Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 3:20
“After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אַחַרʼachar · akh-ar'
H310 · Hebrew
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
- אַחֲרָ֨י — preposition
- ו — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
- 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.
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.