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2 Samuel 23:9

“And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אַחַרʼachar · akh-ar'
H310 · Hebrew
Definition
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Derivation
from H309 (אָחַר);
KJV renderings
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.
Grammar
  • ו — conjunction
  • אחר — preposition
  • ו — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/R/Sp3ms
Usage
Occurs 718 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:4Genesis 5:7Genesis 5:10Genesis 5:13Genesis 5:16

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַחַר here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.