Lexical Summary achor: the hind side, back part Original Word: אָחוֹרTransliteration: achor Phonetic Spelling: (aw-khore') Part of Speech: substantive Short Definition: the hind side, back part Meaning: the hinder part, behind, backward, the West Strong's Concordance afterward, back part hereafter, hinder part, time to come, without Or (shortened) achor {aw-khore'}; from Achiyra'; the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West -- after(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-)hind(-er part), time to come, without. see HEBREW Achiyra' Brown-Driver-Briggs H268. achor אָחוֺר41 substantive (Arabic ) the hinder side, back part, in the singular, mostly in adverbial phrases: — a. as accusative, in poetry backwards23t. ( = prose אֲחֹרַנִּית) with verbs such as נָפַל fall Genesis 49:17, נָשׂוֺג be turned 2 Samuel 1:22 ("" רֵיקָם תָּשׁוּב), שׁוּב Psalm 9:4; 56:10 +, נָסוֺג 35:4; 40:15 + (of enemies repulsed), 44:19; Isaiah 50:5 (from obedience to God), נָזוֺר 1:4, הֵשׁיב 44:25; Psalm 44:11, הִכָּה 78:66; behind (opposed to קֶדֶם) 139:5; Job 23:8; in the phrase וְאָחוֺר מָּנִים in front and behind 1 Chronicles 19:10 (altered from ׳מִמָּ ׳וּמֵאָ in 2Samuel see below) 2 Chronicles 13:14; Ezekiel 2:10. b. בְּאָחוֺר Proverbs 29:11, יְשַׁבְּחֶנָּה בְּאָחוֺר וְחָכָם Ges Hi but a wise man stilleth it (רוּחַ anger) backwards (that is, when it would break forth), De in the background, that is, of his heart ("" כְסִיל יוֺצִיא כָּלרֿוּחוֺ). c. לְאָחוֺר (α) as a. Psalm 114:3; 114:5; Jeremiah 7:24; (β) of time, hereafter (compare לְפָנִים = before) Isaiah 41:23; 42:23. d. מֵאָחוֺר behind (מן = on the side of) 2 Samuel 10:9 וּמֵ ׳מִמָּנִים in front and behind, Isaiah 9:11 מֵאָ ׳וּפְלִשְׁתִּים and the Philistines behind (= on the West), opposed to מִקֶּדֶם אֲרָם. Plur. construct אֲחֹרֵי hinder part (of the tabernacle) Exodus 26:12, (of a man or animal 33:23; 1 Kings 7:25 (= 2 Chronicles 4:4) Ezekiel 8:16. |
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