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 9 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.
Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
Read word by wordSo now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
Read word by wordAt that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.
Read word by wordBut the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.
Read word by wordLater, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
Read word by word“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
Read word by wordThen Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
Read word by wordAfter the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.
Read word by wordSo Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
Read word by wordSo Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment for fuel, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.
Read word by wordSo Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,
Read word by wordSome time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
Read word by wordHe committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
Read word by wordAnd when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
Read word by wordAfter the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
Read word by wordThen he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
Read word by wordAnd the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
Read word by wordGehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
Read word by wordSo Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”
Read word by wordAnd Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.
Read word by wordSome time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
Read word by wordNow Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
Read word by wordThen the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”
Read word by wordAnd they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
Read word by wordSo a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
Read word by wordSo the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
Read word by wordAnd Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
Read word by wordWhen King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
Read word by wordbut he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
Read word by worda third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple—
Read word by wordAnd Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
Read word by wordAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
Read word by wordAmaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
Read word by wordAnd conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
Read word by wordAzariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
Read word by wordThey rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
Read word by wordWhen the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
Read word by wordHezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
Read word by wordHe remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
Read word by wordThis is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Read word by wordSo the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
Read word by wordNeither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
Read word by wordbut the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
Read word by wordLater, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
Read word by wordAfter Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
Read word by wordBut they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
Read word by wordThe Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
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