechariah 4
Source forms
אַחֲרֵ֣י 66x ’a·ḥă·rê Genesis 14:17, Genesis 24:61, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 33:8
אַחֲרֵ֥י 39x ’a·ḥă·rê Genesis 16:13, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 32:19, Exodus 7:25
אַחֲרֵ֖י 37x ’a·ḥă·rê Genesis 24:36, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 35:5, Genesis 50:14
אַחֲרֵי֙ 17x ’a·ḥă·rê Genesis 5:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 11:19
אַחַ֣ר 15x ’a·ḥar Genesis 9:28, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 37:17, Exodus 3:1
אַֽחֲרֵי֙ 14x ’a·ḥă·rê Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:16
אַחֲרֵ֤י 14x ’a·ḥă·rê Genesis 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
Preposition 287x Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13
Preposition | third person masculine singular 81x Genesis 17:19, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:6
Conjunctive waw | Preposition 49x Genesis 15:14, Genesis 23:19, Genesis 25:26, Genesis 32:20
Preposition | third person masculine plural 47x Genesis 41:23, Genesis 48:6, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:9
Conjunctive waw | Adverb 39x Genesis 10:18, Genesis 30:21, Genesis 33:7, Genesis 38:30
Adverb 38x Genesis 9:28, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 11:10
Preposition | second person masculine singular 30x Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:10
Preposition-m 29x Numbers 14:43, Joshua 8:4, Joshua 8:14, Joshua 22:16
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Fundamental spatial concept of "behind/hinder" extended into temporal and causal relationships: what comes after
Source Gloss
properly, the hind part ; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
temporal sequence, indicating what should be done following or subsequently
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Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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