Hebrew noun (masculine) · H268
אָחוֹר
achoraw-khore'
back
41 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâchôwr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H268is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 24spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H268
the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
The King James renders it: after(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-) hind(-er part), time to come, without.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
achor is rendered "back". It stands 41 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:17He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.
The first use
He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
Genesis 49:17אָחֽוֹר׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twelve of the word's forty-one uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- backwards18
- backward4
- to backwards3
- and back2
- back part2
- hindquarters their2
- to afterwards2
- and backwards1
- and behind1
- and from behind1
- back parts my1
- backs their1
and 3 more, 41 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 41, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
24 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אָח֑וֹר4
- אָח֣וֹר4
- אָ֭חוֹר4
- אָחוֹר֙3
- אָחֽוֹר׃3
- לְאָחֽוֹר׃3
- אָח֖וֹר2
- וְאָח֑וֹר2
- אָחוֹר֒1
- אָח֔וֹר1
- אָח֛וֹר1
- אָחֽוֹר׃ ס1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular24HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular7HR/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular4HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HNcmpc/Sp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmpc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp1bs
Genesis
one use
He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
- אָחֽוֹר׃ʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
Exodus
two uses
As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.
- אֲחֹרֵ֥יʾachoreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rear of
Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”
- אֲחֹרָ֑יʾachorainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: back parts my
2 Samuel
two uses
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
- אָח֑וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
- וּמֵֽאָח֑וֹרumeachorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and from behind
1 Kings
one use
The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
- אֲחֹֽרֵיהֶ֖םʾachoreihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: hindquarters their
1 Chronicles
one use
When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
- וְאָח֑וֹרveachorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and back
2 Chronicles
two uses
The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
- אֲחֹרֵיהֶ֖םʾachoreihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: hindquarters their
When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,
- וְאָח֔וֹרveachorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and behind
Job
one use
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
- וְ֝אָח֗וֹרveachorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and backwards
Psalms
twelve uses
When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
- אָח֑וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
- אָח֣וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- אָ֭חוֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
- אָ֭חוֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
- אָח֣וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
- אָ֭חוֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- אָ֭חוֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
- אָח֑וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
- לְאָחֽוֹר׃leachorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to backwards
Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
- לְאָחֽוֹר׃leachorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to backwards
May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
- אָח֑וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backward
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
- אָח֣וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: back part
Proverbs
one use
A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
- בְּאָח֥וֹרbeachorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in backwards
Isaiah
nine uses
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
- אָחֽוֹר׃ʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: back part
Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- מֵֽאָח֔וֹרmeachorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from west
Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
- אָחוֹר֙ʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
- לְאָח֔וֹרleachorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to afterwards
But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
- אָחוֹר֙ʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
- לְאָחֽוֹר׃leachorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to afterwards
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
- אָח֖וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
- אָח֖וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
- אָחוֹר֙ʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
Jeremiah
four uses
Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
- לְאָח֖וֹרleachorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to backwards
You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
- אָח֣וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
- אָחֽוֹר׃ʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
- אָחוֹר֒ʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backwards
Lamentations
three uses
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
- אָחֽוֹר׃ סʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backward
He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
- אָח֔וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backward
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
- אָח֛וֹרʾachornoun · masculine singulartagged: backward
Ezekiel
two uses
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
- וְאָח֑וֹרveachorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and back
So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
- אֲחֹ֨רֵיהֶ֜םʾachoreihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: backs their
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.