Hebrew verb · H309
אָחַר
acharaw-khar'
to delay
17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâchar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H309is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H309
to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
The King James renders it: continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
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
achar is rendered "to delay". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 24:56But 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.”
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
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.”
Genesis 24:56תְּאַחֲר֣וּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- you delay5
- delay2
- it will delay2
- and he was delayed1
- and I have delayed1
- have they delayed1
- he delayed1
- he delays1
- to the delay1
- you must delay1
- you will delay1
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.
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 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
- תְאַחֵ֑ר2
- תְּאַחַֽר׃2
- אֵחַ֤ר1
- אֶֽחֱר֔וּ1
- וָאֵחַ֖ר1
- וַיּ֕וֹחֶר1
- יְאַחֵר֙1
- יְאַחֵֽר׃1
- לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥ים1
- מְאַחֲרֵ֣י1
- מְאַֽחֲרֵי־1
- תְאַחֵ֖ר1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular4HVpj2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVpi2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVpi3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HVprmpc
- Hc/Vhw3ms1Hc/Vhw3ms
- Hc/Vqw1cs1Hc/Vqw1cs
- preposition with the article + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural1HRd/Vprmpa
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVpi3fs
- verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVpj2mp
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVpp3cp
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpp3ms
Genesis
three uses
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.”
- תְּאַחֲר֣וּteacharuverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you delay
He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
- וָאֵחַ֖רvaecharHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I have delayed
The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
- אֵחַ֤רʾecharverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he delayed
Exodus
one use
You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
- תְאַחֵ֑רteacherverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must delay
Deuteronomy
two uses
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.
- יְאַחֵר֙yeacherverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he delays
If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- תְאַחֵ֖רteacherverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will delay
Judges
one use
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?’
- אֶֽחֱר֔וּʾecheruverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: have they delayed
2 Samuel
one use
So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
- וַיּ֕וֹחֶרvaiyicherHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he was delayed
Psalms
three uses
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
- תְּאַחַֽר׃teacharverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you delay
But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
- תְּאַחַֽר׃teacharverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you delay
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
- מְאַֽחֲרֵי־meacharei-verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: delay
Proverbs
one use
Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
- לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥יםlamacharimpreposition with the article + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: to the delay
Ecclesiastes
one use
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
- תְּאַחֵר֙teacherverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you delay
Isaiah
two uses
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
- מְאַחֲרֵ֣יmeachareiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: delay
I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
- תְאַחֵ֑רteacherverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will delay
Daniel
one use
O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”
- תְּאַחַ֑רteacharverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you delay
Habakkuk
one use
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
- יְאַחֵֽר׃yeacherverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will delay
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 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.