- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית2
- אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית2
- אֲחֹ֨רַנִּ֜ית1
- אֲחֹֽרַנִּ֖ית1
- אֲחֹרַנִּֽית׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- backwards6
- [were] backwards1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- adverb7
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- HD · 7
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Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 9:23אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔יתʾachoranitadverbThen Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.here: backwards
- Genesis 9:23אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔יתʾachoranitadverbThen Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.here: [were] backwards
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 20:10אֲחֹרַנִּ֖יתʾachoranitadverb“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”here: backwards
- 2 Kings 20:11אֲחֹֽרַנִּ֖יתʾachoranitadverbSo Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.here: backwards