אַחַר
a.char
“after”
Definition
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
from H309 (אָחַר);
- after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time) 1a) as an adverb 1a1) behind (of place) 1a2) afterwards (of time) 1b) as a preposition 1b1) behind, after (of place) 1b2) after (of time) 1b3) besides 1c) as a conjunction 1c) after that 1d) as a substantive 1d1) hinder part 1e) with other prepositions 1e1) from behind 1e2) from following after
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
אַחַר appears 632 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.
And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
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