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אָחַר

a.char

to delay

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Strong’s H309Verb17 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

you delay5

those who delay2

it will delay2

i have delayed1

he delayed1

you must delay1

he delays1

you will delay1

In the text

Genesis 24:56תְּאַחֲרוּ
But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
Exodus 22:29תְאַחֵר
You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
Deuteronomy 7:10יְאַחֵר
But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
Judges 5:28אֶחֱרוּ
Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
Psalm 40:17תְּאַחַר
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
Isaiah 5:11מְאַחֲרֵי
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אָחַר vb. to remain behind, delay, tarry

Qal and I have tarried until now

Pi.

1. intensive, delay, tarry

2. causat. of Qal, cause one to delay, hinder; keep back (= bring late)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.