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Lexicon :: Strong's H309 - 'āḥar

Aa
אָחַר
Transliteration
'āḥar
Pronunciation
aw-khar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 68

Strong’s Definitions

אָחַר ʼâchar, aw-khar'; a primitive root; to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate:—continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H309 in the following manner: tarry (7x), defer (3x), slack (2x), continue (1x), delay (1x), hinder (1x), stayed there (1x), sit up late (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H309 in the following manner: tarry (7x), defer (3x), slack (2x), continue (1x), delay (1x), hinder (1x), stayed there (1x), sit up late (1x).

  1. to delay, hesitate, tarry, defer, remain behind

    1. (Qal)

      1. to delay, tarry (intensive)

      2. to cause one to delay, hinder, keep back

    2. (Piel) to delay, wait, stay behind (but not in hope)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָחַר ʼâchar, aw-khar'; a primitive root; to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate:—continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
STRONGS H309: Abbreviations
† אָחַר verb to remain behind, delay, tarry (Arabic أَخَّرَ to put off, also to remain behind; Aramaic Pa. אֵחַר, Aph. rfovAf  , Shaph. rfovfw  , Sabean אחֿר OsianderZMG 1865, 197; אחֿחֿר DHMEpigr. Denkm. 34).
† Qal once only Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4 וָאֵחַר (contracted from וָאֶאֱחַר compare אֵהָ֑ב Proverbs 8:17) and I have tarried until now.
† Pi. Perfect אֵחַר Genesis 34:19; אֶחֱרוּ Judges 5:28; Imperfect יְאַחֵר, תְּאַחֵר (3 times תְּאַחַ֑ר) etc. Genesis 24:56 + 9 times; Participle (־רֵי) מְאַהֲרִים + 3 times
1. intensive, delay, tarry, absolute Judges 5:28 (|| בּשֵׁשׁ לָבוֺא) Isaiah 46:13 and my salvation לֹא תְאַחֵר Habakkuk 2:3; Psalm 40:18 = Psalm 70:6; Daniel 9:19; with ל & infinitive Genesis 34:19. — Proverbs 23:30 מְאַחֲרִים עַל־הַיָּיִ֑ן those tarrying over the wine, Isaiah 5:11 מְאַחֲרֵי בַנֶּשֶׁף, Psalm 127:2 מְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁבֶת (|| מַשְׁכִּימֵי קוּם).
2. causative of Qal, cause one to delay, hinder Genesis 24:56; keep back (= bring late) Exodus 22:28; with ל & infinitive delay to... Deuteronomy 23:22 quoted Ecclesiastes 5:3: elliptical Deuteronomy 7:10 he delayeth (it, the recompense) not to his enemy. — 2 Samuel 20:5 Qr וַיּ֫וֺחֶר is taken by Ol§ 241 c as Qal (compare וַתֹּ֫חֶז 2 Samuel 20:9 from אָחַז), by Sta§ 498 c Kö1. 397 Ges§ 68 2 Rem as Hiph. (literally shewed, exhibited delay): on the Kt (? H3186 וַיֵּיחַר) see DrSm.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:56; 24:56; 32:4; 34:19; 34:19

Exodus

22:28

Deuteronomy

7:10; 23:22

Judges

5:28; 5:28

2 Samuel

20:5; 20:9

Psalms

127:2

Proverbs

8:17; 23:30

Ecclesiastes

5:3

Isaiah

5:11; 46:13

Daniel

9:19

Habakkuk

2:3

H309

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Strong's Number H309 matches the Hebrew אָחַר ('āḥar),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:56 - And he said H559 unto them, H413 Hinder H309 me H853 not, H408 seeing the LORD H3068 hath prospered H6743 my way; H1870 send me away H7971 that I may go H3212 to my master. H113

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:4 - And he commanded H6680 them, H853 saying, H559 Thus H3541 shall ye speak H559 unto my lord H113 Esau; H6215 Thy servant H5650 Jacob H3290 saith H559 thus, H3541 I have sojourned H1481 with H5973 Laban, H3837 and stayed there H309 until H5704 now: H6258

