אַחַר
a.char
1. after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time)
a. as an adverb
1. behind (of place)
2. afterwards (of time)
b. as a preposition
1. behind, after (of place)
2. after (of time)
3. besides
c. as a conjunction
c. after that
d. as a substantive
1. hinder part
e. with other prepositions
1. from behind
2. from following after
backwards (of a man that turns backwards)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 664 verses
- 1 Samuel 20:38 אַחֲרֵ֣י
Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
- 1 Samuel 21:9 אַחֲרֵ֣י
The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
- 1 Samuel 22:20 אַחֲרֵ֥י
But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
- 1 Samuel 23:25 אַחֲרֵֽי־
and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
- 1 Samuel 23:28 אַחֲרֵ֣י
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
- 1 Samuel 24:1 מֵאַחֲרֵ֖י
After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
- 1 Samuel 24:5 אַֽחֲרֵי־
Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
- 1 Samuel 24:8 אַחֲרֵי־אַֽחֲרֵי־אַֽחֲרָ֔יו
After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
- 1 Samuel 24:14 אַחֲרֵ֨יאַחֲרֵ֥יאַֽחֲרֵי֙אַחֲרֵ֖י
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
- 1 Samuel 24:21 אַֽחֲרָ֑י
So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”
- 1 Samuel 25:13 אַחֲרֵ֣י
And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men put on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
- 1 Samuel 25:19 אַחֲרֵיכֶ֣ם
and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 25:42 אַֽחֲרֵי֙
So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
- 1 Samuel 26:3 אַחֲרָ֖יו
Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
- 1 Samuel 26:18 אַחֲרֵ֣י
And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
- 1 Samuel 30:8 אַחֲרֵ֥י
and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”
- 1 Samuel 30:21 אַחֲרֵ֣י
When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
- 2 Samuel 1:1 אַֽחֲרֵי֙
After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
- 2 Samuel 1:7 אַחֲרָ֖יו
When he turned around and saw me, he called out and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
- 2 Samuel 1:10 אַחֲרֵ֣י
So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
- 2 Samuel 2:1 אַֽחֲרֵי־
Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 2:10 אַחֲרֵ֥י
Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
- 2 Samuel 2:19 אַחֲרֵ֣ימֵאַחֲרֵ֖י
and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
- 2 Samuel 2:20 אַֽחֲרָ֔יו
And Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.
- 2 Samuel 2:21 מֵאַחֲרָֽיו׃
So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
- 2 Samuel 2:22 מֵאַֽחֲרָ֑י
Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
- 2 Samuel 2:23 בְּאַחֲרֵ֨ימֵאַחֲרָ֔יו
But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
- 2 Samuel 2:24 אַחֲרֵ֣י
But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
- 2 Samuel 2:25 אַחֲרֵ֣י
The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.
- 2 Samuel 2:26 מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י
Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
- 2 Samuel 2:27 מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י
“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
- 2 Samuel 2:28 אַחֲרֵ֣י
So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
- 2 Samuel 2:30 מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י
When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
- 2 Samuel 3:16 אַחֲרֶ֖יהָ
Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
- 2 Samuel 3:26 אַחֲרֵ֣י
As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David was unaware of it.
- 2 Samuel 3:28 מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי
Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
- 2 Samuel 3:31 אַחֲרֵ֥י
Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
- 2 Samuel 5:13 אַחֲרֵ֖י
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
- 2 Samuel 5:23 אַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔ם
So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
- 2 Samuel 7:8 מֵאַחַ֖ר
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
- 2 Samuel 7:12 אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 2 Samuel 8:1 אַֽחֲרֵי־
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 10:1 אַֽחֲרֵי־
Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
- 2 Samuel 11:8 אַחֲרָ֖יו
Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
- 2 Samuel 11:15 מֵאַחֲרָ֖יו
In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
- 2 Samuel 13:1 אַֽחֲרֵי־
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 13:17 אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃
Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”
- 2 Samuel 13:18 אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃
So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
- 2 Samuel 13:34 אַחֲרָ֖יו
Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”
- 2 Samuel 15:1 מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי
Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.