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HebrewH0268Noun (Masculine)

אָחוֹר

a.chor

34Occurrences
H0268Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West

or (shortened) אָחֹר ; from H299 (אֲחִירַע);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. the back side, the rear 1a) backwards 1b) hereafter (of time) 1c) behind

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

אָחוֹר appears 34 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
8
Psalms
6
Jeremiah
4
Lamentations
3
2 Chronicles
2
2 Samuel
2
Exodus
2
Ezk
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 19:10BSB

When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.

Exodus 26:12BSB

As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.

Isaiah 28:13BSB

Then the word of the LORD to them will become:“Order on order, order on order,line on line, line on line;a little here, a little there,”so that they will go stumbling backwardand will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

Isaiah 59:14BSB

So justice is turned away,and righteousness stands at a distance.For truth has stumbled in the public square,and honesty cannot enter.

Lamentations 1:8BSB

Jerusalem has sinned greatly;therefore she has become an object of scorn.All who honored her now despise her,for they have seen her nakedness;she herself groans and turns away.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.