אַחַר (a.char) means “after” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: akh-ar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אַחַר · a.char · after
1) 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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אַחֲרַי · a.cha.ray · backwards
backwards (of a man that turns backwards)
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from H309 (אָחַר); properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV glosses: 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.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| after | 118 |
| and after | 22 |
| behind | 21 |
| after that | 19 |
| after you | 15 |
| after him | 14 |
| after them | 14 |
| some time later | 11 |
| with | 10 |
| behind him | 9 |
| behind them | 9 |
| afterward | 8 |
| him | 7 |
| next to him | 7 |
| them | 7 |
| from | 6 |
| from following | 6 |
| to | 6 |
| after me | 5 |
| and afterward | 5 |
| and then | 5 |
| behind you | 5 |
| followed | 5 |
| later | 5 |
| back | 4 |
| from following me | 4 |
| her | 4 |
| me | 4 |
| since | 4 |
| then | 4 |
| and | 3 |
| behind me | 3 |
| even after | 3 |
| follow | 3 |
| from him | 3 |
| to follow | 3 |
| you | 3 |
| after her | 2 |
| and next to him | 2 |
| and next to them | 2 |
| behind her | 2 |
| but after | 2 |
| but later | 2 |
| following | 2 |
| for | 2 |
| from following him | 2 |
| from me | 2 |
| from pursuing | 2 |
| from pursuing him | 2 |
| next in command was | 2 |
| next to them | 2 |
| pursuing | 2 |
| themselves with | 2 |
| then after | 2 |
| this was after | 2 |
| toward | 2 |
| vvv | 2 |
| about this | 1 |
| after all | 1 |
| after ehud | 1 |
| after elon | 1 |
| after ibzan | 1 |
| after it | 1 |
| after jephthah | 1 |
| after josiah | 1 |
| after some time | 1 |
| after someone | 1 |
| after the time | 1 |
| after these girls | 1 |
| after this | 1 |
| afterward as well | 1 |
| again | 1 |
| against | 1 |
| against you | 1 |
| and after all of them | 1 |
| and after him | 1 |
| and after me | 1 |
| and after that | 1 |
| and after them | 1 |
| and behind him | 1 |
| and behind them | 1 |
| and followed | 1 |
| and from | 1 |
| and gone after | 1 |
| and has followed me | 1 |
| and his followers | 1 |
| and i must go after | 1 |
| and its back | 1 |
| and later | 1 |
| and their followers | 1 |
| and your descendants | 1 |
| another | 1 |
| around | 1 |
| away | 1 |
| away from following | 1 |
| away with you | 1 |
| back with me | 1 |
| beyond him | 1 |
| beyond them | 1 |
| but | 1 |
| but afterward | 1 |
| but behind them | 1 |
| but shortly after | 1 |
| by departing from | 1 |
| by their ways | 1 |
| by worshiping it | 1 |
| chasing him | 1 |
| chasing me | 1 |
| follow after | 1 |
| follow him | 1 |
| follow me | 1 |
| following him | 1 |
| for aaron | 1 |
| from following you | 1 |
| from tending | 1 |
| from the rear | 1 |
| from you | 1 |
| going after | 1 |
| has followed | 1 |
| he followed | 1 |
| her back home | 1 |
| his back | 1 |
| his pursuit | 1 |
| how long | 1 |
| in | 1 |
| in addition to | 1 |
| in that direction | 1 |
| is behind us | 1 |
| is right behind us | 1 |
| it | 1 |
| jacob | 1 |
| just after | 1 |
| lead on | 1 |
| let him follow | 1 |
| many years later | 1 |
| next after | 1 |
| next after you | 1 |
| now that | 1 |
| of the spies | 1 |
| only after | 1 |
| only later | 1 |
| or after him | 1 |
| or follow | 1 |
| or since | 1 |
| plus | 1 |
| right behind you | 1 |
| so after | 1 |
| solicited | 1 |
| some time after | 1 |
| sought | 1 |
| stationed themselves behind | 1 |
| subsequent | 1 |
| supported | 1 |
| that after | 1 |
| that follows | 1 |
| that will come after him | 1 |
| the branches again | 1 |
| the butt | 1 |
| the israelites | 1 |
| the rear of the temple | 1 |
| the west | 1 |
| themselves | 1 |
| they did follow | 1 |
| they will trudge behind | 1 |
| they will walk after | 1 |
| to arms | 1 |
| to chase after them | 1 |
| to come | 1 |
| to him | 1 |
| to succeed him | 1 |
| to the egyptians | 1 |
| to the far side | 1 |
| to you | 1 |
| tola | 1 |
| toward him | 1 |
| was behind him | 1 |
| was behind them | 1 |
| was commander after him | 1 |
| was succeeded by | 1 |
| west | 1 |
| west of him | 1 |
| when | 1 |
| who follow | 1 |
| who follow him | 1 |
| who has just | 1 |
| will follow it | 1 |
| will later | 1 |
| will pursue | 1 |
| will you rebel after | 1 |
| with him | 1 |
| with me | 1 |
| with them | 1 |
| yet afterward | 1 |
| your descendants | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| after | 327 |
| and after | 54 |
| behind | 35 |
| and afterward | 28 |
| from following | 21 |
| and it came to pass after | 16 |
| followed | 14 |
| after thee | 7 |
| after them | 6 |
| and it came to pass after this | 6 |
| after him | 5 |
| and followed | 5 |
| afterward | 4 |
| not after | 4 |
| now after | 4 |
| afterwards | 3 |
| and afterwards | 3 |
| from | 3 |
| him after | 3 |
| that after | 3 |
| that follow | 3 |
| that followed | 3 |
| them | 3 |
| and it came to pass afterward | 2 |
| at thee | 2 |
| behind us | 2 |
| follow | 2 |
| forasmuch | 2 |
| from after | 2 |
| from him | 2 |
| from me | 2 |
| from pursuing | 2 |
| from them | 2 |
| him | 2 |
| in following | 2 |
| me behind | 2 |
| not from following | 2 |
| now after this | 2 |
| now it came to pass after | 2 |
| since | 2 |
| thee | 2 |
| thee behind | 2 |
| them after | 2 |
| them and behind | 2 |
| thou after | 2 |
| to follow | 2 |
| what shall be after | 2 |
| when | 2 |
| which followed | 2 |
| after me | 1 |
| after that | 1 |
| after you | 1 |
| again | 1 |
| against him behind | 1 |
| against them and they followed | 1 |
| all forasmuch | 1 |
| also after | 1 |
| and all that followed | 1 |
| and also after | 1 |
| and behind | 1 |
| and behold behind | 1 |
| and hereafter | 1 |
| and him that followeth | 1 |
| and how much more after | 1 |
