אַחֵר
ʼachêr · akh-air'
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: from H309 (אָחַר);
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
- properly, hinder
- generally, next, other, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (an-) other man, following, next, strange.
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 אַחֵר 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
166 occurrences · 166 OT · 0 NT · 50 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- other52 · 39%
- unto other13 · 10%
- another12 · 9%
- and another9 · 7%
- to another7 · 5%
- of the other5 · 4%
- and the other3 · 2%
- unto another3 · 2%
- on other3 · 2%
- unto others3 · 2%
- of other2 · 2%
- and other2 · 2%
- him another2 · 2%
- into another2 · 2%
- others2 · 2%
- and let another2 · 2%
- yet other2 · 2%
- in another man's1 · 1%
- thou shalt have no other1 · 1%
- your other1 · 1%
- yet another1 · 1%
- to me another1 · 1%
- her to another1 · 1%
- in the next1 · 1%
- me another1 · 1%
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.