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - And H3808➔ the young man H5288 deferred H309 not ➔H3808 to do H6213 the thing, H1697 because H3588 he had delight H2654 in H1323➔ Jacob's H3290 daughter: ➔H1323 and he H1931 was more H3605➔ honourable H3513 than all ➔H3605 the house H1004 of his father. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:29 - Thou shalt H309➔ not H3808 delay ➔ H309 to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, H4395 and of thy liquors: H1831 the firstborn H1060 of thy sons H1121 shalt thou give H5414 unto me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:10 - And repayeth H7999 them that hate him H8130 to H413 their face, H6440 to destroy them: H6 he will H309➔ not H3808 be slack ➔ H309 to him that hateth him, H8130 he will repay H7999 him to H413 his face. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21 - When H3588 thou shalt vow H5087 a vow H5088 unto the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 thou shalt H309➔ not H3808 slack ➔ H309 to pay it: H7999 for H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will H1875➔ surely H1875 require it ➔H1875 of thee; H5973 and it would be H1961 sin H2399 in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - The mother H517 of Sisera H5516 looked out H8259 at H1157 a window, H2474 and cried H2980 through H1157 the lattice, H822 Why H4069 is H954➔ his chariot H7393 so long ➔H954 in coming? H935 why H4069 tarry H309 the wheels H6471 of his chariots? H4818

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:5 - So H3212➔ Amasa H6021 went ➔H3212 to assemble H2199 the men of Judah: H3063 but he tarried longer H309 than H4480 the set time H4150 which H834 he had appointed him. H3259

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - But I H589 am poor H6041 and needy; H34 yet the Lord H136 thinketh H2803 upon me: H589 thou H859 art my help H5833 and my deliverer; H6403 make H309➔ no H408 tarrying, ➔ H309 O my God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 - But I H589 am poor H6041 and needy: H34 make haste H2363 unto me, O God: H430 thou H859 art my help H5828 and my deliverer; H6403 O LORD, H3068 make H309➔ no H408 tarrying. ➔ H309

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:2 - It is vain H7723 for you to rise up H6965 early, H7925 to sit up H3427 late, H309 to eat H398 the bread H3899 of sorrows: H6089 for so H3651 he giveth H5414 his beloved H3039 sleep. H8142

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:30 - They that tarry long H309 at H5921 the wine; H3196 they that go H935 to seek H2713 mixed wine. H4469

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When H834 thou vowest H5087 a vow H5088 unto God, H430 defer H309 not H408 to pay it; H7999 for H3588 he hath no H369 pleasure H2656 in fools: H3684 pay H7999 that which H834 thou hast vowed. H5087

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Woe H1945 unto them that rise up early H7925 in the morning, H1242 that they may follow H7291 strong drink; H7941 that continue H309 until night, H5399 till wine H3196 inflame them! H1814

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:13 - I bring near H7126 my righteousness; H6666 it shall H7368➔ not H3808 be far off, ➔H7368 and my salvation H8668 shall H309➔ not H3808 tarry: ➔ H309 and I will place H5414 salvation H8668 in Zion H6726 for Israel H3478 my glory. H8597

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:19 - O Lord, H136 hear; H8085 O Lord, H136 forgive; H5545 O Lord, H136 hearken H7181 and do; H6213 defer H309 not, H408 for thine own sake, H4616 O my God: H430 for H3588 thy city H5892 and H5921 thy people H5971 are called H7121 by H5921 thy name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:3 - For H3588 the vision H2377 is yet H5750 for an appointed time, H4150 but H6315➔ at the end H7093 it shall speak, ➔H6315 and not H3808 lie: H3576 though H518 it tarry, H4102 wait H2442 for it; because H3588 it will H935➔ surely H935 come, ➔H935 it will H309➔ not H3808 tarry. ➔ H309
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