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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| 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 13 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.
You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
Read word by wordI will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
Read word by wordI will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
Read word by wordAfter King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
Read word by wordbut later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
Read word by wordAgain and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
Read word by wordAfter the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
Read word by wordBut the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
Read word by wordThis is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
Read word by wordThen Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.
Read word by wordthen the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
Read word by wordI will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
Read word by wordThere is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
Read word by wordYet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordSo I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.
Read word by wordGo up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordDo not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year—and then another the next year—of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
Read word by wordbut the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
Read word by wordThen the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”
Read word by wordWhen the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
Read word by wordA third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
Read word by wordThen in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
Read word by wordAnd as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
Read word by wordWhen they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.
Read word by wordAnd I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
Read word by wordThis is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.
Read word by wordFor when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
Read word by wordin order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
Read word by wordWoe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,
Read word by wordSo your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!
Read word by wordbecause they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.
Read word by wordFor they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
Read word by wordTherefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?
Read word by wordAnd as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.
Read word by wordhave brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”
Read word by wordEgypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
Read word by wordSo My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
Read word by wordIn the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.
Read word by wordNext he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,
Read word by wordSurely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
Read word by wordand after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself.
Read word by wordWhen the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.
Read word by wordIn the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.
Read word by wordThen after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
Read word by wordWhen the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
Read word by wordFor their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.7
I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.15
Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
Read word by wordBlow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
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