אָחַר
ʼâchar · aw-khar'
to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
- to loiter (i.e. be behind)
- by implication, to procrastinate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to separate and protect › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָחַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- make no tarrying2 · 12%
- defer2 · 12%
- unto them, hinder me1 · 6%
- and stayed there1 · 6%
- deferred1 · 6%
- thou shalt not delay1 · 6%
- them: he will not be slack1 · 6%
- thou shalt not slack1 · 6%
- why tarry1 · 6%
- but he tarried longer1 · 6%
- late1 · 6%
- they that tarry long1 · 6%
- that continue1 · 6%
- shall not tarry1 · 6%
- it will not tarry1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.