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Esther 2:1

“After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.” (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
  • אַחַר֙ — preposition
Code HR
Usage
Occurs 718 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:4Genesis 5:7Genesis 5:10Genesis 5:13Genesis 5:16

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 2

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.