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 4 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.
“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
Read word by wordOn the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
Read word by word‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—
Read word by wordnot one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
Read word by wordFor if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”
Read word by wordthen when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.
Read word by wordbecause the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
Read word by wordThis was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
Read word by wordSee, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”
Read word by wordexcept Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
Read word by wordYour eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
Read word by wordBecause He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
Read word by wordKeep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
Read word by wordDo not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
Read word by wordbecause they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
Read word by wordIf you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
Read word by wordYet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
Read word by wordwhat He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
Read word by wordbut a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
Read word by wordAre not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
Read word by wordDo not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
Read word by wordBe careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
Read word by wordbe careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
Read word by wordand if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.3
You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.5
Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
Read word by wordand put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
Read word by wordFor the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 23.15
then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Read word by wordWhen you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
Read word by wordWhen you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
Read word by wordhow they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
Read word by wordDo not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
Read word by wordThen the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.21
And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
Read word by wordFor I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
Read word by wordFor I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
Read word by wordNow after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
Read word by wordAt dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”
Read word by wordSo the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
Read word by word“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
Read word by wordand commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
Read word by wordAfter Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
Read word by wordWhile the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.
Read word by wordAnd the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.
Read word by wordO Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
Read word by wordAnd you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
Read word by wordwith these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
Read word by wordThey will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
Read word by wordWhen the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
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