ʼâchôwr — H268

Definition

substantive

the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West

1. the back side, the rear
1. backwards
2. hereafter (of time)
3. behind

Usually translated as

back, backward, behind, backside, hereafter, time to come, after, afterward, hind, hinder part, without

Origin

or (shortened) ʼâchôr ; from H299

• Derived from ʼĂchîyraʻ (H299)

Greek equivalents

• dysmḗ (G1424)
• émprosthen (G1715)
• epérchomai (G1904)
• héteros (G2087)
• hḗlios (G2246)
• kenós (G2756)
• ópisthen (G3693)
• opísō (G3694)

Occurrences

ʼâchôwr occurs 41 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (2), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (2), Job (1), Psalms (12), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (4), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (2)

• Genesis 49:17 — Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward (אָחֽוֹר).
• Exodus 26:12 — And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside (אֲחֹרֵ֥י) of the tabernacle.
• Exodus 33:23 — And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts (אֲחֹרָ֑י): but my face shall not be seen.
• 2 Samuel 1:22 — From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back (אָח֑וֹר), and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
• 2 Samuel 10:9 — When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind (וּמֵֽאָח֑וֹר), he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
• 1 Kings 7:25 — It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts (אֲחֹֽרֵיהֶ֖ם) were inward.
• 1 Chronicles 19:10 — Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind (וְאָח֑וֹר), he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
• 2 Chronicles 4:4 — It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts (אֲחֹרֵיהֶ֖ם) were inward.
• 2 Chronicles 13:14 — And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind (וְאָח֔וֹר): and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
• Job 23:8 — Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward (וְ֝אָח֗וֹר), but I cannot perceive him:
• Psalms 9:3 — When mine enemies are turned back (אָח֑וֹר), they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
• Psalms 35:4 — Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back (אָח֣וֹר) and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
• Psalms 40:14 — Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward (אָ֭חוֹר) and put to shame that wish me evil.
• Psalms 44:10 — Thou makest us to turn back (אָ֭חוֹר) from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
• Psalms 44:18 — Our heart is not turned back (אָח֣וֹר), neither have our steps declined from thy way;
• Psalms 56:9 — When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back (אָ֭חוֹר): this I know; for God is for me.
• Psalms 70:2 — Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward (אָ֭חוֹר), and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
• Psalms 78:66 — And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts (אָח֑וֹר): he put them to a perpetual reproach.
• Psalms 114:3 — The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back (לְאָחֽוֹר).
• Psalms 114:5 — What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back (לְאָחֽוֹר)?
• Psalms 129:5 — Let them all be confounded and turned back (אָח֑וֹר) that hate Zion.
• Psalms 139:5 — Thou hast beset me behind (אָח֣וֹר) and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
• Proverbs 29:11 — A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards (בְּאָח֥וֹר).
• Isaiah 1:4 — Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward (אָחֽוֹר).
• Isaiah 9:12 — The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind (מֵֽאָח֔וֹר); and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Isaiah 28:13 — But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward (אָחוֹר֙), and be broken, and snared, and taken.
• Isaiah 41:23 — Shew the things that are to come hereafter (לְאָח֔וֹר), that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
• Isaiah 42:17 — They shall be turned back (אָחוֹר֙), they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
• Isaiah 42:23 — Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come (לְאָחֽוֹר)?
• Isaiah 44:25 — That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward (אָח֖וֹר), and maketh their knowledge foolish;
• Isaiah 50:5 — The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back (אָח֖וֹר).
• Isaiah 59:14 — And judgment is turned away backward (אָחוֹר֙), and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
• Jeremiah 7:24 — But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward (לְאָח֖וֹר), and not forward.
• Jeremiah 15:6 — Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward (אָח֣וֹר): therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
• Jeremiah 38:22 — And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back (אָחֽוֹר).
• Jeremiah 46:5 — Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back (אָחוֹר֒)? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.
• Lamentations 1:8 — Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward (אָחֽוֹר).
• Lamentations 1:13 — From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back (אָח֔וֹר): he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
• Lamentations 2:3 — He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back (אָח֛וֹר) his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
• Ezekiel 2:10 — And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without (וְאָח֑וֹר): and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
• Ezekiel 8:16 — And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs (אֲחֹ֨רֵיהֶ֜ם) toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.