אַחַר
ʼachar · akh-ar'
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H309 (אָחַר);
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- properly, the hind part
- generally, used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
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 אַחַר 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
716 occurrences · 716 OT · 0 NT · 190 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- after321 · 59%
- and after54 · 10%
- behind29 · 5%
- and afterward28 · 5%
- from following20 · 4%
- and it came to pass after13 · 2%
- followed11 · 2%
- after thee7 · 1%
- and followed7 · 1%
- after them6 · 1%
- and it came to pass after this6 · 1%
- after him5 · 1%
- now after4 · 1%
- not after4 · 1%
- and afterwards4 · 1%
- that follow3 · 1%
- them3 · 1%
- and it came to pass, after3 · 1%
- him after3 · 1%
- that followed3 · 1%
- afterward3 · 1%
- since2 · 0%
- forasmuch2 · 0%
- when2 · 0%
- thee2 · 0%
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.