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)
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Concordance 664 verses
- 2 Samuel 15:13 אַחֲרֵ֥י
Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
- 2 Samuel 17:1 אַחֲרֵי־
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
- 2 Samuel 17:9 אַחֲרֵ֥י
Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
- 2 Samuel 17:21 אַחֲרֵ֣י
After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
- 2 Samuel 18:16 אַחֲרֵ֣י
Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
- 2 Samuel 18:22 אַחֲרֵ֣י
Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “Regardless of whatever may happen, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
- 2 Samuel 19:30 אַ֠חֲרֵי
And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
- 2 Samuel 20:2 מֵאַחֲרֵ֣יאַחֲרֵ֖י
So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 20:6 אַחֲרָ֔יו
And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
- 2 Samuel 20:7 אַֽחֲרָיו֙אַחֲרֵ֖י
So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:10 אַחֲרֵ֖י
Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:11 אַחֲרֵ֥י
One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
- 2 Samuel 20:13 אַחֲרֵ֣יאַחֲרֵ֖י
As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:14 אַחֲרָֽיו׃
Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
- 2 Samuel 21:1 אַחֲרֵ֣י
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
- 2 Samuel 21:14 אַֽחֲרֵי־
And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
- 2 Samuel 21:18 אַֽחֲרֵי־
Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.
- 2 Samuel 23:9 וְאַחֲרוֹ
Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
- 2 Samuel 23:10 אַחֲרָ֖יו
but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
- 2 Samuel 23:11 וְאַחֲרָ֛יו
And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
- 2 Samuel 24:10 אַחֲרֵי־
After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
- 1 Kings 1:6 אַחֲרֵ֥י
(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
- 1 Kings 1:7 אַחֲרֵ֖י
So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
- 1 Kings 1:13 אַחֲרַ֔י
Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
- 1 Kings 1:14 אַחֲרַ֔יִךְ
Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”
- 1 Kings 1:17 אַחֲרָ֑י
“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
- 1 Kings 1:20 אַחֲרָֽיו׃
And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
- 1 Kings 1:24 אַחֲרָ֑י
“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
- 1 Kings 1:27 אַחֲרָֽיו׃ס
Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
- 1 Kings 1:30 אַחֲרַ֔י
I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
- 1 Kings 1:35 אַחֲרָ֗יו
Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
- 1 Kings 1:40 אַֽחֲרָ֔יו
All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.
- 1 Kings 2:28 אַחֲרֵ֣יוְאַחֲרֵ֥י
When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
- 1 Kings 3:12 וְאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ
behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.
- 1 Kings 9:6 מֵֽאַחֲרַ֔י
But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
- 1 Kings 9:21 אַחֲרֵיהֶם֙
their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction —Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
- 1 Kings 10:19 מֵאַֽחֲרָ֔יו
The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.
- 1 Kings 11:2 אַחֲרֵ֖י
These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
- 1 Kings 11:4 אַחֲרֵ֖י
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- 1 Kings 11:5 אַחֲרֵ֣יוְאַחֲרֵ֣י
Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- 1 Kings 11:6 אַחֲרֵ֥י
So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
- 1 Kings 11:10 אַחֲרֵ֖י
Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.
- 1 Kings 12:20 אַחֲרֵ֣י
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
- 1 Kings 13:14 אַֽחֲרֵי֙
and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
- 1 Kings 13:23 אַחֲרֵ֛יוְאַחֲרֵ֣י
And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.
- 1 Kings 13:31 אַחֲרֵ֣י
After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,
- 1 Kings 13:33 אַחַר֙
Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
- 1 Kings 14:8 אַחֲרַי֙
I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.
- 1 Kings 14:9 אַחֲרֵ֥י
You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
- 1 Kings 14:10 אַחֲרֵ֣י
Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!