| and i after | 1 |
| and it shall come to pass after | 1 |
| and it shall come to pass afterward | 1 |
| and shall afterward | 1 |
| and the posterity | 1 |
| and there followed | 1 |
| and they following | 1 |
| and thou hast followed | 1 |
| and went after | 1 |
| and who followed | 1 |
| and whoso followeth | 1 |
| any more after | 1 |
| are after | 1 |
| as they neither after | 1 |
| away | 1 |
| back | 1 |
| behind him | 1 |
| beside | 1 |
| but after | 1 |
| but afterward | 1 |
| but afterwards | 1 |
| by | 1 |
| by following | 1 |
| following | 1 |
| from behind him | 1 |
| from following after | 1 |
| from me after | 1 |
| from thee | 1 |
| from thenceforth | 1 |
| hard after | 1 |
| himself from me | 1 |
| i will follow | 1 |
| inasmuch as thou followedst | 1 |
| it came to pass after this | 1 |
| it or after | 1 |
| me | 1 |
| me as i followed | 1 |
| neither after | 1 |
| neither shall there be after | 1 |
| not behind thee | 1 |
| not from after | 1 |
| now it came to pass after this | 1 |
| now when | 1 |
| of you and after | 1 |
| once | 1 |
| over you continue following | 1 |
| seeing | 1 |
| shall follow | 1 |
| so that after | 1 |
| surely after | 1 |
| that outlived | 1 |
| that overlived | 1 |
| that shall be after | 1 |
| that they could not follow | 1 |
| the posterity | 1 |
| the remnant | 1 |
| the slayer | 1 |
| thee and after | 1 |
| thee neither after | 1 |
| thee neither shall there any after | 1 |
| them and after | 1 |
| them and afterward | 1 |
| then after | 1 |
| then afterward | 1 |
| there was none that followed | 1 |
| thereof and after | 1 |
| they followed | 1 |
| thou shalt not follow | 1 |
| thy posterity | 1 |
| till after | 1 |
| to the backside | 1 |
| upon them and after | 1 |
| were after | 1 |
| what shall be and what shall be after | 1 |
| whereas none followeth | 1 |
| will not follow | 1 |
| with him and hath followed | 1 |
| with the hinder end | 1 |
| ye after | 1 |
| ye from him | 1 |
| yet their posterity | 1 |
| you after | 1 |
Page 11 of 14. 664 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh
Read word by wordAnd next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.
Read word by wordNext to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
Read word by wordNext to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, as well as Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his own quarters.
Read word by wordNext to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.
Read word by wordSo I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.7
And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.10
So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.17
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.
Read word by wordBut they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
Read word by wordand his followers Gabbai and Sallai—928 men.
Read word by wordHoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed,
Read word by wordThe second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,
Read word by wordWhen the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
Read word by wordSome time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
Read word by wordAfter these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
Read word by wordAfter this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Read word by word“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
Read word by wordEven after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
Read word by wordBear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
Read word by wordFor what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
Read word by wordThe clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
Read word by wordAfter my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
Read word by wordIf my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
Read word by wordbecause they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
Read word by wordThen there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
Read word by wordHe roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
Read word by wordCan you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
Read word by wordHe leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.24
After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
Read word by wordAfter this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
Read word by wordIn colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 45.15
This is the fate of the foolish and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.14
For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.18
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
Read word by wordMy soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 63.9
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.26
You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
Read word by wordfrom tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
Read word by wordSurely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Read word by wordHe follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
Read word by wordThe righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
Read word by wordFood gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
Read word by wordIt is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
Read word by wordComplete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
Read word by wordHe who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
Read word by wordThen I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
Read word by wordI hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
Read word by wordI have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
Read word by wordFor who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
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